Overview
- Arsenal have signed a pre-contract with 16-year-old Mylo Bernard to join their Hale End academy as a first-year scholar and he can sign professional terms when he turns 17.
- Bernard scored more than 40 goals across Crystal Palace’s academy sides last season and added six goals for Palace’s Under-18s while also netting four times in eight England U16 appearances.
- The club expects Bernard to move into Arsenal’s Under-18 programme and adapt to full-time academy training while he continues his studies for A-Levels.
- The deal is structured as a youth pre-contract that will trigger training-compensation arrangements for Palace rather than a conventional transfer fee and it reflects how age and post-Brexit rules shape youth moves.
- Bernard posted an Instagram farewell after eight years at Crystal Palace and his arrival is the latest in a summer recruitment drive that has seen Arsenal recruit several teenage talents from rival clubs.