Manchester City are set to beat intense competition for the signature of Cardiff City youngster Timeo Whisker.
The Athletic are reporting about Manchester City’s imminent agreement with Cardiff City for highly-rated 15-year-old wonderkid Timeo Whisker. The Premier League giants will pay a fee in the region of £250,000 to secure the French-born whizkid.
Manchester City close in on Timeo Whisker
Timeo Whisker, the highly-rated 15-year-old wonderkid from Cardiff City, could soon be donning the colours of Manchester City. The talented youngster has impressed some of the observers of the Premier League giants as the club have now decided to make their move.
Timeo Whisker has excelled in his age division and has been rising through the ranks. His performance have attracted several top-flight clubs towards him, although it appears Manchester City have pounced ahead of the others and are now on the verge of agreeing on a deal for the youngster.
Manchester City will reportedly pay Cardiff City a fee of £250,000 for the highly-rated 15-year-old wonderkid. Whisker will join the club on a schoolboy registration as he is some way away from either signing a scholarship or professional terms.
For Cardiff, the deal is an acceptable conclusion for producing talents like Whisker. They might have ideally wanted to bring up the highly-rated 15-year-old wonderkind for another year or two and probably hand him his first team debut. But the pressure of top-flight sides could have proved too much to handle at this stage.
Manchester City continue youth market dominance
In the last few years, Manchester City have asserted their dominance in the domestic youth market. The club have a great vision for the future, which involves snapping up some of the most talented youngsters growing up at other academies.
Recently, they signed Harrison Parker from Manchester United while also extending their search to the Argentine market with the arrival of Claudio Echeverri in January.
They are also chasing Francesco Camarda, the recently turned 16-year-old from AC Milan. There are other players they like from English, Irish and Scottish clubs while also keeping close tabs on youngsters developing at different European and South American clubs.
