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Rangers are on the brink of landing highly-rated Arsenal youngster Gedion Zelalem on a season-long loan deal, reports the Daily Record.

The 18-year-old flew into Glasgow this afternoon and was whisked straight to the championship club’s Murray Park training complex for face-to-face signing talks with manager Mark Warburton which will continue throughout the afternoon.

It’s understood a number of English clubs had been hoping to land the attacking midfielder who is being hotly tipped as a future USA international after recently switching allegiances from Germany.

But after tying up similar temporary deals with Spurs for Nathan Oduwa and Dominic Ball, Warburton now appears in pole position to snap up another young talent from London.

(Image: Alex Grimm - FIFA)

Zelalem was born in Germany to Ethiopian parents and grew up in Berlin before the family moved to Maryland in 2006.

He represented the States at the Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand in June after FIFA had cleared him to switch nationalities.

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