Report suggested Leeds United wanted Arsenal’s new wonderkid Gabriel Martinelli in the summer

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Arsenal fans and neutrals have all been thoroughly impressed by the performances of the club’s summer signing Gabriel Martinelli. The Gunners snapped him up this summer from the Brazilian side Ituano. 

The teenager has scored four goals in four games for the Gunners, after netting respective braces against Nottingham Forest and Standard Liege. 

He is even causing an international tug-of-war, with both Brazil and Italy trying to secure his services for their respective national teams. 

He cost Arsenal, according to The Sun, just £6 million and is looking like a special piece of bargain business. 

His form is certainly justifying Leeds United’s interest in the player. 

As reported by TEAMtalk, the Championship promotion favourites were one of the teams also keeping tabs on the 18-year-old this summer. 

Leeds United, like plenty of others, would have been attracted by his sensational talent, EU passport, and the relatively low transfer fee. With Jack Clarke agreeing to join Tottenham Hotspur, bringing in a player of Martinelli’s quality and promise would have proved the perfect tonic. 

However, once the likes of Arsenal got involved, Leeds were always going to have a hard time winning the battle to sign Martinelli.

But Leeds fans can take solace in the fact he was at least on their radar.