Bayer Leverkusen whizkid Zidan Sertdemir admits he was wanted by Arsenal.

The 16 year-old has made his Bayer debut after arriving this summer from FC Nordsjaelland.

He told Bold: "Arsenal, Ajax, Wolfsburg and some other German clubs were interested. But it became Leverkusen because of their plan for me. They saw me on their first team from the first day, where I had to train right away, and that convinced us.

"It was cool to see that there was that interest in me and it was great. But we had already talked about wanting to go to Germany because there is a lot to learn and the German mentality fills a lot in that part.

"In the end, it was between Wolfsburg and Leverkusen. They had the same plan, but we chose Leverkusen over Wolfsburg because they have tried it before with young players, and Wolfsburg does not have it quite the same way."