Man Utd midfielder Kobbie Mainoo is attracting serious interest from Barcelona with Joan Laporta making him a top target, according to reports.
The 19-year-old has had a whirlwind breakthrough season at Old Trafford with the midfielder becoming a key part of Erik ten Hag s side in the latter part of the campaign.
Mainoo also earned his first England caps and was called up by Gareth Southgate to be part of his squad to travel to Germany for Euro 2024, with Mainoo coming off the bench for the Three Lions .
finished in a disappointing eighth in the Premier League but they won the FA Cup against arch-rivals Man City in the final, .
Mainoo has earned praise from a number of pundits and former players and Man Utd legend Paul Scholes even went as far as claiming the youngster was ten times the player he was when he was 19.
Scholes said on Instagram after the FA Cup final: Read a few comparisons between me and this kid last week don t waste your time, he is 10 times the player I was at 19. Just love the way he receives the ball, the calmness, the awareness of what s around him and of course big goals in big games. This boy is special.
And now the England international is attracting admiring glances from elsewhere in Europe with reports in Spain indicating that Barcelona have now made him a priority in the summer.
It is claimed that Barcelona lodged a bid of €10m plus former Leeds winger Raphinha as they attempted to convince Man Utd to sell Mainoo over the summer.
The Catalan giants want to get rid of Raphinha and they were hoping that his presence as part of a deal for Mainoo would serve to unblock the agreement .
