Folarin Balogun arrives at the Stade de Reims. Aged 21, this Anglo-American striker arrives in Champagne as part of a one-season loan, he who is under contract until 2025 at Arsenal. Born in New York to parents of Nigerian origin, he defends the colors of England on the international scene (U21). “Balogun has many qualities: a management of space, a sense of depth and a lucidity in the last gesture quite rare for a young attacker. Swift, mobile, he is a player who provokes a lot, managing to create imbalances through his dribbling and his quality of percussion“, we describe in the press release from Reims. Appeared 10 times in the jersey of the first team of Arsenal (2 goals), his club since he was 8 years old, Folarin Balogun only left far from the Emirates Stadium during the second part of the last season, on loan to Middlesbrough (21 games, 3 goals).
