Arsenal youngster Folarin Balogun has been in the headlines for a number of different reasons. This is over the last few weeks.
Balogun scored his first goal for the USA last night in a 2-0 win over Canada. Following on from that, he has since admitted he has no desire to go out on loan next season. This is fuelling talk of a permanent Arsenal exit.
And according to journalist Jonathan Johnson, a move to Marseille over in Ligue 1 shouldn’t be ruled out.
Most probable destination for Folarin Balogun this summer
Writing in his latest column for CaughtOffside, Johnson details how Balogun is of interest to the French side Marseille.
And intriguingly, he suggests a decison on another Arsenal player. Nuno Tavares, could actually have a direct impact on the decision they make of Balogun.
“There’s been a lot of interest and a lot of business done between Arsenal and Marseille in recent times, with OM showing a particular interest in Folarin Balogun and his future this summer. It’s difficult for Marseille to make a move for him at this moment in time, however, as they don’t have a new coach in place yet,” Johnson said.
“Still, Marseille seem to have a particularly good relationship with Arsenal, as we saw with the loan deal for Nuno Tavares last summer, which itself followed the William Saliba loan and the Matteo Guendouzi loan that was turned permanent.
“In terms of Tavares’ future, I’m not sure Marseille saw enough from him to want to make that move permanent, but I think that’s a relationship those two clubs will want to continue, so it could have implications for Balogun, or maybe someone else.”
