Arsenal are within days of completing a deal to sign Cruz Azul’s 16-year-old Martín Luis Galván Romo in what looks to be a notable coup for the club, according to reports in South America.
The Mexico Under 17 international is being lauded in his homeland as the one of the most promising youngsters to have been developed in recent years with some already comparing him to Brazilian legend Romario. Galván was promoted to Azul’s first-team at just 13 and he made his competitive debut just a year later as an 85th-minute substitute against Monterrey to become the youngest professional player in Mexican football history.
Barcelona and Real Madrid have previously asked Martín for trials but Azul have rebuffed their advances on numerous occasions. A quick an instinctive striker who plays with his heart on his sleeve, many believe the Valentine’s day born prospect will become the darling of Mexico in years to come.
His record of 6 goals from 7 Under 17 games is fantastic yet he missed out on the recent Under 17 World Cup after reportedly being caught with a prostitute in his hotel room. The official line from the Mexican Federation was that ‘poor discipline’ caused his omission.
A loan spell to Salamanca has been mooted but after Arsenal ended their partnership and instead re-ignited their bond with Celta Vigo, a move to the Pontevedra province of Spain looks the most likely. More news is expecting in the coming days.
Article By – J.Sanderson
Sounds as though it could be a real coup if we could keep the lad on the straight and narrow! Good work J
This is good. The gunners need to have someone who can create golas out of nothing. Hopefully this can will work out.
Woohoo!
btw js, have you seen him play?
How did arsenal outdo madrid and barca?
caught ‘in bed’ at 16… I love him already!
He was -10 on the last FM. Say no more!
“The gunners need to have someone who can create golas (sic) out of nothing.”
this 17 year old is certainly the answer.
:thumbup:
:picard:
More good news on the Young Gunners front. Arsenal are really locking up some super talent at the lower levels.
Ha, what an absolute legend. Hope he signs.
has the farmer club change officially been made? unofficiallly it seems so. Celta seems like a good choice. For 17 teen year old s it might be bettter to play in segunda but la liga has to come at some stage and celta seems more likely
hope he has better dicipline than pedro
My gosh readin the press this week it looks like arsenal could be signing 20 wonderkids from antoine grimnezdi, gai assulin, jeffren, sarabia, moses, ben kahalifa
J, does this mean that Afobe is off to Barcelona?
true john, saw that. and sunu and merida linked away. I got no doubt Arsenal are scouting them, but that is a big step from a signing them.
i have no problem with these great kids being signed, in fact i encourage it. i do wonder though what the point is of wenger saying stuff like years from now our team will largely be based around english and local country players. i mean we have lots of good english youngsters but how many are *really* going to have much chance of outshining worldclass players in the first team? maybe a couple. seems far mopre likely to me that years from now our first team might have about 3 english players in the starting 11 and unlikely any more- least of all if we buy half the best kids from around the world. without arsenal tv on setanta anymore is there a channel or anything i can view youth and reserve games?
‘he missed out on the recent Under 17 World Cup after reportedly being caught with a prostitute in his hotel room’
Naughty little f***er! :)
Will he receive a work permit in the near future or is he eligible?
yes dudu, what is really the difference between special talent visa as denilson got and vela who did not? is it because of denilsons position at the time as u20 captain? does not look like he has got european roots, so most probably celta as jamie says
Nearly all of the players we’re linked with this week is rubbish.
Grimnezdi – Lies
Assulin – Was once scouted, not anymore
Jeffren – Lies
Sarabia – Came close to signing, not anymore
Moses – Set to join Tottenham
Ben kahalifa – Scouted at the same time as Hajrovic, not anymore
whats the issue with this site.. I’m trying to access it from my phone.. I can see the picture and the comments. But no post?
J, hope you don’t mind me asking, how do you stay ahead in your information gathering? Is it through contacts or through media? Very impressing to see the development through the years I have been visiting this site
j, how do you know we’re set to sign him? all ive seen in the papaers is a couple stories but i see us linked to hundreds of players and never sign them whats different about this one?
“His record of 6 goals from 7 Under 17 games is fantastic yet he missed out on the recent Under 17 World Cup after reportedly being caught with a prostitute in his hotel room.”
