Arsenal have announced an agreement with Shamrock Rovers for Irish teenager Victor Ozhianvuna.However, Ozhianvuna won’t officially be a Gunners player until January 2027, which is when he turns 18. FA and Premier League rules stipulate clubs cannot sign players under the age of 18 from abroad.Due to the laws in place, Ozhianvuna will remain with the League of Ireland side for just over a year before moving to north London.According to Irish outlet RTE, the fee for Ozhianvuna is €2million (£1.74m).The seven-figure transfer, which is reported to include a 20 per cent sell-on clause, breaks the record for the largest fee for a League of Ireland player.It surpasses the €1.7m (£1.48m) Tottenham Hotspur paid to sign Mason Melia from St Patrick’s Athletic, who will join next January.Who is Victor Ozhianvuna?Arsenal were convinced to swoop for the 16-year-old prodigy amid his breakout year.Ozhianvuna made his senior debut for Rovers seven days after his 16th birthday in a 4-0 win over Usher Celtic in the Leinster Senior Cup last January.The fleet-footed youngster continued to make a name for himself with several substitute appearances for the Dublin-based outfit throughout this year’s League of Ireland season.Although he is yet to register a goal or assist in league action, Ozhianvuna got on the score sheet in a 4-0 rout of Wexford FC in the second round of the FAI Cup.Ozhianvuna even had a taste of European action with Rovers having come on as a second-half substitute in the second leg of their Conference League intermediate stage clash against Molde.Arsenal have never been afraid to throw in youngsters if they have proved to be good enoughtalkSPORTUnfortunately for the Irish side, the tie ended in heartbreak as Molde progressed on penalties.However, Ozhianvuna’s 16-minute cameo against Molde meant he became the second-youngest player to feature in a Conference League match.The teenager has also represented his nation at youth level, making a total of nine appearances across Ireland’s U15s, U17s and U18s.Ozhianvuna’s most recent appearance at international level came in a 3-0 win over Turkiye’s U18s on September 7, a fixture in which he started.Which other young talents are on Arsenal’s books?Gunners fans will have to wait and see whether Ozhianvuna is thrust straight into the first team or spends time in the academy upon his arrival in January 2027.But the emergence of Ethan Nwaneri and Max Dowman has proved Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta will give young players a chance if he deems them good enough.GettyDowman has a bright future at the Emirates having already made his Premier League debut[/caption]Nwaneri holds the record for the youngest Premier League player when he made his debut at 15 years and 181 days against Brentford.Now 18, Nwaneri has emerged as a serious threat in the final third for the Gunners and made a total of 37 appearances across all competitions for the club last term, scoring nine goals and registering two assists.The baton has since been passed to 15-year-old Dowman, who is the second-youngest to play in the Premier League after he enjoyed a 26-minute cameo against Leeds in August.Dowman had a debut to remember as he earned a penalty for Arsenal, which was duly put away by summer signing Viktor Gyokeres.In total, Dowman has three senior appearances for Arsenal this term having come off the bench against Liverpool and Port Vale in the Carabao Cup.