{
  "id": 4391846,
  "title": "Teenage Cardiff midfielder Donczew joins Arsenal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/teenage-cardiff-midfielder-donczew-joins-arsenal",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-30T09:28:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/teenage-cardiff-midfielder-donczew-joins-092819378.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Cardiff City's teenage midfielder Axel Donczew has completed his transfer to Arsenal. The 16-year-old Wales youth international will join the Premier League champions as part of their first-year scholarship intake. Donczew made headlines last October when he became the club's youngest ever senior player, a record that has since been broken by Noah Anyadike. Despite Cardiff offering him a deal to continue his development, the player chose to pursue a move away from Cardiff. The north London club has signed a pre-contract agreement with Donczew, which will result in him signing professional terms with them. The Cardiff academy product, who is also eligible to play for Poland, made his first-team debut for Cardiff at the age of 15, substituting in an EFL Trophy match against Newport County. He played as a substitute again for Cardiff last December in an EFL Trophy defeat by Wimbledon.",
  "summary": "Cardiff City teenager Axel Donczew has joined Arsenal as part of the Premier League champions' first-year scholarship intake.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Transfer: Man City set to sign Gakpo from Liverpool, Scanlon joins Arsenal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/transfer-man-city-set-to-sign-gakpo-from-liverpool-scanlon-joins",
        "published": "2026-08-29T20:36:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}