Ew. Sorry but I don’t want a player who is disrespectful to women at the club and using prostitution is pretty unacceptable in my opinion. If you look at the players who have been involved in rape or prostitution scandals recently, they are the scum like Robinho or Nani who I wouldn’t want near our club unless it is match day and we are putting 5 past their team. If they cannot treat women properly, how do you think they will be in a team setting having to deal with 25 other players and 20 more staff?
As guys who are (or will be) millionaires who have the confidence to play in front of thousands, you’d think they would be able to man up and just find a girl they didn’t have to pay or rape.
If he is talented and Wenger can sort his head out, great. If not, don’t let him anywhere near the club. Remember Adebayor? A cunt who disrespects others will always be a cunt who disrespects others.
well, would more compare to bentley and stokes. talents that had problems with discipline. the kid is young though, environment change might be good for him. Carlton Cole is one that seems to be getting things right at last
“Ew. Sorry but I don’t want a player who is disrespectful to women at the club and using prostitution is pretty unacceptable in my opinion.”
Mate, he’s only sixteen. Robin wasn’t saint in Holland but has grown up.
playing with “hart on the sleeve” can hardly compate to adebayor. Rooney, Ronaldo and Nani are some of the ones caught at a older age with similar, then it was the scandal in the english player hotel
The Mexican Wayne Rooney.
Hi J, Whats the latest on Afobe to Barcelona ? Is this move in preparation for that ?
@ Samuel
He is only 16 years old and was probably horny as hell. He is still a teenager and a kid. He might change and become a great player for us.
Is it really that disrespectfull? Some women acctually choose to sell sex becouse they like sex and they earn alot of money from it.
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sebjob – I’ve got some good contacts in the media abroad. The media in this country don’t share details they’re all out for themselves as you can tell by the Daily Mail probably stealing this article by the end of the weekend.
You learn to tell when something is rubbish and when something isn’t. You learn to trust certain sources and ignore others.
@ stu5 – It’s surely great for us to sign as many world class players as possible, all they’ll do is create competition for our other (English) youngsters pushing them to become the best they can be, and hopefully enrich our first team. Developing talent like this is a huge bonus if done effectively and obviously our treatment of Vela has shown other youngsters that we’re to be trusted in this respect.
@Samuel – I too, find it slightly horrifying that this kid is anyway similar to the chav-like footballers normally associated with Chelsea or United players, however I believe the kid should be cut some slack. He’s 16, immature, probably trying out a lot of new things, and probably with equally immature friends. Under Arsene’s guidance I’m sure this kid can turn out fine.
JS – are you sure this didn’t all stem from the mirror article on 28th Oct?
After reading this story I looked up the Latin American press and all of their stories can be traced back to the Mirror one liner last month.
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Arsenal-on-transfer-trail-of-Mexican-wonderkid-article204089.html
J, do you know the truth about the rumours we were tracking Cesar Azpilicueta, that young Spanish RB?
I’ve heard he’s a very good player and since it’s an area we aren’t really strong in in the youth teams and Eboue could very well be leaving next year, I wondered if you knew anything about it? Also Man Shitty could be after him, so I’d rather we got him instead.
its alrite, thers plenty of slags in london – and essex aint far either, no need to pay for women….lol
never seen him play but he turns world class in FM
Yeah lets get a another boner for another foreign player no better or worsed than what we have now. To read this sight seems it it based in Mexico / Europe not England. Sad how a French coach can get away with turning an English club foreign and you mugs clap like chipmunks. No English coach would ever dare to try this in France Germany or Spain without getting shot. Wankers the lot of you unless your in France Germany Spain or Mexico.
http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/29881/Arsenal_plotting_speedy_Gonzalez_raid.aspx
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/595913/BAYERN-MUNICH-SUPER-KID-DAVID-ALABA-ADMITS-ARSENAL-DREAM.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=Sport&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScoreArsenal+%28Arsenal+%29
Could you fill me in on these targets some more?
Jon, from the way you write and spell, I gather you aren’t English either.
So, why are you so bothered about other people getting excited about non-English talents?
Off you go back under your rock now before you develop high-blood pressure and leave us fans here to speculate about our future stars.
any believe the Valentine’s day born prospect will become the darling of Mexico in years to come.
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Urggh! Pass the sick bag!
Samuel;
FFS! Are you a trainee monk fella? 16 years of age, hormones raging, coutse he wanted a shag! WTF is up with you…oh, I geddit, sorry for your pain…
Jon;
You’re obviously a spud, or a racist, or a racist spud!
