Arsenal’s Top 10 Prospects: An In-Depth Look at the Gunner’s Future

7. Krystian Bielik

View image | gettyimages.com

The next Patrick Vieira? He must be if Arsene Wenger submitted three sequential offers for the young Pole, having two rejected.

More from Pain in the Arsenal

• 3 observations from Arsenal’s victory at Goodison Park
• 3 standout players from 1-0 victory over Everton
• 3 positives & negatives from Goodison Park victory
• Arsenal vs PSV preview: Prediction, team news & lineups
• 3 talking points from Arsenal’s victory at Goodison Park

Bielik is something special, not just skillfully and physically, but mentally. When in Poland, he swapped between the two biggest squads when he left Lech Poznan for Legia Warsaw, earning him some non-flattering nicknames in his home country.

Bielik is six foot two and only 17 years old. That’s kind of scary. Not only that, but Wenger brought him straight into the first team, not even bothering with a loan spell.

However, along with his height, he also has tremendous technical skill that is unheard of in six foot two teenagers (good luck finding another to compare him too).

2.5 million pounds for a 17 year old means something, especially coming from the padlocked wallet of Arsene Wenger.

Next: Number 6