Man Utd and Arsenal join Brighton in £5m winger transfer battle after scouting mission

Premier League and apical clubs from crossed Europe are keeping tabs connected Hammarby's talented teenage attacking gem Bazoumana Toure, who is tearing up the Sweden's Allsvenskan

Manchester United and Arsenal are amongst a agelong database of clubs keeping tabs connected 18-year-old Hammarby sensation Bazoumana Toure.

The red-hot Ivorian winger is valued astatine astir £5million and has made a immense content successful Sweden since moving to Scandinavia successful March from ASEC Mimosas successful his homeland.

Jet-heeled Traore tin play connected either flank and has already amassed six goals and 3 assists truthful acold this play - making a swift modulation from African football.

He is represented by world-renowned bureau Unique Sports Group, whose apical clients see the likes of Anthony Gordon, Marc Guehi and Reece James, respectively.

United, Arsenal, Brighton and Wolves are understood to person had scouts successful attendance connected Thursday for Hammarby's Allsvenskan clash against Hacken.

They won the lucifer comfortably, 2-0, and Traore adjacent helped himself to an assistance earlier being substituted successful the 2nd half.

Hammarby's sporting manager Mikael Hjelmberg said earlier this week: “There are a batch of clubs coming to the lucifer against Hacken. We request to program for a aboriginal without him. Then if it happens this winter, adjacent summertime oregon adjacent further than that – I don’t deliberation so, we’ll see. But the longer we get to support him the better.”

Traore outgo the Swedish nine successful the portion of £370,000 earlier this twelvemonth and present looks acceptable to marque Hammarby mega profit. It comes aft Tottenham paid successful the portion of £8.5million to Djurgarden for talented playmaker Lucas Bergvall.

Brighton person already done their just stock of scouting successful Scandinavia successful caller years. Back successful 2017, they signed Sporting CP hot-shot Viktor Gyokeres from Stockholm-based outfit IF Brommapojkarna.

While the determination did not enactment retired successful the extremity for the forward, 1 of precise fewer uncommon Brighton transportation blunders, they person continued to store successful Sweden and Denmark, successful particular.

In January 2023, the Seagulls recruited young midfielder Yasin Ayari from AIK and helium has breached into their first-team this play nether Fabian Hurzeler. They besides signed Ghanaian winger Ibrahim Osman from FC Nordsjaelland successful Denmark successful January earlier loaning the subordinate to Feyenoord.

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