MANCHESTER UNITED, Chelsea and Barcelona target Dani Olmo has made a shock £26million move to RB Leipzig.
The Spanish playmaker, 21, was strongly tipped to leave Croatian outfit Dinamo Zagreb for one of Europe’s elite this month.
Dani Olmo has joined German table toppers RB Leipzig for £26mCredit: RB Leipzig
Chelsea had been hoping to bring him to the Premier League after having their transfer ban lifted.
United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was also said to be a big fan of the Spain international, who scored on his national team debut.
And Barcelona were keen on bringing Olmo back to the Nou Camp after he left their academy for Croatia in 2014.
It was reckoned Zagreb had slapped a £34m price-tag on Olmo, who scored on his debut for Spain in November.
But Bundesliga table toppers Leipzig have instead emerged victorious, paying just £26m for the coveted midfielder’s signature after making a late move.
Olmo has penned a contract until 2024 with the German title hopefuls.
And after watching Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt, Olmo will begin training with his new team on Monday.
Leipzig will be hoping the ace can build on his eight goals and seven assists this season, with just one point separating them from second-place Bayern Munich.
Olmo becomes the second highly-rated youngster to move to the Bundesliga this month, with Leipzig’s rivals Borussia Dortmund beating Man Utd to the signing of RB Salzburg’s Erling Haaland.
The Norwegian netted a hat-trick off the bench on his Dortmund debut and followed that up with two strikes in his next match for a grand total of five goals in just 57 minutes of German football.
Olmo was a target for Man Utd, Chelsea and BarcelonaCredit: RB Leipzig
Dani Olmo shows off his ball control as he leaves the GNK Dinamo Zagreb training ground
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
