Premier League duo Liverpool and Arsenal reportedly want another Red Bull Salzburg wonderkid – German striker Karim Adeyemi.
Reported Liverpool and Arsenal target Karim Adeyemi is set to make his first-team breakthrough for Red Bull Salzburg with sporting director Christoph Freud raving about the wonder-kid’s ‘unbelievable pace’ (Sport24).
A former Bayern Munich trainee has big shoes to fill at Salzburg.
The Austrian Bundesliga champions have seen top scorer Erling Braut Haaland and assist-machine Takumi Minamino lured away by Dortmund and Liverpool respectively, putting plenty of pressure on the shoulders of teen sensation Adeyemi.
The German produced 11 goal and 10 assists during a loan spell at FC Liefering during the first half of the season but will now be fast-tracked to the Salzburg first-team in an attempt to fill a Haaland-shaped void in Jesse Marsch’s frontline. As Liefering fans will tell you, however, he is ready to make his mark.
“He has unbelievable speed, dynamism, an instinct to score – he has learned a lot of things that cannot be taught,” Freund told Sport24.
“He is a great player. He has so much potential,” adds American tactician Marsch, speaking to Welt Fussball.
“I think with a really good mentality he can help our team a lot – as a joker (impact substitute), but also from the start.”
Having already rejected a £13 million bid from Barcelona, it seems very unlikely that Salzburg will allow Liverpool or Arsenal to close in on one of Europe’s hottest striking prospects, as reported by Transfermarkt – especially after losing Haaland and Minamino.
But if Adeyemi takes to first-team duty like a duck to water, Salzburg will soon be bidding farewell to another dazzling young talent.
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