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Arsenal on brink of announcing Folarin Balogun has signed a new four-year contract as Gunners fend off interest from across Europe to keep hold of their talented young striker

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Arsenal are poised to confirm Folarin Balogun has signed a new four-year deal.

Sportsmail revealed on Friday that highly-rated academy graduate Balogun, 19, was close to committing to Arsenal to end months of uncertainty about his long-term future.

He put pen to paper on his new contract, which will run until 2025, at the weekend ahead of an official announcement.

Teenage striker Folarin Balogun is on the brink of signing a new long-term deal with Arsenal

Manager Mikel Arteta said: 'We are going to make it official when it's official and everything is done but as I said before, I have always been very positive that he wanted to stay at the club.