{"id":627104,"date":"2023-08-24T14:42:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T18:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=627104"},"modified":"2023-08-24T14:42:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T18:42:05","slug":"monaco-close-to-signing-folarin-balogun-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/24\/monaco-close-to-signing-folarin-balogun-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Personal Terms Agreed\u2019: Arsenal Close to Selling Star Once Compared to Ian Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monaco are on the cusp of a significant move in the transfer market as they close in on signing talented striker Folarin Balogun. According to Sky Sports&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skysports_sheth\/status\/1694683869360873507\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dharmesh Sheth<\/a>, the Ligue 1 club are nearing a verbal agreement with Arsenal for their academy graduate.<\/p>\n<h2>Monaco Close to Acquiring Folarin Balogun From Arsenal<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Formal Offer and Payment Terms to Follow<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><i>Les Monegasques&#8217;<\/i> pursuit of the USMNT striker has taken a decisive step forward, with reports indicating that the two clubs are inching closer to a verbal agreement on the transfer fee. The next phase involves the French outfit formalizing their interest with a concrete offer to the Gunners<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/17\/inter-milan-arsenal-pavard-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal Now Looking to Swoop in and Steal Man Utd Target After Reports Amrabat Could Also Move Elsewhere<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As per Sheth, the payment terms will also be discussed by the two clubs very soon. Additionally, personal terms between the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/08\/ainsley-maitland-niles-arsenal-lyon-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Ligue 1<\/a> side and the 22-year-old, who was once compared to Arsenal legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/folarin-balogun-compared-two-premier-23149239\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ian Wright<\/a>, have already been agreed in principle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong>Are Arsenal Good Enough to Win the Premier League This Season?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Will Arsenal UNDERPERFORM This Season Under Mikel Arteta? - Premier League Predictions\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GpBvap7uHAo?start=18&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Balogun&#8217;s Impressive Stint at Reims<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Brooklyn-born star showcased his abilities during a loan spell at Reims in the French league last season, where he demonstrated his goal-scoring prowess with remarkable consistency.<\/p>\n<p>Balogun&#8217;s achievement of netting 21 goals in 34 starts for Reims underscored his potential as a top-tier striker, capturing the attention of clubs across Europe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/17\/martin-odegaard-arsenal-contract-extension-talks\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Initial Discussions Set to Take Place\u2019: Arsenal to Get New Deal Done for \u2018World-Class\u2019 Star; Fabrizio Romano<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Monaco inches closer to securing his services, the transfer represents not only a new chapter in the player&#8217;s career but also a significant step in the club&#8217;s plans to bolster their squad. The transfer could very well be a defining moment for both the club and Balogun himself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/40933543@N00\/2427648381\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lloyd Morgan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monaco are on the cusp of a significant move in the transfer market as they close in on signing talented striker Folarin Balogun. According to Sky Sports&#8217; Dharmesh Sheth, the Ligue 1 club are nearing a verbal agreement with Arsenal for their academy graduate. Monaco Close to Acquiring Folarin Balogun From Arsenal Formal Offer and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4369,"featured_media":625478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[8,7,3,7188,28],"tags":[3190,4242,3611],"class_list":["post-627104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-ligue-1","category-premier-league","category-rumours","category-transfers","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-folarin-balogun","tag-ian-wright"],"modified_by":"Delight Wellington","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627104","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\/4369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}