Announcement imminent : Nigerian midfielder ends 14-year association with Arsenal
Published: September 01, 2022Allnigeriasoccer.com can confirm that Nigerian midfielder James Olayinka will end his fourteen-year association with Premier League club Arsenal in the coming hours after agreeing a permanent transfer to a Football League club.
Cheltenham Town and Arsenal have reached a club-to-club agreement for the transfer of the Hale End Academy graduate and the deal is expected to go through before the close of the summer transfer window.
Olayinka joined Arsenal at the age of seven, rising through the academy ranks before earning promotion to the development squad.
The 21-year-old was tipped to break into the first team of the Gunners after starring in pre-season ahead of the 2019-2020 campaign but a spate of injuries have hampered his development.
He received only two call-ups for first team games during his time at the Emirates Stadium - against Standard Liege in the Europa League (December 2019) and Liverpool in the Community Shield (August 2020).
Olayinka has the experience of playing in the Football League, making twenty-one appearances combined for Southend United and Northampton Town.
The versatile midfielder has been arguably the standout performer for Arsenal U21s in the new season with a goal involvement of six (2 goals, 4 assists) in four Premier League 2 matches.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
Copyright ANS
All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from allnigeriasoccer.com
- Nigerian exports: Boniface, Madueke strike; Adewoye, Oluwasey's goals help RKC, MNUFC set club records
- Akor Adams: Turkish giants Besiktas have zero chance of signing Montpellier striker this summer
- U17 EURO: Arsenal midfielder Junaid emulates former Young Lionesses forward Ashleigh Plumptre
- Manchester Unted's Nigerian striker agrees move to West Ham on scholarship deal
- Transfer guru confirms Man Utd interest in ex-Super Eagles invitee with release clause of N104b
- 'Felt this could have been my season' - Chelsea midfielder Chukwuemeka reflects on injury woes
- Super Eagles winger Chukwueze gets vote of confidence from former AC Milan goalkeeper
- Morak FC chief backs Golden Eaglets to qualify for World Cup despite 2-0 loss to his team
- Chelsea ready to use Lukaku plus a young player as makeweight in their efforts to sign Osimhen
- Norwich mulling over move for Charlton's German-Nigerian RB after impressing in trial game v Chelsea youth
- Football Betting
- African Players
- Australia/ Asia
- Belgian Championship
- Bundesliga
- Danish Football
- English Premier League
- Nigeria National Teams
- Nigeria Premier League
- Norwegian Football
- Polish Football
- Russian Championship
- Serie A
- Spanish Liga
- Swedish Championship
- Transfer
- Turkish Championship
- Ukrainian Football
- Uncategorized
- Women's Football