Arsenal boss Wenger is keeping tabs on the 13-year-old French wonderkidReuters
But Arsene Wenger, who has been tracking Mejbri for over a year, appears to have jumped to the front of the queue after the France youth international’s father revealed he had already gone on trial with the Gunners.
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Mejbri – who draws comparisons with David Luiz because of his frizzy locks – is completing his football education at France’s Clairefontaine base until 2018 while on the books of Paris FC, the capital’s secondary club.
Mejbri’s father, a former player in Tunisia’s second division, insists there is no rush to sort out his son’s future.
The youngster has drawn comparisons with David Luiz because of his frizzy hairGetty ImagesFrancis Coquelin is another French midfielder who Wenger picked up as a youngsterGetty Images
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Lofti Mejbri said: “As parents, we are proud of it but it is very surreal, because we know very well that everything that’s happening around him can be dangerous.
“The priority is his studies. It is more likely he becomes a doctor or lawyer than a pro footballer.
“And even if he does, I do not want him to have a chickpea (for a brain) in his head.”
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