Arsenal target Rangers academy standout Jack Wylie as Gunners send top scout on spying mission

Arsenal are leading the chase for Rangers youngster Jack Wylie.

The Gunners have been monitoring the 15-year-old full-back and have had him watched regularly over the past few months. The Premier League giants even sent their chief youth spy Lee Herron to Spain to keep tabs on the talented teenager as he featured for Scotland’s Under-16s in a friendly clash with Denmark last month.

Wylie isn’t eligible to sign his professional forms until he turns 16 in January. And Ibrox bosses will now worry they could be set to lose out on another of their hottest young stars if Arsenal decide to follow up on their interest. Gers were forced to accept a £350,000 bid from Aston Villa earlier this year after the English outfit moved to pinch wonderkid Rory Wilson from their academy.

Clubs south of the border have become increasingly keen on landing stars north of the border due to ongoing uncertainty over securing non-EU stars in the wake of Brexit. Scouts from a host of English Premier League and Championship sides have been running the rule over the hottest talents in Scottish football in a bid to secure the stars of tomorrow at an affordable price.

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