Arsenal confirm Folarin Balogun joins Stade de Reims on season-long loan

Arsenal have confirmed that striker Folarin Balogun will join French side Stade de Reims on a season-long loan for the 2021/22 campaign.

Balogun is another promising forward at Arsenal, but may have been on the outside looking in if he were to stay with the first-team, with Mikel Arteta deciding to send him on loan.

The Englishman started the first Premier League game for Arsenal last season against Brentford, which was the moment it seemed he had finally broken through into the Arsenal first team picture. However, he was unable to make another start and was eventually loaned out to Middlesborough.

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Balogun will now play in a top European league in Ligue 1, similarly to Reiss Nelson who spent last season on loan at Feyenoord, who could be elevated to the first-team at Arsenal this season.

Balogun would have likely been behind Gabriel Jesus, Eddie Nketiah and Reiss Nelson in the pecking order for this season, but will now return to Arsenal next summer.