Teenage Nigeria-eligible striker to sign new deal at Arsenal

Published: November 27, 2021

English Premier League side Arsenal are set to confirm that Nigeria-eligible striker Henry Timi Davies has put pen to paper on a new deal in the coming days, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.

The former Manchester City schoolboy was among the new intake of Arsenal's academy scholars for the 2021-2022 season.

Davies' scholarship deal with the Gunners will be automatically upgraded to a professional contract on his seventeenth birthday.

Players are permitted to sign professional contracts with Premier League clubs on or after their seventeenth birthday even though they are required to start the season as scholars.

Born November 27, 2004, the Anglo-Nigerian starlet is celebrating his seventeenth birthday today.

Davies' first professional contract will keep him at Arsenal until at least the end of the 2023-2024 season.

He made his competitive debut for Arsenal U18s in a Premier League Cup clash against West Ham United in September and was a non-playing substitute for three games in the U18 Premier League.

Davies starts on the bench for Arsenal in their ongoing U18 Premier League Cup clash against Everton at Finch Farm Training Ground (Liverpool).

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

Photo Credit : arsenal.com

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