Arsenal prepare £4m for Brazililian teenager Martinelli

Arsenal have reportedly prepared a bid for Ituano midfielder Gabriel Martineeli, who has started brightly in the Paulista Championship. After playing three times in the Paulista Championship in 2018, Martinelli scored six goals in just four games in the last edition of the Sao Paulo Junior Football Cup. In the current Paulista Championship, Martinelli has already scored three times in nine matches as Ituano sit second in group D. Reports have indicated Premier League club Watford, along with Championship sides Leeds United and Middlesbrough, are interested in Martinelli. However, Arsenal are frontrunners with board having already signed off on the move for the midfielder.

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