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Manchester United’s hopes of signing the “Swedish Messi” have taken a blow with Barcelona reportedly muscling in on the race for Roony Bardghji.
The teen burst onto United’s radar with a last-gasp winner for FC Copenhagen in opposition to Erik ten Hag’s facet within the Champions League in 2023, aged simply 17.
United’s curiosity was speedy however died down when {the teenager} picked up an ACL damage final 12 months, however having returned to health and with lower than a 12 months left on his contract he’s again on the centre of media hypothesis.
It was reported earlier this week that whereas the Purple Devils are nonetheless circling the 19-year-old Tottenham Hotspur are in pole place for the right-winger, who has been dubbed the “Swedish Messi”.
However in response to Spanish outlet Fichajes, Barcelona are actually able to get critical about bringing Bardghji on board.
The report claims that the La Liga giants are in “superior negotiations” for the Swedish prodigy, who they see as “a extremely fascinating participant”.
Their plan could be to have the proficient teenager competing with Lamine Yamal for the right-wing place, and to that finish there’s speak of the membership investing between €2m and €3m.
There isn’t any indication of what kind of payment FC Copenhagen are in search of, and whereas the belief is that the participant may very well be picked up cheaply there’s a probability {that a} bidding warfare might ensue and drive the worth up.
With all current studies suggesting that United nonetheless maintain an curiosity in Bardghji, INEOS will likely be conserving a detailed eye on proceedings as different golf equipment be a part of the race.
The 19-year-old properly suits United’s current recruitment mannequin of going after promising younger expertise at low costs which has introduced the likes of Chido Obi and Ayden Heaven to Previous Trafford, though Bardghji has considerably extra top-flight expertise.
Attributable to damage, he solely managed six appearances final season, however in 2023/24 he bagged 11 objectives in 37 matches as a key man for the Danish facet.
Ought to he make the swap to Barcelona not solely will Hansi Flick have pipped Ruben Amorim to the submit for an thrilling younger winger, it might additionally possible rule out any transfer they may make for wantaway United winger Marcus Rashford.
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