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Arsenal have reportedly joined the race for American striker Dino Kipijla..The striker is reportedly expected to go for 5 million pounds as soon as this January
He is in the NYCFC academy. Reportedly Dortmund, Leipzig and Atletico Madrid have inquired, along with now Arsenal.
He holds a Croatian passport (like Pulisic) which allows him to go over early. I think he is 16 or 17...
Has he played for the big boy team?
not to my knowledge. My guess is that he knew last year he was going to leave early and decided not to sign a home grown deal. This may be similar to the discussion we had about Cavan last week in here.
I am just guessing though because I know next to nothing about him.
edit: OK I just looked him up. It looks like he is already in Europe with Dinamo Zagreb after leaving the NYCFC academy earlier this year. It is hard to find a lot of info about him but I think he is with their youth team.
I never heard of him, so looked into it a bit. He's 16. Turns 17 in January.
Signed for Dinamo on a trial last spring. Signed for NK Kustosija this summer.
Had RB Salzburg, Leipzig, and ManU trying to make a deal for him in August.
Reportedly ManU still interested, along with Chelsea and the teams mentioned earlier. Arsenal seem to be leading the chase right now.
Played in US youth setups until moving to Croatia(his parents are both Croatian, moved to US for work... moved back to give Dino more opportunities). Played in their U17 team in 2 games since December.
No idea how good he is, but all the reports are calling him a wonderkid. With 2 Croatian parents and a Croatian agent.... might be hard to wrestle him back. I saw one poorly shot YouTube highlight video, so hard to say where his talent is really at. Likely wouldn't matter for 5+ years anyway, but would be fun to keep in mind if we could lure him back to the stars and stripes.