Arsenal 'pushing to agree new deal with 29-goal striker'

Sixteen-year-old Chido Obi Martin made headlines around Europe when he scored a phenomenal 10 goals in one game against Liverpool last November, while playing for the Under-16s.

The Danish-born attacker has since continued to make nets bulge at an astonishing rate at Under-18 level, coming up with a staggering 29 goals in just 17 games in the top flight this season.

Obi Martin is unsurprisingly by far and away the highest scorer in the 2023-24 Under-18 Premier League, and he has taken home a plethora of match balls, notching three or more goals on five occasions.

On April 27, the teenager scored seven of Arsenal's goals in a 9-0 annihilation of Norwich City, exactly two weeks after scoring five times in an 8-1 crushing of West Ham United.

Obi Martin has also registered four-goal hauls against Crystal Palace and Fulham while striking a hat-trick against Southampton, and he has scored in each of his last eight matches in the Under-18 Premier League.

A Denmark Under-17 international, the 6ft 2in striker has already come up with eight goals in 12 appearances for his nation, having briefly turned out for England at Under-16 level.

However, Obi Martin is yet to agree scholarship terms with Arsenal, and clubs around Europe have naturally taken notice of the youngster's remarkable goalscoring talents ahead of a possible transfer this summer.

According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, though, Arsenal are pushing to tie their academy starlet down to a renewal, although he is not eligible to sign professional terms until he