{"id":491948,"date":"2025-10-11T21:21:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T21:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/491948\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T21:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T21:21:16","slug":"manchester-united-desperate-to-keep-youngster-as-arsenal-lurk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/491948\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United desperate to keep youngster as Arsenal lurk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Arsenal are aware of Manchester United teenager JJ Gabriel, but the youngster\u2019s current club are desperate to hang onto him.<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/480650037_18022266014652533_5426774161295234570_n.jpg\" alt=\"JJ Gabriel after signing a new contract with Nike (Photo via Gabriel on Instagram)\" class=\"wp-image-321062\" title=\"Manchester United desperate to keep youngster as Arsenal lurk 2\" \/>Photo via Gabriel on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Isaan Khan reports for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15177399\/Arsenal-transfers-January-Saka-contract-Man-United-wonderkid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a> that suggestions of Arsenal having a concrete interest in Manchester United youngster JJ Gabriel are premature, but the Gunners are at least aware of the teenager.<\/p>\n<p>Various <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/2025\/03\/jj-gabriel-arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rumours on social media<\/a> earlier this year suggested that Arsenal were circling for Gabriel, with the player potentially available for a summer transfer.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the 15-year-old committed his short-term future to Manchester United, but he won\u2019t be eligible for a professional contract until October 2027. That leaves two more years of speculation that another club could swoop and sign him first.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/480141685_18021834287652533_3587274002024543169_n-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"JJ Gabriel with the England u15s (Photo via Gabriel on Instagram)\" class=\"wp-image-321061\" title=\"Manchester United desperate to keep youngster as Arsenal lurk 3\" \/>Photo via Gabriel on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United are desperate to avoid that scenario, with reports suggesting they\u2019ve even offered Gabriel a box at the new Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster is certainly making an impression with the United u18s, scoring 10 goals and providing one assist in his first nine appearances in the u18 Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>That would be a strong record for an established u18 player, but for a 15-year-old making the step up it\u2019s even better.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Arsenal\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/max-dowman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Dowman<\/a> is playing first-team football at 15, dropping down to the u21s at most. But Dowman is 10 months older than Gabriel, so there\u2019s still time to catch up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/arsenal-v-leeds-united-premier-league-16-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 23: Max Dowman of Arsenal is put under pressure by Gabriel Gudmundsson of Leeds United during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Leeds United at Emirates Stadium on August 23, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-335915\" title=\"Manchester United desperate to keep youngster as Arsenal lurk 4\"\/>Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>If Gabriel continues his current trajectory at United, it\u2019s likely there will be plenty of competing offers for his signature in 2027. Arsenal may well be seriously among the suitors by then.<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal are aware of Manchester United teenager JJ Gabriel, but the youngster\u2019s current club are desperate to hang&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[52873,748,393,4884,864,2465,98,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-491948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-arsenal-youth","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-jj-gabriel","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-manchester-united","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115357633440882911","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}