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Mark Jones

Arsenal set to add striker to Thomas Partey transfer deal on exciting deadline day

Arsenal are reportedly set to wrap up a deal for 18-year-old forward Nikolaj Duus Moller.

Goal.com report that the teenager - a Sweden under-19 international - is set to arrive for around £450,000 from Malmo, with the move set to be completed during transfer deadline day.

Due to Moller's tender age and the fact that he won't be going straight into the first-team picture, the Gunners have no pressure to rush through the transfer in order register him to play in the Premier League.

Moller is said to have had his medical at the club's London Colney base, and has agreed a four-year deal with the Gunners, where he will become the latest new addition to Steve Bould's under-23s squad.

Bould is set to welcome Moller into his squad (Getty Images)

He previously spent 18 months at Serie A outfit Bologna before returning to Malmo in January, although he is yet to make his senior debut.

The news comes as the Gunners stand on the verge of completing a deal for Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey, having met the Ghanaian's release clause.

Former Arsenal star Paul Merson is delighted with the deal.

"I think he's a top drawer player," Merson said on Sky Sports.

Partey is closing in on the switch (2020 DeFodi Images)

"I nearly fell off my chair, £45million, I don't think that's a lot of money, at all for the quality of player you are getting here.

"The one thing he brings as well. Discipline. He has played at Atletico Madrid, who are one of the most disciplined teams in Europe and he would do that.

"He's not a midfield player who goes running all over the place and you are thinking 'where has he gone?'. He is very disciplined. I think he would be a great signing."

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