According to reports from Sport Witness, Manchester City have joined the race to sign Bologna’s Amadou Diawara – dubbed ‘the new Yaya Toure’.
The 18-year-old has shown great promise since receiving his Serie A debut in August following a summer move from San Marino, averaging 1.7 tackles and 2.3 interceptions per match from his twelve outings in the Italian top flight.
Reports earlier this week suggested Chelsea are currently in pole position to sign the Guinea-born prospect. Diawara’s agent Robert Visan is believed to have already reached an agreement over the midfielder’s future with Pini Zahavi – the Israeli once described as ‘the world’s one and only super-agent‘ – who helped broker Roman Abramovich’s deal to buy Chelsea in 2003. He’s still very close to the Russian billionaire.
But flying in the face of backroom nepotism, the Blues aren’t alone in the race to sign Diawara. AC Milan and Juventus are both interested as well, whilst Sport Witness put Premier League rivals Manchester City in the frame for the teenager’s signature. They cite local publication Corriere de Bologna, who claim Citizens representatives were at Bologna’s last league match, a 2-0 win over Verona, to run the rule over Diawara.
Despite moving to Stadio Renato Dall’Ara just a matter of months ago, some sources have tipped the highly-rated youngster to join one of his mooted suitors in the January transfer window.