Manchester City and Manchester United are both interested in RB Leipzig attacking midfielder Dani Olmo, according to Bild journalist Christian Falk.
Barcelona have previously been heavily linked with the Spaniard, who came through the Catalan club’s youth academy, but Falk claims that Barca don’t have the funds to finance the deal, leaving the two Premier League clubs in pole position:
TRUE✅ If Barca can‘t pay him: @ManUtd and @ManCity are interested in @daniolmo7 of @RBLeipzig. Scouts of United watched Olmo at many matches pic.twitter.com/y2u7IE39vd
— Christian Falk (@cfbayern) October 20, 2021
Olmo has been impressive for Leipzig over the last two seasons, and he is very much a Pep Guardiola-style player, but fans on Twitter believe the club should focus their priorities elsewhere:
How about a number 9
— Malcolm c (@BagumaMalcolm) October 20, 2021
Definitely not true
— 🇧🇼 (@mcfcdez) October 20, 2021
haaland first
— chillSZN (@SznChill) October 20, 2021
please just no more attacking players that aren’t strikers 😭
— ¹⁰ (@SxrgioSZN) October 20, 2021
Cole palmer clear
— Average Carabao Cup Enjoyer (@radar2hz) October 20, 2021
Buying any Bundesliga player other than Haaland is too dangerous
— Aniket (@thecityzen06) October 20, 2021
False 9 FC
— IIM 10 (@IIM9320) October 20, 2021
Doesn’t makes sense.
— John (@mcfcbest100) October 20, 2021
We don’t need him ffs 😭
— Dan (@GoldenBaldieSzn) October 20, 2021
With Cole Palmer now coming through the ranks, and the likes of Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne all able to play in similar positions, a move for Olmo does seem to be rather needless.
As a number of supporters have pointed out, the main focus has to be on signing a new number nine, but we shall see what City decide to do when the transfer window reopens.