Gunners eye Afellay

Arsenal scout PSV midfielder

By Jeffrey Glorie   Last updated: 3rd December 2007   Subscribe to RSS Feed

Gunners eye Afellay

Afellay: Attracting interest

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Arsenal have joined the race to sign highly-rated PSV Eindhoven midfielder Ibrahim Afellay.

The 21-year-old has emerged as one of the most talented players in the Eredivisie having come through PSV's own youth system.

Afellay, who only this year opted to represent Holland rather than Morocco, is now attacting attention from around Europe.

His former boss Ronaldo Koeman, now at Valencia, is thought to be keen and reports suggest he could make a bid as early as January to take him to Spain.

However, Arsenal now look to be in the running after Arsene Wenger dispatched a delegation to take a close look at Afellay over the weekend as PSV won 1-0 at De Graafschap.

Staying put

Afellay is currently in talks with PSV - who are keen to extend his current contract by another three years, taking him to 2013.

"My intention is to sign with PSV," he told Algemeen Dagblad.

"But if that fails I will just serve out my contract until 2010."