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Derby County eyeing up Arsenal youngster

According to BBC Sport journalist Pat Murphy on twitter, Arsenal youngster Jon Toral is on the radar of Derby County, and could move there this summer.

With the recent departure of Tom Ince, the attacking midfielder could provide some form of replacement as Derby try to improve on last seasons disappointing 9th place finish.

The 22-year-old is a product of Arsenal’s youth set up, as he left his homeland of Spain after 8 years in the Barcelona youth ranks, to join the youth side at Arsenal.

He enjoyed 4 years developing with the youth team, before becoming a member of the senior squad in 2014.

However, Toral was shipped out on loan to various clubs, so he could gain valuable experience of playing regular first team football, which would not have been available to him at the London club.

He first went to newly promoted Championship side Brentford in 2014, scoring 6 goals in 34 appearances before then moving to Birmingham City in 2015, where he impressed again scoring 8 goals in 36 appearances for ‘The Blues’.

Since his spell at Birmingham the Spaniard has had brief loans with Granada in Spain and Rangers in Scotland, but only made a combined number of 14 appearances across the two spells.

However it looks like we could see Toral in the Championship again according to Pat Murphy.

With the loss of Tom Ince, Derby desperately need to add attacking options to their ranks before the beginning of the season, and Toral, in my opinion would be a great addition.

He has experience in the Championship, and has impressed on both loan spells in the league that he has had before.

With Derby undoubtedly looking to push for promotion after what was a disappointing season last time out, a signing like Jon Toral could be a real boost to their chances.

 

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