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Young midfielder who ‘really wants to sign for Arsenal’ now deemed even better than Lucas Bergvall

Arsenal are likely to be busy in the summer transfer window after failing to bring in any players in January.

The Gunners have had a decent season and remain in the Champions League picture, but they’ve fallen ൩behind in the Premier L♛eague title race.

In addition, Arsenal are likely to lose 🎃Thomas Partey and Jorginho in the summer due to expiring contracts.

Now, one midfielꦛder the Gunners have already held talks with has just been deemed one of the 20 best youngst😼ers in world football.

Indeed, said player has been rated higher than Tottenham Hotspur’s Lucas Bergvall and Manchester CIty’s Vitor Reis.

Photo by OLE MARTIN WOLD/NTB/AFP via Getty Images
Photo by OLE MARTIN WOLD/NTB/AFP via Getty Images

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Arsenal target Sverre Nypan ranked at number 14 on list of 50 best teenage footballers

The player in question is Rosenborg prodigy Sverre Nypan, who has been linked with a move to Arsenal for some ti🐭me.

Arsenal were confident of signing Nypan in January, but the midfielder op♌ted to delay his decision after talking with a number of clubs🍒.

Nypan has now been named at number 14 in Goal.com’s NxGn 2025 list, in which they rank the world’s best 50 teenage footb𓆉allers.

NxGn 2025 also reiterated that the Gunners have held talks with the 18-year-old, though Man City are also o🦩n theᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ case.

‘Just over 10 years ago, then-teenaged Norwegian Marti🃏n Odegaard embarked on 🦂a tour of Europe as elite clubs from around the continent battled to sign one of the best midfield talents on the planet,’ they wrote.

‘Now, a decade or s🅺o later, Sverre Nypan has followed in his com🦩patriot’s footsteps, and while he is yet to make a decision regarding a transfer, there is a belief that he can match Odegaard’s impact on the game in the coming years.

‘The 18-year-old managed 15 combined goals and assists from central midfield for Rosenborg during the 2024 campaign, and Nypan has since held talks with Arsenal and the City Football Group, amo𝓡💞ng others, as he plots his next move, which will almost certainly arrive this summer.’

Meanwhile♕, Bergvall is in 17th place, while Reis is in 16th place.

What Sverre Nypan thinks about potential Arsenal move

Journalist Steve Kay recently shared what he knows about Nypan and Ar💙senal.

According to🐬 the journalist, the youngster is very 𝕴keen to join the Gunners, and he’s also heard that he is an elite young player with world-class potential.

“My understanding, talki𒉰ng to p🐟eople really close to the deal, people closer than I will ever be, he really wants to sign for Arsenal, they’re his first choice. Yeah, for a few reasons,” Kay said.

“He’s spoken to Martin Odegaard on a few occasions, he’s imp🌺ressed with Mikel Arteta a💖nd he thinks that Arsenal are the best club for him to continue his development.

“Yeah, apparently this kid could be anything, sꦜpeaking to pe🍰ople, he is elite, he is an elite youngster.

“Some well-known top journalists who I trust greatly who I’ve spoken to say he has the poten🐻tial to be world-𓄧class.

“He’s special, and Arsenal are favourites to get him, so yeah, whatever fee it will be, it will be a re🐎cord fee for Rosenberg.

“They say about his development, bu♛t people I’ve spoken to, they say that he’s ready.”

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