{"id":568604,"date":"2020-10-05T14:59:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T18:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=568604"},"modified":"2020-10-05T14:59:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T18:59:33","slug":"report-nikolaj-duus-moller-set-for-arsenal-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/05\/report-nikolaj-duus-moller-set-for-arsenal-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Nikolaj Duus Moller Set for Arsenal Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Highly-rated teenager Nikolaj Duus Moller is on the verge of signing for Arsenal, according to Charles Watts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/arsenal-to-sign-moller-as-swedish-striker-undergoes-medical\/1hp0te04jczbt1vhzyg2rts8xt\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goal<\/a>. The deal is believed to worth in the region of \u00a0\u00a3430,000 for the 18-year-old who currently plays for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malm%C3%B6_FF\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malmo FF.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal to Sign Nikolaj Duus Moller<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Arsenal to sign Swedish striker Nikolaj Duus Moller &#8211; he had his medical this afternoon.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RsNVyDV7jR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/RsNVyDV7jR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles Watts (@https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/09\/Top-Shelf-Prospects.jpg_watts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/09\/Top-Shelf-Prospects.jpg_watts\/status\/1313149218421387264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>One for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>Nikolaj Duus Moller has been at Malmo since he was 12-years-old but has not made it into the first team. His efforts have all come in the U23 and youth set up at Malmo. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Atletico+Madrid\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a> will put the player into their own U23 squad and are not looking for him to go straight into the first team.<\/p>\n<p>Moller is a player who holds the ball up well and has the attributes to become an all-round striker. Some have even compared the youngster to <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/4cde5509\/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zlatan Ibrahimovic<\/a>, which is some comparison to have.<\/p>\n<h3>Contract<\/h3>\n<p>The contract is reported by the Swedish paper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aftonbladet.se\/sportbladet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Sportbladet<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to be for four years with the option of a further year if he performs well.<\/p>\n<h3>Serie A<\/h3>\n<p>Moller had a loan spell with Serie A side <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Bologna\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Bologna<\/a> where he remained for 18 months. He played for the U18 squad in Italy before returning to his parent club.<\/p>\n<p>Moller continued to train with the first team due to the promise he has shown. He has not made an appearance for the first team yet and sees the challenge of Arsenal as being key to him fulfilling his potential.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Bould, Arsenal\u2019s U23 coach, also has another talented forward on <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/31822f8c\/Folarin-Balogun\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Folarin Balogun<\/a> so the Swede will have to work hard to progress. Bould has been impressed with the tall striker and despite his height is known to be good on the ball.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"uUWXkTw8TH9lHL21Uu6JHQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1273498224\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'uUWXkTw8TH9lHL21Uu6JHQ',sig:'a0q3H8xYfzAwD0lY4WcM5FhmE88--q_6komDFTY4qN0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1273498224',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highly-rated teenager Nikolaj Duus Moller is on the verge of signing for Arsenal, according to Charles Watts of Goal. The deal is believed to worth in the region of \u00a0\u00a3430,000 for the 18-year-old who currently plays for Malmo FF. Arsenal to Sign Nikolaj Duus Moller &nbsp; Arsenal to sign Swedish striker Nikolaj Duus Moller &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2488,"featured_media":568639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,30,28],"tags":[1417,6809,6808,723,2604,136],"class_list":["post-568604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-arsenal","category-news","category-transfers","tag-malmo-ff","tag-nikolaj-duus","tag-nikolaj-duus-moller","tag-sweden","tag-transfer-deadline-day","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2488"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}