Tosin Kehinde, a Nigerian youngster playing for Manchester United is attracting attention from top teams in the world including Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
Kehinde, 20, is attracting interest from home and abroad, with European heavyweights Barcelona and Atletico Madrid among the clubs keeping a close eye on the highly rated midfielder.
The dark-complexioned player returned to Carrington for preseason training after the break, as he hopes to get his first taste of senior football.
Kehinde was quoted saying “The main thing for me at this moment in time, I feel like, especially at my age, I need to be around a first-team environment.” At my age, you need to be testing yourself and putting yourself in those kinds of situations to see where you’re at, to see if you’re at that level and that you’re ready for it, or there are still things that need to be worked on.
“As much as the Under-23s is good, you can’t spend too long in there because when it is time to move on, it’s difficult because you have got no real experience in men’s football.”
This could however mean that the midfielder might be leaving United on loan or making a fresh start somewhere else.
Born in Nigeria but raised in the UK, he was just 16 when he made his debut for the reserves and was a regular for Ricky Sbragia’s U23s last season.
The youngster has pledged his international future to Nigeria after talks with the Nigerian Football Federation in March.
He has already caught the attention of Jose Mourinho and has been called up to train with the first team.
“It’s a great thing training with them,” he added. “There are so many things you can learn from them, even in a short space of time. You can tell by the speed of the training sessions how high the level is and how high the standard has to be to make any type of impression.
“When I’ve trained with them, Michael Carrick has always been very encouraging. He has helped me out and given me ideas. He has given me advice on how I should be looking at the game, so it’s great.”
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