Have a look at how many ENGLISH players are coming thru you clueless tabloid headline reading fool..
What an arsehole, seriously, get a life!
Then lets see how many English players the chavs and mancs are developing eh? The chavs have spent millions on players and still they aint brought any thru…
G Sorvinco;
I know it might not be the done thing to consort with Ladies of the Night, but I think the mentality of it and sex in general is seen quite differently in latin America… Well, thats my understanding of it anyways.
You are the wanker Jon. Anyway, shouldn’t you be at the BNP rally?
Jon ur reasonin is tired n sound like a hatter.Arsenal give oppotunity to all no matter Nationality its a world wide thing
ive alot about this kid. apparently he is already a big thing in mexico. however my main concern is merida. im desperate for this kid to sign but my hearts telling me he is going 2 but my head is telling me otherwise. mr sanderson on a scale of 1-10 how likely do u think it is that he will sign a new deal
For more info on him go on sky sports scout. Signed him on last FM n he was wiked within 3 years. Tho it was a pissin game.
Great news, now we only need Nassem Ben-Khalifa:)
Do chipmunks clap?
Spike: Damn homie. Sorry but prostitution is the main cause for slavery in the modern western world. There are more slaves today than there have ever been in history. These are people shipped around the world to be raped for other peoples profit.
I understand that 16 year olds wanna fuck around. I’m 21 and I do so on the regular. But if you can’t get it by legal means, don’t do it. This isn’t having a harmless spliff or getting in a fight, this is propping up an industry of envslaving and forcing people to have sex for profit. To whoever said “hey guy some girls like to become hookers and make loads of money” – well go ahead mate, give me 1 example of a girl who’s playing with her barbies and has ambitions of becoming a hoe and then goes on to make it a successful unoppressed business opportunity.
Like I said, I understand that young people often make mistakes and if he can sort his head out, good luck to him. van Persie did and we are all greatful to see such a family man put 2 past the spuds. But I just thought I’d offer a different perspective to a bunch of people going “wahey, get in there fella”.
(***grateful*** argh, my spelling.)
J.S.,
Someone asked what’s the latest on the possibility of us losing Afobe to Barca. Do you have any updates for us on this front? I would obviously like to keep him and think he would hurt his development to go there, but if he took a trip down there to see their facilities and train with them, then you have to believe it’s a real possibility. …so what’s the latest…?
The academy is for mid level prem coca-cola teams to buy our players for 1st team wages. Brady said this last week eg 50 mill in sales since 1999. Hence the 18-19yr olds that play in the CCup only to disappear the following season. How many english players start each week none. How many arsenal players play for england.none. After all the vaseline for the latest boy wonder in pre season how many games has he started. None.
We regularly steal foreign talent bcos Wenger doesnt rate our own hale end boys. Been a supporter way b4 you all were off Farleys rusk. Just dont give me the crap we cant find talented home grown english players in a city of 7 million but we steal half arsed players from denmark switzerland france etc fucking switzerland that football powerhouse.
Just watched Hungary U21 vs Italy U21 2-0.
Mannone did not convince me again. I think he was at fault with the first goal staying on the line. He was shaky on crosses, but made some good saves from long range efforts. Could not be blamed for the second.
As for the supposed Arsenal targets:
Obinna was easily turned by Krisztian Nemeth a lot of time, but after he went off injured Obinna dealt comfortably with his less talented substitute. Good on the ground, but not so good with long balls and headers.
Balotelli is amazing, such a talent but what an egoistic prick. was a real threat the whole game, but also lazy, and constantly elbowing and kicking defenders. If it wasn’t that stupid Clattenburg he should have walked early. He missed at least three sitters. Looks like a young Adebyaor with much bigger potential and well, ego:)
Samuel;
Hey mate. Yeah I completely understand you. People trafficking is indeed a terrible terrible thing and sex slaves are a real menace and are a massive cause for concern.
BUT, just lookin at the incident in isolation (a horny 16 yr old lad getting his rocks off, allegedly with a hooker) then its OK-ish, in my book! Rites of passage and all that…
But, I liked the way you happened to drop in, you get it regualr!!!
And who said smokin a spliff was harmless??? Tut, tut, tut my brother!!!
