Arsenal talent Folarin Balogun is edging closer to a loan move to Ligue 1 side Stade de Reims with a medical booked in this week.
Balogun spent the second half of last season out on-loan with Championship side Middlesbrough, where he scored three goals and provided as many assists in 18 appearances. During the 2021-22 season, the England under-21 international made two appearances in the Premier League, scoring two goals and contributed one assist in five substitute appearances in the UEFA Europa League for Arsenal.
Nuno Tavares has already left the club to join Marseille on a season-long loan deal, and the Gunners will be hoping the Portuguese defender can learn from William Saliba's time with the French side. Arsenal wanted Balogun to leave the club on-loan this summer in search of regular first team football to continue the striker's development, with a move to Reims now looking ever more likely.
