ARSENAL are keen to re-sign Donyell Malen despite selling him to PSV Eindhoven for just £540,000 in 2017, according to reports.
The 21-year-old’s scintillating form for the Dutch side has seen the striker appear back on the Gunners’ radar.
Arsenal are keen on re-signing PSV star Donyell MalenCredit: Getty Images – Getty
The striker left the Gunners in 2017 for just £540kCredit: Rex Features
Malen has bagged 33 goals and 16 assists in 78 games for PSV.
And he could soon be on the way back to the Emirates, according to Dutch outlet Soccernews.
Malen spent two years in Arsenal’s academy having joined from Ajax’s Under-17s in 2015.
Some of Europe’s biggest clubs are said to be interested and that list includes Mikel Arteta’s side.
Juventus are reported to have made contact with his super-agent Mino Raiola despite the Dutchman being plagued by a knee injury this summer.
But Malen was said to be uninterested in a move as he wants to focus on his domestic form for PSV to ensure he is in Holland’s squad for next summer’s Euros.
He already has four senior caps and has scored once.
And Malen is also a decorated Netherlands youth star having turned out for every age group from the Under-15s.
Arsenal were also linked with a £50million move for Malen LAST summer.
Rumours circulated in 2017 suggesting Malen left the Gunner because he was ‘too fat’ but the striker moved quickly to quash such stories.
Last summer he said: “That I was sent away from Arsenal is certainly not true.
“I still had a contract for a year and Arsenal even wanted to extend that.
“I don’t play football for the money. I never did that. Otherwise I would not have left England.
“There are stories that I was not fit when I came to Arsenal.
“But I have never been too fat, that really is a nonsense story.”
Earlier today it emerged Malen’s PSV team-mate Mario Gotze is in the best shape of his career thanks to a newfound love of yoga.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
