Former Chelsea target Samu Omorodion backed to be Spain’s leading striker for the next decade

Porto striker Samu Omorodion has been tipped to go Spain’s caller starring guardant for the adjacent decade.

The 20-year-old came adjacent to joining Chelsea successful the summer transportation model aft a €40 cardinal (£34.5m) woody had been agreed with Atletico Madrid.

However, Chelsea had concerns implicit an ankle contented during Omorodion’s medical, while the striker was unhappy with the Premier League club’s petition implicit representation rights and the determination ended up collapsing successful aboriginal August.

Porto went connected to motion Omorodion from Atletico for an archetypal €15m (£12.7m) for 50 per cent of his rights, portion the Portuguese nine person the enactment to acquisition a further 30 per cent for €10m (£8.3m) by 2026.

Omorodion has made an fantabulous commencement to his vocation successful Portugal, scoring 7 goals successful 7 appearances truthful far, 2 of which came successful a superb show against Manchester United successful the Europa League earlier this month.

Earlier this week, Omorodion scored 4 for Spain’s Under-21s successful their 6-0 triumph against Malta and erstwhile Atletico scout, Javier Vidales, says La Roja person recovered their caller prima striker for the adjacent 10 years.

‘He volition beryllium the adjacent No.9 of the nationalist squad and for galore years. For the adjacent decade… astatine least. I’m astir definite he’ll spell to the World Cup,’ Vidales told Record.

Vidales admits helium did not person a manus successful bringing Omorodion to Atletico, but feels having the 20-year-old successful the squad ‘is similar playing with 2 attackers’.

‘When talking astir Samu, radical thin to absorption connected carnal condition. But it goes overmuch further than that,’ Vidales said.

‘He is not conscionable a robust striker, who plays with his backmost to extremity and keeps possession of the ball, distributing it to his teammates. He is precise intelligent. Playing with conscionable him is similar playing with 2 attackers but having lone conscionable one.

‘Samu plays the relation of 2 strikers. A reference, which keeps the defenders busy, and different who searches for spaces. This means that if you adjacent your spaces, it receives arsenic a No.9 reference. If they artifact him, helium is susceptible of uncovering spaces.

‘He has a batch up of him and, connected apical of that, helium is hungry. He comes from a humble household and has a large tendency to learn.

‘Given the mode helium plays, the shot helium plays successful the Portuguese league and his changeless beingness successful the Champions League, Porto are the cleanable nine for him.’

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