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Arsenal fans react as Gunners close in on Nikolaj Moller

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Arsenal fans have been reacting to claims the club are on the verge of signing Nikolaj Moller from Swedish outfit Malmo.

Swedish website AftonBladet have claimed the Gunners are primed to land the talented 18-year-old for a fee of around £420,000-a-week.

Supposedly the player will pen a four-year deal at the Emirates Stadium, with the option of an additional year.

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Moller is to head straight to Arsenal’s academy to further his development, and the hope is that he can perhaps challenge for a first-team place in the coming years.

The star has been likened in the past to Zlatan Ibrahimovic – a player who famously might have joined Arsenal as a youngster – for his physical prowess and technical quality.

Moller has been training with the first-team at Malmo, but has never made an appearance for them.

Hopes will be very high for Moller, who is a player very unlike anyone currently in the first-team at Arsenal.

Arsenal Training Session
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The Gunners have lacked a tall striker since Olivier Giroud left in January 2018, and it could be he is able to offer something different for Mikel Arteta’s side in a couple of years perhaps.

Fans certainly reacted positively to news of Moller’s impending arrival at the club: