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Arsenal are among several clubs keeping track on Dutch winger Nao Lang.
Currently playing for Belgian side Club Brugge,, he attracted rave reviews for his performance in the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain, where he was the star performer in a game that also featured Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé.
He has also been in impressive form domestically, contributing to 22 goals in the Belgian top flight last season and eight already this season in nine competitive matches.
Lang came through the Ajax academy system where he had something of a wild child reputation, although that seems to be something he has outgrown as he has got older.
He was close to joining Leeds United in the summer, but that deal collapsed at the last minute as Club Brugge refused to budge on their asking price of £25.5 million, forcing the Yorkshire club to sign Daniel James from Manchester United instead.
Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.