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Arsenal send Zelalem on loan to VVV-Venlo

The highly rated United States youngster is keen to secure first-team football after struggling to earn minutes at the Emirates Stadium this season

Arsenal starlet Gedion Zelalem will spend the rest of the season on loan at Dutch second-division side VVV-Venlo.

The United States Under-23 international has only made one substitute appearance for Arsenal in the EFL Cup this season and has found game time hard to come by despite a number of injuries to Gunners midfielders.

Zelalem, whose contract expires in 2018, was born in Berlin and played for Hertha’s schoolboy teams before emigrating to America with his father in 2006.