Manchester United and Chelsea are among the many golf equipment maintaining a watchful eye on 17-year-old Hoffenheim striker Max Moerstedt, 90min understands.
Moerstedt was previously a youth participant at Bayern Munich and is on the verge of creating his first-team breakthrough at Hoffenheim. Set to show 18 in January and already making waves at junior worldwide degree, he’s recognised by the Bundesliga aspect as a participant of monumental potential.
Regardless of his age, the teenage star stands round 6’4 tall and is an archetypal ‘quantity 9’.
It was his performances on the just lately concluded Beneath-17 World Cup in Indonesia, which Germany received, that notably caught the eye of a variety of suitors. Moerstedt scored 4 targets on the match, in addition to changing a penalty within the closing shootout in opposition to France.
Manchester United and Chelsea scouts had been impressed. Brighton & Hove Albion, a membership with a deserved fame for figuring out and growing younger expertise, additionally like what they see. It is not simply Premier League sides, although, with Juventus and Atalanta maintaining tabs on Moerstedt too.
Previous to heading to Indonesia with Germany’s youth staff, Moerstedt had scored ten occasions in 9 video games for Hoffenheim’s Beneath-19 in league motion – that included a four-goal haul in opposition to Heidenheim, a hat-trick in opposition to Kaiserslautern and a aim and help in a victory over former membership Bayern Munich. He additionally netted twice in a cup thrashing of Borussia Dortmund.
Moerstedt spent the primary half of final season with Hoffenheim’s Beneath-17 squad, scoring or aiding 16 targets in 11 appearances, earlier than being promoted to Beneath-19 degree halfway by means of the marketing campaign. One other mid-season promotion, this time as much as first-team degree, already beckons.
