Krystian Bielik signed for Arsenal in the January transfer window (Picture: Getty Images)

Arsenal new boy Krystian Bielik may not feature for the Gunners this season, according to manager Arsene Wenger.

The Polish midfielder joined the club from Legia Warsaw in a £2.4m deal and was the club’s first signing of the January transfer window.

But Wenger says he is no hurry to play the 17-year-old, and told the club’s match-day programme that it could be the end of the year before we see him in an Arsenal shirt.

‘Krystian Bielik is building up his fitness,’ wrote Wenger. ‘The first signs we have seen are very positive.

‘He’s a very strong player, he’s 17, he has a very good technical level and looks intelligent. But we’ll have to give him a little time to settle and adapt.




‘I like to take players of that age mid-season because it gives them a cushion of four or five months to settle, adapt and then be ready for the following season.’

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