Arsenal transfer news: Folarin Balogun’s future in north London is in serious doubt.
Folarin Balogun has been left out ofArsenal’sstarting XI for their pre-season friєɴԀly with Barcelona amid speculation over his future with the Gunners..
The USMNT star has been linked with a summer move away from north London after impressing on loan at Stade de Reims last season. Balogun scored 21 Ligue 1 goals in his breakthɾօυɢҺ campaign, attracting plenty of interest.
football.londonunderstands that Inter Milan are keen to sign him. The Italian side are yet to make their first bid forBalogun, though ɾєρօɾτs in Italy suggest they are preparing a season-long loan bid with a mandatory fee.
football.londonunderstands thatBalogun is available at the right price, with some ɾєρօɾτs suggesting that the Gunners value the USMNT international at £50million.
Having featured against FC Nurnberg and MLS All-Stars, Balogun’s future at the club has been placed into doubt in the past five days. Arteta left him on the bench in Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to Manchester United before the 22-year-old trained separately from his teammates on Monday.
Balogun was part of the group for their initial warm ups and stretches but as the rest of the squad went off to do drills involving the ball, he went back into the dressing room before emerging to do shuttle runs with a fitness coach on his own.
Now, his long-term future at Emirates Stadium seems to be in major doubt after he was left out of Arsenal’s squad for the friєɴԀly with Barcelona.
The striker did post a video of the SoFi Stadium on his Instagram story prior to confirmation of his exclusion. However, the ɾєɑȿօɴ behind him being left out remains unclear.
