Arsenal battle Liverpool and Chelsea in race for £60m-rated World Cup wonderkid
Arsenal are in talks to signal Morocco midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi.
The 18-year-old Lille participant was a standout performer for Morocco of their 1-1 World Cup draw with Brazil on Saturday.
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Liverpool have additionally held talks, whereas Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain have been monitoring the Morocco worldwide.
Bouaddi solely prolonged his Lille contract earlier than the World Cup and is contracted till 2029.
Any deal would doubtless value at the very least £60million, but that quantity may rise if Bouaddi continues to shine on the World Cup.
Lille are in no rush to promote however the contract extension was not solely about bettering phrases, the French membership wished to guard Bouaddi’s worth forward of the World Cup.
The conflict with Brazil was simply Bouaddi’s fourth cap for Morocco after making his debut towards Burundi final month.
He had beforehand represented his beginning nation France as much as under-21 stage.
In the meantime, Bouaddi made 42 appearances throughout all competitions for Lille final season.
His present aspect reached the final 16 of the Europa League in addition to ending third in Ligue 1 to qualify for the subsequent time period’s Champions League.
Morocco shall be hoping Bouaddi can proceed his wonderful kind all through the remainder of the match.
The 2022 semi-finalists proceed their marketing campaign towards Scotland on Friday earlier than their last group stage fixture towards Haiti on June 24.
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Their run to the semi-finals 4 years in the past was Morocco’s greatest World Cup efficiency and the primary time that they had superior to the knockout stage since 1986.
Rooney comparability
Arsenal and Chelsea each beforehand confirmed curiosity in Bouaddi again in January.
{The teenager} has even been in comparison with Wayne Rooney since bursting onto the scene with Lille.
European soccer journalist Andy Brassell spoke completely to talkSPORT.com about Bouaddi’s expertise, explaining: “He is unbelievable.
“He is not the identical participant as Wayne Rooney, clearly, however I feel you get somewhat little bit of that Wayne Rooney or Jude Bellingham really feel for him.
“By way of how he is bodily constructed, it says on his beginning certificates that he is a boy, however he appears to be like like a person instantly.
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“He is somebody who can actually deal with himself, somebody who would not give the ball away a lot, somebody who can cowl that area box-to-box, and he is tactically disciplined.”
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