- Manchester United are desirous to finalise the signing of Chido Obi-Martin
- The prolific striker just lately turned down Arsenal’s provide of a brand new contract
Manchester United are desirous to finalise the signing of 16-year-old striker Chido Obi-Martin as rapidly as doable.
As reported by Fabrizio Romano, the Denmark Below-17 worldwide is about to decide on his future within the subsequent hours or days.
Obi-Martin has visited a number of golf equipment within the UK and Germany as he assesses his choices.
The prospect is firmly on United’s radar as they give the impression of being to safe deal.
Arsenal have been keen to maintain Obi-Martin and made him a contract provide which they believed to be ‘honest’, however it’s anticipated that he’ll transfer elsewhere.
Manchester United are desirous to finalise the signing of Chido Obi-Martin as rapidly as doable
Obi-Martin is best-known for netting 10 targets in a single sport for Arsenal towards Liverpool at Below-16 stage final yr.
United wish to signal Obi-Martin, who turned down a major contract provide from Arsenal
The 16-year-old will likely be eligible to signal an expert contract when he turns 17 in November however he can nonetheless signal scholarship phrases previous to that.
Obi-Martin scored a outstanding 32 targets in 18 video games for Arsenal U18s final season, breaking the document for probably the most targets by a Gunners participant at that stage in a single marketing campaign.
As well as, the tall ahead additionally skilled with the Arsenal first-team in addition to that includes for the Below-21s and within the UEFA Youth League.
He went on a number of outstanding scoring run for the Gunners’ youth outfit within the 2023-24 marketing campaign, netting 10 instances in a 14-3 win for the Below-16s towards Liverpool, and seven instances for the Below-18s in a 9-0 win towards Norwich.
Obi-Martin’s startling show within the Norwich thrashing included a 17-minute hat-trick, which got here solely two weeks after he had scored 5 in a win towards West Ham.
Obi-Martin watched fellow Arsenal academy participant Ethan Nwaneri develop into the youngest ever Premier League participant when he was handed his debut in a win towards Brentford on the age of 15 years, 5 months and 28 days in 2022.
Chido Obi-Martin scored 10 targets for Arsenal Below-16s towards Liverpool final season
16-year-old Obi-Martin has already featured for the youth sides of each Denmark and England. He’s additionally eligible to characterize Nigeria via his father.
Obi-Martin presently performs for Denmark, although it’s understood that he can nonetheless change allegiance again to England earlier than he turns 18 if he needs to.
