Arsenal have wrapped up the signing of 16-year-old defender Sead Hajrovic from Swiss outfit Grasshopper-Club Zürich for a fee of around €300,000.
The Bosnian-born centre back has been training with his new team-mates since the start of the summer and was recently spotted taking part in the first-team training sessions. In a move believed to have been engineered by the Gunners’ first-team coach Boro Primorac, the Switzerland Under 17 international comes with a huge reputation.
Hajrovic was scouted playing for Grasshopper’s Under 18’s and has previously been courted by Manchester United and Everton. Interestingly, Sead has openly admitted his desire to turn out for his native Bosnia and Herzegovina but has never been contacted by anybody from that federation.
A tough, aggressive and combative defender, Hajrovic will go straight into Steve Bould’s Under 18’s ahead of the 2009-2010 campaign. His brother, 17-year-old Izet Hajrovic is also considered an exciting talent and is currently plying his trade with Grasshopper-Club Zürich II.
More to follow.
Article By – J.Sanderson
It’s 540,000 francs which is about 300,000 pounds sterling might want to change your figure.
Excellent news.
Great article once again, J
so is that two from switzerland we signed this summer – didn’t we sign another central defender from there this summer, strange that we would now have 4 swiss and them all central defenders
Another centre back i thought the likes of boateng and miquel are coming through
Dear god does he need to lose the mullet. Good luck to the lad, hope he’s more Johan than Phil.
JS wats ur understanind on adebayor? I heard the deal is agreed but adebayor is being greedy and demanding a 2 million loyalty bonuses.
U heard any replacements being lined up ie chamakh?
Also any news on senderos and havard nordvteit- His he stayin on loan?
The fee is not correct, it’s 540.000 Swiss francs, which is about 300.000/325.000 Euros.
here is a better photo.
http://www.fussball-talente.com/resize.php?img=Sead-Hajrovic-1.jpg&tf=86&xf=185&mf=2
and yes james is correct in that it’s 540k swiss francs. j.sanderson you really need to get better at stating the correct currency because you create a really bad perception of deals from the start when you get it wrong. look at the outrage about the goalkeeper sean mcdermott when people thought the club spent 4m pounds on him.
He ain’t Swiss,he is Bosnian like Boro Primorac.Read carefully
Yet another promising kid. God knows when this signing of kids and waiting for them to deliver will end.
He’s from Bosnian origin, but he’s also got Swiss nationality, having grown up in Zurich.
Apologies, the article was a very quick one, hence the ‘more to follow’.
I’m still gathering information on this kid. Apparently he’s played at centre back before, but he can play elsewhere. I’ll update when I’ve got more!
But he grown up in Zurich coz of Bosnian war!!!Ever heard for Zlatan Ibrahimovic or Asmir Begovic.Same situation with them.But this kid actually want to play for Bosnian national team.
no wonder they complain about not having any money they waste it all on these little kids….
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Am i the only one who finds it strange/hillarious/tiresome that so called Arsenal fans are complaining about us signing youth, on a (superb) blog dedicated to our acadamy?!?!?!?
for all of you complaining about the transfer fee, J said it was around 300.000 pounds, the actual price is 250.000 pounds, oh so he rounded a bit, whats the big deal? its not as if he was off by millions. you people complain about everything
the signing of kids wont end & they will deliver when the age of the starting side is 26+
Ps. maybe before as the team ages the money situation is better each year & i think the presont owners will be lucky to hold out 2 more years Kronke doeswn,t have enough money to really change the current situation thats y the board have taken to him
Seriously? Picking the pepper out mate. The shares some interesting information and you’re busting his chops about the transfer figure. Go read some of those great Ade-couldn’t he have left by now- yor clips. This is god stuff just for the sake of showing that it’s a business with caretakers for the long run. Maybe you need to go join the Man city gravy train because clearly this club can offer you no hope for the future.
Join da arsenal kids bandwagon.There is always room 4 more,lol
Yet another promising kid. God knows when this signing of kids and waiting for them to deliver will end.
Samy said this on July 17, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Hopefully the signitures of Europe’s best and brightest u20s never stops. You also have to remember that by the time Djourou (w/ Vermaelan), one of the first players signed as a promising kid, starts to hit his peak years will this guy be sniffing around the first team. The promise to deliver will come soon enough, think: if our midfield is good enough now to make CL/FA semi finals and go on 21 match unbeaten runs at 22 and under – how can they not improve on that as they get older, gain experience and hit their peak? It’s going to be a hell of a lot harder to make that transition into the next Arsenal team: Deni stepped up because Bert was too old (Theo because Ljungberg too crocked etc.) – in 5 years time when these kids look to do the same, the current first team will be hitting their peak instead of starting their decline.
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no wonder they complain about not having any money they waste it all on these little kids….
BOY BETTER KNOW said this on July 18, 2009 at 12:28 am
WHO COMPLAINS? That fat Russian twat? No-one else is. We built a stadium and training facilities instead, we live with our choice. ALSO: THIS DOES NOT EAT UP THE FIRST TEAM BUDGET. All top 4 teams allocate funds for investing in youth, just because we are the only team that uses our youngsters (bar Macheda and Rafael) instead of stopping Europe developing their most exciting means we are the noticable team for everyone to focus on when it comes to the ins and outs of youth development. And quite frankly, I like the organic process of teaching youngsters to fit into our system. These kids turn out to be as good as Cesc Fabregas and Carlos Vela and Gael Clichy.
YOU WILL FINK AFTER THE SENDEROS EXPERIENCE WE WILL STAY CLEAR OF THE SWISS BUT WHO KNOWS,DJOUROU MITE PUT THAT RIGHT THIS SEASON.
In actual fact Sead signed with us a while ago which is why he appears in the academy squad photo that took place on July 10th. This article is obviously in response to seeing hin appear in Arsenal’s magazine recently.
I wish people would stop slating Senderos. He never looked comfortable rotating in and out of the team with Toure, Campbell and then Gallas ahead of him, but let’s not forget when he did get a run of games he proved he can be a great defender. Don’t forget our run to the CL final in 2006, when him and Kolo started almost every game in the run-up to the final and we broke the record for consecutive CL clean sheets. He just had confidence issues, and with the fans getting on his back, he was given very little chance to correct them. Bendtner is in the same situation at the moment – I hope the fans will show him more support.
Senderos has had a mental nightmare hes just needs a new challenge i am sure he will be a great centre half alter on his career. Defenders take time to adapt. Djorou is good but he keeps getting niggling injuries. Hopefully vermaelen will add steel and leadership skills. He looks a future arsenal future captin to me
Thanks Samuel. In fact, there’s only one word to end that discussion: Fabregas. Nuff said.
Lets see how all of these signings will work out of Arsenal. Thanks Bobby Gee
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good signing for arsenal, this kid will be regular for bosnian national team by the age of 18. this is because bosnia needs a quality defenders on a national team.
woooow… :D sead played football with me in the selve team in switzerland.. and now he’s to the Gunners.. BEAUTIFUL!! Good Luck! svaka ti cast brate.. dalje tako
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