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Arsenal are set to compete with Manchester United and Aston Villa for the signature of Scottish full-back Calvin Ramsey.
The 18-year old has caught the eye since breaking into the first-team at Pittodrie , and has featured in all eight of their Scottish Premiership matches so far this season, as well as being an ever present in their run to the play-off rounds of the Europa League.
In particular, watching clubs have been impressed with his attacking ability, and he has already notched-up six assists from his right-back role.
The Gunners already have one recruit from north of the border in their ranks in the form of Kiernan Tierney, who recently became the first Scot to play 50 games for the club since Charlie Nicholas.
On deadline day. Arsenal bought Japanese international Takehiro Tomiyaso from Bologna and he has become the established right-back under Mikel Arteta, but he has been deployed more as an auxiliary defender than somebody asked to push further forward.
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.