Manchester United initiate talks to sign Gladbach talent Winsley Boteli | OneFootball

Manchester United have joined Juventus in the race to sign Borussia Mönchengladbach talent Winsley Boteli (17).

According to Bild, the Premier League side have already initiated contact with the player’s entourage. Mitchell van der Gaag, assistant to Erik ten Hag at Manchester United, made contact with Boteli’s advisor Christopher Mandiangu. The duo know each other well from their time together at FC Eindhoven in the 2015/16 season. Should the Red Devils press on with their pursuit of Boteli, Gladbach will find it hard to keep their top talent, whom they hope to tie down to a professional contract when he turns 18 on Friday.

Not only that, Everton, in addition to Juventus, have shown an interest in signing Boteli, who arrived in Germany from Servette in the summer of 2022 before establishing himself at Gladbach with 21 goals and four assists in 23 U19 games for the club last season. At 17, Boteli also featured for Borussia Mönchengladbach II in the Regionalliga West, scoring four and creating one in just 314 minutes.

GGFN | Daniel Pinder