Manchester United have completed the signing for former Paris Saint-Germain and French midfielder Aliou Badara Traore, according to reports.
Exciting Signing
The Red Devils were the favourites to sign Traore and have landed the midfielder at the end of June. The signing of the player appears to be completed, as per Metro.
The 16-year old has agreed to a four-year deal with the club and will be part of the youth setup. He has garnered attention from various clubs in the recent weeks.
He will now move from amateur side Sarcelles after deciding to risk leaving the French giants Paris Saint-Germain. The risk seemed to have paid off as he will now be part of Manchester United academy, which is considered as one of the best youth setups in entire Europe.
French media outlet Le Parisien has tweeted a picture which saw the talented youngster sign a deal with Manchester United. Juventus were also keen to sign the Frenchman but Manchester United have won the race. He will be part of youth team for the next season and could be part of the senior squad in the coming three years.
Aliou Traoré, milieu de terrain de 16 ans de Sarcelles, désigné parmi les 3 Talents du @ParisienSpo_IDF , a signé à Manchester United pic.twitter.com/cwSRyqP9Yl
— Le Parisien | sport IDF (@parisienspo_idf) July 3, 2017
Rebuilding Academy
In most of the recent seasons, Manchester United have spent big to bring in quality players which have dented club’s finances. Jose Mourinho is keen to develop own talent within the Academy which was once considered among the elite youth setups in the entire world.
The only notable youth player that came through the ranks of the academy for the club was Marcus Rashford since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson. The club had lost few quality players for other clubs as many players left the youth team last summer to find new clubs.
Manchester United are also eyeing few other quality youngsters to strengthen their academy. They have already signed Northern Ireland Under-17 captain Ethan Galbraith earlier this summer and have also made Belgian teenager Largie Ramazani their new academy player.