Arsenal want Jack Wylie and are looking into launching a raid for the Rangers talent as they continue to look for potential stars of the future.
The Gunners love to add young talent and have placed a keen focus on that recruitment under Edu.
The likes of Mika Biereth, Omar Rekik, George Lewis, Joel Ideho, Nikolaj Moller and, more recently, Marquinhos have all joined Arsenal with an eye towards the coming years.
Arsenal will be looking for more and more young talent, with one Rangers prospect now thought to be on their radar.
Arsenal want Jack Wylie
The Daily Record report that Arsenal are showing a keen interest in signing Rangers teenager Wylie.
It’s stated that Arsenal are leading the race for Wylie having been monitoring his progress for a number of months.
The report notes that youth scout Lee Herron has been watching Wylie and saw him play for Scotland Under-16’s against Denmark in September.
This is a real problem for Rangers because Wylie can’t sign professional terms until he turns 16 in January.
Rangers only recently lost striker Rory Wilson in a bargain £350,000 move to Aston Villa and fans will remember Billy Gilmour’s move to Chelsea in 2017.
The Gers will now fear that Wylie will head the same way in leaving Glasgow for a switch to the Premier League.
Information on Wylie is thin on the ground at this stage in his career but the 15-year-old is known as a full back.
Arsenal have one Scottish full back in their ranks already with Kieran Tierney an important first-team player under Mikel Arteta.
Wylie may be with Rangers – the bitter rivals of Tierney’s former club Celtic – but you can certainly understand if the teenager fancies heading to North London to follow in Tierney’s footsteps.
Rangers will have their work cut out to keep Wylie now with Premier League interest already emerging.
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