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i watched swiss vs colombia u17 yesterday,must say harjovic looked really good,made some brilliant last ditch challenges,looks like a great prospect,and about ben khalifa he is nothing more than what we already have in our ranks
Good move! lets hope it is one of the few that goes thru that tiny needle hole. Remember, of every ten signed, if one is good enough to get first team regular place, it is deemed a big success by AW. Lets hope this is one of the few.
@ manmohit
Did Hajrovic play in midfield?? I didn’t watch the game but according to the lineup it seems like he was played in midfield even though he’s a CB.
Guy: the lineup was simply based on numbers, he is number 15 so seemed to be more attacking than he was.
Guy – No, he played CB. He made one great last ditch tackle in the last 5 mins with the score already at 4-0. He is very, very composed on the ball. Good technique for a CB but i only caught the last 15 mins of the match so i can’t really say more on him as a player as that’s the first real glimpse i’ve had of him.
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gonna get emm
YET AGIN THE NEXT BIG THING,WHAT THEY WANT TO START DOING IS BUYING READY MADE PLAYERS
He seems like a player with alot of potential.. but will his life off the field effect the way he plays on the field?
this is going to sound a bit crazy but its all true!! i live in El Paso Tx which is border city of mexico. i have a friend who is incredbly gifted with the ball, he is amazing, and well he was scouted and offerd a contract at cruz azul, which is Galvans team. my friend ended up not signing the contract because he wanted to come back to el paso to finish school and later go back to Puebla who are another fist division team in mexico who also want him. i asked him about this guy galvan the other day, and he told me that he was pretty good, but not much better then him, that on his day he could take him easaly. and well im a little disapointed because i can play at the level of my friend and for him to be able to compete with this guy that is suposedly going to sing for arsenal, makes me feel like even i can go pro!!! i dont think this guy is worth it.
Ha ha. Here we are on an Arsenal youth sight discussing hookers and weed. Kinda funny when you think about it.
Anyhow, If the lads anything like Vela then we should sign him up I say!
c u 3 year!!!!
Atten Samuel: How the hell do you relate prostitution w/ rape is beyond me? Please look at the Brail national team….. But there is no common ground here. Prostitution is a choice by both parties. Samuel I have read some of your post and most are insightful but this one was poorly thought out. Have you ever been to Mexico or NA for that point? I think not and the rubbish about slave trafficking that is rampant in Europe and Asia not North America. (Not that NA is any better but prostitution is average fine off $50 US in Mexico and most of SA) Please have clue before you sprout rubbish. It is very annoying to hear ignorant opinions of people who have never left their continent
He is A talent,
But we need to sort out his issues,
Asenal, Beer and Hookers !
(Utd Kids Wife)
caught with prostitute in hotel and good at football, Galvan is perfect in his style.Don`t come with it at Emirates otherwise you will lose football
go arsenal
Well Samuel… Why don’t you stop buying clothes then becouse they are probably made from a slave in india or china or so. And stop wathing porn movie becouse that is prostitution at its finest. You don’t know the girl who slept with Galvan. He might offerd her alot of money and she did it for the money. I am against human trafficking but there are unique stories out there. No ones grow up and says.. I wanna be a janitor. But things happens in life and you have to adopt. If one rich girl come to me and says ” You will get X much money to have sex with me, do you want to?” I will for sure do it. But only if I knew she was clean. And there are very sofiscticated hookers out there too who loves their job. So to say there are no happy hookers is so wrong. I have never bought sex and will never do becouse i think that is wrong but you still have to look from different perspectives.
Caught in bed with a prozzie?
must be good in the ‘box’ then…
>>Arsene Knows<<
16 years old only. He has plenty of time to adapt and mature. Give him a chance.
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Arsenal Rocks..!!!
We should add a experience striker in HULK from Porto, And number 4,14 and 9 from The World Cup winners Swiss under 17s ?
How do we keep getting these talents? how do they get work permits. This Mexican and the 2 swiss guy areb’t in the EC and certainly won’t have played 75% of games for their countries..
can someone enlighten me how we get round this loophole ?
Interesting post. I have made a twitter post about this. Hope others find it as interesting as I did.
Hello friends,
Great post, very well written.
You should blog more about this.
I’ll definitely be subscribing.
Have a good day..
gunners for all!!