Arsenal have reportedly agreed a deal with promising young centre-back Elijah Upson after he turned down the chance to stay and sign a new deal with Tottenham.<\/strong><\/p>\n Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your phone. above apple<\/u><\/span> & Google play<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The 18-year-old is a highly regarded talent and is the son of former Arsenal defender Matthew Upson, so his decision to reject a new contract with Spurs and move to north London rivals seems perhaps appropriate.<\/p>\n A recent Daily Mail report had linked Upson with Arsenal and several other top clubs, but this morning Fabrizio Romano posted a ‘go’ to the deal, confirming that the deal is more or less done…<\/p>\n “Elijah Upson joins Arsenal, here we go! Today the 18-year-old centre-back has signed a contract to join the Gunners project. Upson has joined after turning down a new contract with Spurs.” <\/span>#AFC<\/span> Everything will be announced in the long run,” Romano posted on X’s official account (formerly Twitter).<\/span><\/p>\n Want more catchoffside coverage? Add us <\/i><\/b>Google recommended sources<\/span><\/i><\/b> Add trusted news to your favorites list<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Upson may not yet be a big name, but he comes from a footballing family and seems to have made quite a name for himself during his time at Tottenham’s academy.<\/p>\n The Mail reports that Chelsea and Bayern Munich are also interested in the teenager, while Spurs are also said to be eyeing a move for him.<\/p>\n Arsenal fans will now be hoping he goes on to have a successful career at the Emirates Stadium and perhaps even be better than his father.<\/p>\n It’s worth noting that Matthew Upson started his senior career at Arsenal after joining as a youngster from Luton Town. He made 57 appearances for the club, winning the Premier League title in the 2001-02 season.<\/p>\n However, he didn’t quite shine in Arsene Wenger’s side and went out on loan a few times before going on to have a solid career in the Premier League with clubs such as Birmingham City, West Ham United and Stoke City.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fabrizio Romano reveals the latest Arsenal news (Photo by Naomi Baker\/Getty Images) Arsenal have reportedly agreed a deal with promising young centre-back Elijah Upson after he turned down the chance to stay and sign a new deal with Tottenham. Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-50319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Who is the new player Arsenal signed in Elijah Upson?<\/h2>\n