Arsenal could allow teenage talent Max Dowman to go out on loan in the second half of the season, with manager Mikel Arteta saying the club will evaluate the situation every six months. According to BBC Sport, the Gunners would only consider such a move if they can find a club that would help Dowman's development.
Dowman scored his first Premier League goal last season and registered his first senior brace in a Carabao Cup win at Ipswich on Tuesday. He does not turn 17 until December, and Arteta spoke about the club's plans after previously sanctioning loan moves for fellow youngster Ethan Nwaneri.
Arteta on Dowman's future
Speaking before Saturday's trip to Brighton, Arteta said: "We will evaluate every six months where we are and what is the best thing for him to do and then make the right decision."
"It depends on a lot of factors. What he needs, and what the team needs as well, the availability we have in the squad, the minutes that he is playing and the qualities of those minutes. We have to be open, but now the focus is to be here and to impact the team."
Weinhandl transfer talk dismissed
Arsenal are also linked with Austrian teenager Luca Weinhandl, a 6'3" midfielder who has broken into the Sturm Graz first team and scored in a Champions League qualifying victory against Hearts in July. The 17-year-old does not turn 18 until January.
Sturm boss Fabio Ingolitsch dismissed the transfer speculation, saying: "These days, you can put so much information into someone that all sorts of rumours are formed. We couldn't care less."
"We know what we have in Luca, that he's a highly talented player who, at 17, plays as if he's already played countless international matches. A very special lad, we know that, and yet we can all put it into perspective and are very happy that he's with us. He will help us immensely this year."
