How Bukayo Saka secured next Arsenal transfer as wonderkid signing 'close' after agreement

Bukayo Saka looks to have played a huge role in Arsenal signing 15-year-old Northern Ireland wonderkid Ceadach O'Neill. football.london understands the teenager will join the Gunners academy officially at the end of the 2023/24 season.

The Linfield prodigy starred in the under-17 t Flamengo Adidas Cup tournament in Brazil and after making a positive impact on a trial basis, is set to join Arsenal. The club believe that O'Neill will be a great asset to Hale End and therefore flourish in his new environment.

This major coup follows on from Arsenal announcing they had signed Wolves youngster Brayden Clarke. That double transfer will add quality to to the likes of Reuell Walters, Amario Cozier-Durberry, Charles Sagoe Jr and Ethan Nwaneri who are all in the academy, having been touted for big things.

An 8-3 win over Crystal Palace, which Clarke made his debut in, also showed the emergence of a new young star in Chido Obi-Martin, who scored four in the victory. Given how the likes of Emile Smith Rowe, Reiss Nelson and Saka have broken into the senior squad through the academy, many will be hoping they can be the next homegrown star to make an impact with O'Neill already in awe of Saka which could have led to him actually signing for Arsenal.

«Bukayo Saka is one of my favourite players at the minute,» he told JD Academy, viaReddit user Gooner149, when asked who his sporting idol is. «He's a winger just like me and I like the way he attacks players, beats them and scores goals.»

Over the last few years, Arsenal have been searching for another right-sided attacker to take the weight of Saka's shoulders somewhat, with it looking as though Nelson could be that man. However this season he has been offered limited chances despite a