Manchester United are set to signal the ‘Kylian Mbappe of defenders’ and you may’t get a significantly better praise than that.
The Pink Devils have fought off a problem from Actual Madrid to maneuver near sealing the signing of Lille centre-back Leny Yoro.
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The 18-year-old is flying to the UK to finish a medical and agree private phrases after his Ligue 1 facet accepted a £52million.
When he units foot on the Previous Trafford pitch for the primary time this season, {the teenager} can be simply noticeable as he stands at a whopping 6ft 3in tall.
Yoro has an enormous presence and is an aggressive defender with spectacular technical capability and tempo that enables him to cowl his teammates on the again akin to Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk.
He has already remodeled 60 first-team appearances for Lille, making his debut for the membership on the age of 16, changing into their second youngest-ever participant.
By doing that, Yoro changed Chelsea legend Eden Hazard within the report books, knocking the legendary Blues winger down to 3rd.
He performed extra outfield minutes for his facet than another participant final marketing campaign, proving that {the teenager} had the entire belief of his supervisor, Paul Fonseca.
And talking earlier than Lille took on Aston Villa within the Europa Convention League final season, Fonseca couldn’t converse extremely sufficient of the Frenchman.
He mentioned: “I consider Leny within the subsequent 12 months can be at top-of-the-line golf equipment in Europe. He began right here at 16 with us. He’s very bold however very disciplined.
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“He grew loads however he’s a child with an enormous maturity, with massive high quality. He is very targeted and really concentrated, he needs to study day by day.
“I’ve little question in trendy soccer he can be top-of-the-line central defenders on this planet.”
That ultimate assertion is one echoed by Actual Madrid as they considered Yoro because the ‘Mbappe of defenders’, in keeping with switch guru Fabrizio Romano.
Yoro had the prospect to check himself towards the brand new Actual Madrid famous person throughout a 1-1 attract December and performed the total ninety minutes to assist Lille deny Paris Saint-Germain a ninth successive Ligue 1 win.
Nevertheless, {the teenager} was denied a clear sheet when Bafode Diakite’s foul on Lucas Hernandez noticed Mbappe rating a penalty.
The 2 have had the same early profession, with Mbappe additionally making his skilled debut in France on the age of 16 earlier than heading to a prime European facet.
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In fact, they play in utterly totally different positions, however to be on the same trajectory to one of many world’s finest is an unbelievable praise.
And nice evaluations of Yoro and his capability appear to be a daily prevalence with a former Man United star giving his seal of approval for the transfer.
Angel Gomes got here by way of the Pink Devils’ academy earlier than leaving in 2020 to hitch Lille in France.
He has been Yoro’s teammate ever for the reason that centre-back broke into the primary group and has given a glowing endorsement of {the teenager}.
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Gomes instructed Eurosport: “As quickly as he arrived within the group, I understood that he was going to achieve the summits.
“Once I found the professionals on the age of 16 at Manchester United, I understood that it was totally different.
“He already had the suitable temperament. That’s not regular for a 16- or 17-year-old participant arriving.
“It’s like he’s already an skilled participant and it confirmed in the way in which he educated, the way in which he behaved. His progress was apparent.”
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It now looks like Yoro can be heading to the membership that developed Gomes in a transfer that can be very fashionable amongst Man United followers.
That features membership legend Rio Ferdinand, who needed the Pink Devils to herald Yoro this summer time.
He’s set to develop into the fifth most costly teenager of all time and can look to interrupt into Erik ten Hag’s again line alongside Lisandro Martinez.
Ten Hag appears to have discovered his alternative for Raphael Varane and can be delighted that Yoro has modified his thoughts after initially preferring a transfer to Madrid.
