ARSENAL have been urged to make a swoop for Metz teenage sensation Miralem Pjanic.

Media reports have strongly linked the 17-year-old with a move to the Emirates Stadium this summer, and Les Grenats legend Joel Muller that Arsene Wenger wouldn't go far wrong by signing the Bosnian-born youngster.

Pjanic has already been a big-hit in Ligue One in France with seven goals in just 19 appearances and Muller believes he could prove just as successful in the Premier League.

"He is one of the rare young talents that show you in a minute that he is going to have a great career," Muller told setantasports.com.

"As we are going to be relegated we have no choice and have to sell our jewel to earn money. I think that a team like Arsenal would help him to continue his education, with a coach-educator like Arsene Wenger and regarding the football they play, it would definitely be a good option.

"We helped Robert Pires and Adebayor to become great players, so Pjanic could go the same way. His talent needs to be brought out slowly.

"His technique is amazing; he reads the game and knows what is going to happen before everybody. He can play with his left foot, with his right foot and always creates the best situations.

"He anticipates and is a great passer. He can be a playmaker behind two strikers. I know that Arsenal don't play with a playmaker, but Miralem can be used on the wing as well.

"His weak point is his lack of physical strength, but it will improve with time. The Italian league is not made for him, but I think that the English one is."

The former Metz coach highlighted the midfielder's strength of character by recalling an incident in the league.

"Our own fans behind the goal encouraged the opposite goalkeeper when Pjanic was about to take a penalty for us," he said.

"He scored it, then had to do it again because there was a player in the box, and then went directly to make fun of the fans in front of them in the stands! That proves the winner and competitor he is."

Muller was then asked to compare Pjanic to the player he resembles the most.

"It is difficult to compare him to another player to be honest," Muller said. "I think we should wait for one or two years before doing it, but I deeply believe that he will have his own style.

"His football is very original. He loves to play facing the goal, not with his back to it, like Michel Platini did. He has not got Johan Cruyff's strength, and it is too early to compare him to Zinedine Zidane.

"I expect him to create his own name."