Overview
- Arsenal announced that 18-year-old Evan Mooney has joined from St Mirren and will be integrated into the club’s academy rather than the first team.
- Multiple outlets report an initial fee of about £400,000 with up to a similar amount in add-ons and a sell-on clause for St Mirren, though financial terms were not disclosed by the clubs.
- Arsenal had tracked Mooney for over a year before talks accelerated on deadline day to complete the permanent move.
- Mooney has 23 senior appearances for St Mirren with one goal and one assist, is a Scotland Under-19 international, and can play wide, centrally or as an attacking midfielder.
- The move fits Arsenal’s focus on recruiting promising teenagers, with separate interest in Hearts forward James Wilson reported as he instead joined Tottenham.