Manchester Metropolis are one of many groups serious about signing Pink Star Belgrade winger Andrija Maksimovic, in line with JuveLive.it.

The Italian web site claims that the Premier League champions are concerned in a race to signal {the teenager}, who has been known as the “Serbian Messi” by some within the media.

Maksimovic is believed to have not less than three different suitors, together with Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus.

Nonetheless, JuveLive report that Dortmund are the membership who’re at present “forward” of their rivals within the battle for his companies.

What do Metropolis followers must know concerning the participant?

Maksimovic has had a robust begin to the season. Regardless of nonetheless solely being 17 years age, the ahead has scored 2 objectives and supplied 4 assists in 12 matches for Pink Star’s senior workforce.

He has additionally made three appearances within the Champions League this marketing campaign, having began video games in opposition to Inter Milan, Monaco and Barcelona.

Maksimovic has performed largely as a winger, though he can be deployed in additional central positions as a No.10 if required.

Pink Star have slapped a sizeable price ticket on Maksimovic

Regardless of solely making his first-team debut on the finish of final yr, the teenager’s valuation is already set at €15m (£12.4m).

Metropolis aren’t averse to paying such charges for promising expertise. They shelled out roughly the identical quantity on River Plate’s Claudio Echeverri final January. The Argentinian youth worldwide is anticipated to hyperlink up with Metropolis’s senior workforce at first of subsequent yr.

Maksimovic might be a bit behind Echeverri in his growth however the truth that he’s already enjoying on the European stage bodes properly. Whether or not the Messi comparisons grow to be correct, although, we will have to attend and see.

Discover out who’s in Manchester Metropolis’s first-team squad for the 2024/2025 season right here