Nigerian rising star, Oghenetejiri Adejenughure has earned attention from Manchester United due to his outstanding prowess in his club side.
United among other clubs is said to find interest in the 18-year-old who has been an outstanding goal machine in youth football and is currently enjoying his first taste of senior action at FC Liefering in the second tier of Austrian football.
Liefering are Red Bull Salzburg’s reserve team and he has also continued to represent Salzburg’s Under-19s in the UEFA Youth League.
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Adejenughure was called upon recently to train with the senior Austria set-up by manager Ralf Rangnick and the Daily Star (via Mirror) are reporting that United has sent scouts to watch him in action this season.
He has thrown Interest from Major Clubs, AC Milan, and Borussia Dortmund are also said to be interested in Adejenughure, but United are hoping to learn from their mistakes with Haaland and sign the teenager for a ‘low fee’ and help him fulfill his potential at Old Trafford.
United did have the option to sign Haaland before he became one of the best players in the world, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer first recommending him to the club when the striker was a teenage prospect at Molde.
Solskjaer was coaching Haaland at the time and he would have been available for just £4million, but United decided against making a move.
“I called United about six months before I took over and told them that I’d got this striker that we had, but they didn’t listen,”
“Erling was with me at Molde for two seasons, more or less,” said Solskjaer. “The summer before I came, I rang the club and said: ‘You have to sign this boy, he is going to be absolutely top class.’ That was in June or July and they said they didn’t have enough reports.
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“By the time I came in as caretaker, we [Molde] had sold him to Salzburg. I tell the club straight away: ‘Buy him.’ He had a release clause. No-one else then would have paid that money. It was 20m euros and it would have been a bargain. The club decided to not go for him then.
“We didn’t go for him until he started scoring for Salzburg but then Dortmund, Juventus, everyone was there.”
