Lille’s Ayyoub Bouaddi could receive approaches from Manchester City, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in the future.
That’s at least what agent Yvan Le Mee claims and he talked about Manchester City and the two other clubs during a chat with Sportitalia.
The 17-year-old is a product of the Ligue 1 side’s youth system and made his way into their first team in 2023.
He clocked in 695 minutes from 18 games in all competitions last season and has played 15 matches this season, including eight starts. The midfielder’s performances have seen him linked to a few teams.
Yvan Le Mee represents US Lecce youngster Sandro Bertolucci and the interview with the outlet was mainly focused on his client. He doesn’t represent Bouaddi but was asked to share his views on the Lille youngster.
When responding to that, the agent indicated Manchester City could be one of the options for the teenager in the future.
“He’s a 17-year-old phenomenon. He’s very strong,” he said.
“I think he’s already excluded from Italy for economic reasons, for the simple fact that I imagine teams like Real Madrid, Manchester City or Bayern Munich will arrive, in my opinion he will leave for figures of €60m and up.”
The agent was then specifically asked about the Napoli links. Responding to that, Yvan Le Mee explained: “I don’t know, I’m not his agent, but as I was saying, in my opinion he is already a profile out of the market for Italian clubs.”
Bouaddi will turn 18 years of age in October 2025 and wouldn’t be able to arrive in the UK until then.
