Sky Sports: Arsenal set to sign Henry Onyekuru

banduan

Also:
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/10898992/arsenal-agree-6-8m-transfer-fee-for-henry-onyekuru

Obligatory vid:

Skill bloke but looks like he plays with blinkers on.

Anzac

Clayton's Mbappe?
The one you get when you're not getting one.

Asterix

At this stage we look to have agreed a fee, but so have a few other clubs. One report somewhere says he is after a club that will give him first team football, so any deal is some way off yet.

Gazza M

all for it. get some quality yoof in. we're going to need it by the looks of things

Anzac

We'll have an opening when Sanchez goes, and he can play alongside Iwobi who can fill Ozil's spot,
and AW will revert to his preferred 4231 so as to play Walcott as RWF.

Bold Tone

1:20 into the video, i had to laugh when they were 4 against 1.
e: imagine if he missed

Segway

Looks like the sort of player who will excite and frustrate in equal measure. Will he get a work permit though?

Bold Tone

Yup.
Going by that video, he seems the complete opposite of a Wenger player.
It's almost as if he has so much confidence in his ability that whenever he receives the ball, he assesses the situation then picks the most difficult option.
Either that or the Dutch league is shit.

QuincyAbeyie

The Dutch league is shit, but he doesn't play there. Not that the Belgian is any better.

Irishgunner

Looks like a diving ball hog tbh and if he ever makes it here then the AFCON will fuck us over every two years.

Don't want.

Bold Tone

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
The Dutch league is shit, but he doesn't play there. Not that the Belgian is any better.

:boris: Sums up my ignorance about him.

QuincyAbeyie

When not even his Youtube video is impressing, then I'm starting to get sceptical.

Bold Tone

Some perspective needed.
A 19yr old striker with a £6.8 million price tag, in 2017, is a punt.

Ricky1985

He has a release clause so we haven't actually agreed anything, and reportedly most the big clubs in Europe are chasing him, barring the really big boys.

I've flicked through his youtube video and am not keen but he scored 12 goals in the Belgian League so that's not bad. Probably worth a punt.

QuincyAbeyie

Lukaku scored more in that league when he was 16 years old.

goon

Ricky1985 wrote:
He has a release clause so we haven't actually agreed anything, and reportedly most the big clubs in Europe are chasing him, barring the really big boys.

I've flicked through his youtube video and am not keen but he scored 12 goals in the Belgian League so that's not bad. Probably worth a punt.

He scored 22, no?

https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/nationalleagues/nationalleague=belgium-pro-league-2000000009/top-scorers/

Gazza M

he was joint top scorer with 22 goals from the wing. thats pretty good for a young player even if it is in the belgian league

lukaku was already built like a middle weight boxer at 16 so its not worth comparing the 2

Klaus

Yes he did. From the wing in a struggling team too, by the sound of it.

I like the look of this bloke. Maybe we can't sign the actual Cuadrado, but Henry looks like he has similar traits. Let's bring him in and see if he's any good in a real football league.

Captain

I like the look of him.

Ricky1985

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/henry-onyekuru/leistungsdaten/spieler/380415

Don't really know how the Belgium League works but in 28 games in the Jupiter Pro League this season he scored 12 goals. He then got a further 10 goals in 10 games in the Jupiter Pro League Playoff 2. Which I'm guessing is something to do with going down and staying up.