Arsenal are giving serious consideration to offering a 20-year-old left winger with no professional experience a two-year deal in a Roy-of-the-Rovers-style ascent from obscurity to one of the world's leading clubs.
Cohen Bramall was playing in the eighth-tier of football with Market Drayton last season and is now with Hednesford Town in the Evo-Stik Northern League Premier Division but spent two days training with the like of Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil last week.
Despite having been turned down by Crewe as a teenager and Leek Town and having never played any professional football, the winger impressed so much, Arsenal are now debating whether it is worth bringing him into the club, initially to train with the Under-23s.