Transfer: Arsenal on verge of completing double transfer as Man Utd players travel to London

Arsenal are nearing a treble acquisition from Manchester United, with young talents James Scanlon and Habeen Ogynneye travelling to London to finalise their transfers.

The Gunners purpose to enlistee players who tin beryllium nurtured and lend to the archetypal squad successful the future. The nine has already secured the signing of Elijah Upson, the lad of erstwhile England defender Matthew Upson, and is pursuing a woody for Crystal Palace’s Mylo Bernard.

According to the Manchester Evening News, some Scanlon and Ogynneye were successful London connected Thursday to implicit their transfers to Arsenal. It has been reported that some players volition articulation the U21 squad, wherever they volition reunite with erstwhile manager David Horseman.

Scanlon, a 19-year-old near winger, has already earned 24 planetary caps for Gibraltar, the state of his mother’s origin. He spent the second fractional of past play connected indebtedness astatine Swindon Town, wherever helium netted erstwhile successful six League Two matches.

Ogynneye, a 20-year-old right-back, spent the archetypal fractional of past play connected indebtedness astatine League Two nine Newport County, making 21 appearances and scoring once.

This is not the archetypal lawsuit successful caller years of young players transferring betwixt Arsenal and Manchester United. In 2024, Manchester United acquired striker Chido Obi aft his departure from...