Overview
- Arsenal confirmed on Thursday that 16-year-old Vincent Joseph has signed a first-year scholarship and will join the club’s U18 academy.
- Joseph posted a public farewell to Liverpool on Wednesday after running down his contract and turning down scholarship terms from the club.
- Reports say Liverpool and Arsenal initially failed to agree a training-compensation fee and that a tribunal or private settlement has since allowed the move, though no financial details have been released.
- The forward arrives with a strong youth record, having scored eight goals in nine England U16 games and netted multiple times when he stepped up to U18 level for Liverpool.
- The transfer continues Arsenal’s summer drive to recruit top teenagers and removes a highly rated homegrown striker from Liverpool’s academy while opening a faster development path for Joseph at north London.