Manchester United In Tanzania To Watch Golden Eaglets Stars, Africa's Hottest Young Prospects

Published: April 21, 2019

Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Premier League giants Manchester United are among the teams scouting for talents at the ongoing U17 Africa Cup of Nations in Tanzania.

The Red Devils have been linked with a move for Angola winger Zito Luvumbo and have sent one of their top representatives to run the rule over the number ten.

The Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto wonderkid, who trained with United in February, started for Angola in their 1-0 loss to Nigeria on Wednesday, April 17.

A representative of Austrian Bundesliga side Red Bull Salzburg has also been spotted in Tanzania along with scouts working for Porto, Marseille, Nice, Lille and Nantes.

Manchester City are also present amid suggestions that they are monitoring three Golden Eaglets midfielders in the shape of Akinkunmi Amoo, Samson Tijani and Olatomi Olaniyan.

Villarreal and Lyon scouts watched Nigeria's 1-1 draw with Uganda on Saturday afternoon.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel