Naismith wins Gunners trial
27 Aug 2006 - 12:25:54
Arsenal have offered a trial to Kilmarnock's highly-rated teenage striker Steven Naismith.
The 19-year-old will train with the rest of the Gunners squad on Monday and Tuesday.
Killie chairman Michael Johnston said: "Steven is going down there for Arsenal to have a look at him in training and have some discussions with Arsene Wenger.
"He will be going down for tomorrow and Tuesday, but we have reached no agreement with Arsenal and no figure has been discussed.
"Apparently, this is how Arsenal and Arsene Wenger work - he likes to meet players he is interested in in training.
"They did want him to go down earlier but we could not spare him at the time they went on their training camp, so this is the alternative which has been put in place so they can see him in the flesh.
"There has been a lot of interest from a number of different clubs and there have been various approaches and offers, which we have rejected."