Samuel Galindo
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| Name: |
Samuel Galindo |
| Club: |
Arsenal |
| Position: |
Attacking Midfielder |
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| Date of Birth: |
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| Born: |
Bolivia |
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Arsenal have signed teenage sensation Samuel Galindo from Real America, but plan to send him out on loan.
The Gunners are looking to lend the 17-year-old midfielder to a club in Spain, where they hope he will find regular first-team football.
1-7-10: Arsenal have finalised the signing of 18-year-old Bolivia international Samuel Galindo, beating Everton to the youngster's services.
The versatile left-footed Bolivia international attacking midfielder has cost Arsenal €500,000 and has penned a four-year contract with the Gunners, but will be leaving on loan after the club failed to get a work permit.
Samuel told ‘La Gaceta de Salamanca’: “Two weeks ago it seemed clear that I was going to go to Salamanca, but Arsenal have told me that they now want me to go to Celta.”
Galindo has been training withn the Arsenal first team since January, but the move was not ratified at that stage.
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Arsene Wenger has high hopes for the Bolivian youngster and feels he will become a pivotal figure at Emirates Stadium in the future.
"I'm looking to send him out on loan. We have a few clubs in mind," said the Frenchman.
"Galindo is a player who has good technique. He's intelligent, 6ft 2in tall, left-footed with good stamina.
"He is a central midfielder who can give good balls. He has good vision too which we like here."
August 2011: For the 2011-12 season, Galindo was loaned to another Spanish club. This time, to Gimnàstic de Tarragona.