BARCELONA – Barcelona is in full battle with Manchester United, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund for the services of Yusuf Demir, a young 17-year-old Austrian talent playing for Rapid Vienna. Several sources have disclosed to ESPN.
Demir made his debut for Rapid Vienna’s first team in December 2019 and despite his young age, he has played 28 more elite matches since then.
The young left-handed midfielder, who can also play on both sides of the attack, has scored six goals and provided two assists in the 23 games he played for Rapid this season and is also a fixture in the Austrian’s lower echelons. team.
International scouts are starting to consider him one of the great talents of world football and several sources have revealed to ESPN that the big clubs in Europe are on their guard and waiting for him to come of age in June. be able to sign for a foreign club without depending on the mobility of their parents.
The same sources admit to ESPN that Barcelona is one of the best placed teams to make it to its signing, as the Catalan team’s technical managers have been testing its potential integration for months.
The sports management led by Ramón Planes has left excellent reports about the player to Joan Laporta and the new president will now have to decide whether it is worth going in with the greats of Europe on a footballer worth between 5 and 15 million euros.
In recent times, Barça has signed several pearls of world football such as Pedri, Ronald Araujo or Francisco Trincao and at the club they believe Demir could be another great addition to follow the same line and rejuvenate the squad. The same sources admit to ESPN that Barcelona knows that other clubs such as Manchester United, City, Bayern and Dortmund are also trying to sign him, but they think they would have an advantage to win the match as Demir admires Lionel Messi. positive about continuing his career at Camp Nou.