Arsenal have agreed on a partnership with Dutch outfit Feyenoord, which will see the Gunners loan a selection of young prospects to the Eredivise side, starting with winger Ryo Miyaichi.
Chief scout Steve Rowley, together with executive Richard Law, have held extensive meetings with Feyenoord and agreed to begin a link up which will see Arsenal regularly send players on loan, according to De Telegraaf.
Rowley and Law set up a similar arrangement with Spanish Segunda side UD Salamanca five years ago, which saw players signed by Arsenal move there on loan after failing to win work permits. That broke down, and with immigration laws less strict in Holland, a new agreement is about to be formed.
Law arrived in Rotterdam last night to put the final touches to the partnership. He travelled with newly signed Japanese starlet Ryo Miyaichi, who will hold talks with manager Mario Been and scout Stanley Brard to decide on his future. Ryo will either go straight into the Feyenoord first-team, go into their Reserves, or move to Excelsior, where he will be looked after by Brard.
Rowley is said to have advised Arsène Wenger to give the green light for the deal, after signing Robin van Persie and more recently Kyle Ebecilio from the De Kuip based team.
Arsenal are not the first-team Premier League club to link up with Dutch sides, with Manchester United joining forces with FC Twente earlier this season, and Chelsea enjoying a similar loan relationship with Vitesse Arnhem.
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Maybe Wellington should also move to Feyenoord?