The Arsenal loan army for 2023/24 now has its first member.
Youngster Catalin Cirjan will spend the season with Rapid Bucharest and as confirmed by the Romanian outfit in their official press release, they have the option to buy the midfielder permanently at the end of the campaign thus providing the Gunners with a potential windfall opportunity.
The 20-year-old, who is yet to make a first-team breakthrough at Arsenal having joined on a free transfer in the summer of 2019, did make the bench four times in the Europa League group phase in the season just gone as he made 22 appearances across all competitions for the Under-21s.