Arsenal to sign Wellington
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
It looks like Brazilian wonderkid Wellington could be heading to Arsenal. What’s more, Wenger could nick the 16-year-old forward for next to nothing since he doesn’t have a professional contract with his club Fluminense.
The Fluzão player spent a week training at Ashburton in January, where he turned out for the Gunner’s Under 16 side against Norwich. Impressively, the cheeky whipper snapper bagged himself four goals against the Canaries in an 8-4 victory. He’s been doing the business for Brazil’s Under 16s too — check this goal (around 50 seconds in) against Peru.
Scoring against youth teams from Norwich and Peru is all well and good, but whether or not he can deal with the pace and energy of the Premiership is another question entirely. However, if anyone can mold a player into something special for Barcelona to sign, it’s Arsène Wenger and his team of umpa lumpas at the Ashburton Chocolate Factory of Football Goodness.
Wellington would be in good company at Arsenal, who already have two young Brazilians in Denlison (21) and Pedro Botelho (19), but a last minute contract offer from Real Madrid may scupper things.
