Gunners eye Afellay
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Arsenal have joined the race to sign highly-rated PSV Eindhoven midfielder Ibrahim Afellay.
The 21-year-old has emerged as one of the most talented players in the Eredivisie having come through PSV's own youth system.
Afellay, who only this year opted to represent Holland rather than Morocco, is now attacting attention from around Europe.
His former boss Ronaldo Koeman, now at Valencia, is thought to be keen and reports suggest he could make a bid as early as January to take him to Spain.
However, Arsenal now look to be in the running after Arsene Wenger dispatched a delegation to take a close look at Afellay over the weekend as PSV won 1-0 at De Graafschap.
Staying put
Afellay is currently in talks with PSV - who are keen to extend his current contract by another three years, taking him to 2013.
"My intention is to sign with PSV," he told Algemeen Dagblad.
"But if that fails I will just serve out my contract until 2010." -
wow, another youngster
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Ibrahim Afellay (born April 2, 1986 in Utrecht) is a Dutch footballer of Moroccan roots playing for PSV Eindhoven. He has played for the Dutch national youth teams and is now part of the Dutch national team. Afellay is seen as one of the biggest talents of The Netherlands. For PSV he usually plays as a right-sided midfielder but he can also play in the centre of the park due to his creative qualities.
Ibrahim Afellay in 2006/2007
Ibrahim Afellay's collections
Both videos a bit crappy tho.
Another player who loves to take long shots...