Mino Raiola feels Donyell Malen will be a revelation at Arsenal
Super agent Mino Raiola is excited about his teenage client Donyell Malen and thinks he has the potential to become a good player for Arsenal.
Raiola is widely regarded as a talent spotter. The Italian-born Dutch agent also represents Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and several other highly talented football players.
All praise for Malen
However, in his latest interview to the Daily Mail, Raiola praised his teenage client rather than talking about the established ones.
Raiola praised the Dutch player’s footballing abilities. “He is a very talented young Dutch player with lots of ability,” he said. Raiola also praised the Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, “He is at a very good club with a great manager and I think he can be a revelation,” he said.
Raiola had earlier hit out at Wenger and the club’s lack of ‘balls’ in the transfer market.
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Malen has scored 14 goals in 30 appearances for the under-18s of the London club. Malen was awarded his first professional contract by Arsenal in February. The 17-year-old player left Dutch giants Ajax last summer and joined the North London outfit. Since then, he has caught the eyes of several Premier League clubs and abroad.
Raiola speaks about his other young clients
The agent was full of compliments about his young clients who are doing well for their clubs. “Gianluigi Donnarumma is in the national team at 17 so he will continue to get better with Italy and AC Milan, Moise Kean is doing well at Juventus,” he said.
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But, Raiola reserved his biggest praise for Arsenal forward Donyell Malen. “One who I am excited about is already with a Premier League club and that is Donyell Malen at Arsenal.”
Tough competition to get in the first team
The youngster may not feature any time soon for the Gunners as the youngster has several strikers ahead of him.
The Gunners bought 28-year-old forward Lucas Perez this summer, but Olivier Giroud is the No.1 striker for the club. Arsenal also have young forward Chuba Akpom who can play in the striker’s role, and Wenger has also player Alexis Sanchez up front.