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Julian Brandt

Another promising youngster from Germany

Julian Brandt is almost an unknown figure in world football. He's only 20 and hasn't impressed enough with Bayer Leverkusen to be highly sought-after in the transfer market. His stats, however, will show a different scene altogether. He's scored ten goals and assisted a further eight more for Leverkusen in fourty-four appearances for the club last season.

He's not the quickest player on the pitch but his willingness to dribble inside the box is always a threat to defenders. Much like Olivier Giroud in the current, he's good at playing the ball off of his teammates. A little one-two in the box with Mesut Ozil could potentially hurt the opposition so much.

If Balde was raw, Brandt is even more so and while he's had a proper education rising through the ranks in Germany – one of Europe's top youth countries – Brandt will take some time to settle into Arsenal's mix of pace, quick passing and off-the-ball movement.

He'll be cheap though. That ought to make Wenger smile.

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