Manchester United fans would have been watching the goal over and over again till the rewind button fell off the remote control if Bruno Fernandes had scored.

On the edge of the penalty area, a gifted and incredibly self-assured attacking midfield player takes up the ball, nutmegs an approaching defender, chops inside another, and then curls a picture-perfect shot into the top corner of the net.

During the March international break, was there a goal that was more impressive? Although Manchester United’s £52 million summer target Bruno Fernandes produced an all-around performance that was nothing short of phenomenal in a 5-2 demolition of Sweden in Guimaraes, the goal he scored would rival even the best goals scored by the Old Trafford captain.

Prolific potential assessor Julian Nagelsmann saw something remarkable in La Masia graduate Dani Olmo almost immediately after meeting her. But even Nagelsmann could have been surprised by the sheer daring and talent of Olmo’s goal during Spain’s exciting 3–3 draw with Brazil earlier in the week. It was an attempt that wouldn’t look out of place in a YouTube compilation of Ronaldinho’s greatest moments, which is fitting considering the opposition in issue.

Spain’s Dani Olmo celebrates scoring a goal during the Federico Titone/SOPA Images/LightRocket photo via Getty Images Manchester United is interested in Spain’s Dani Olmo. “(Olmo is) incredibly diligent,” Nagelsmann remarked in 2020, when he worked with Olmo at RB Leipzig. “He is incredibly skilled and cautious when handling the ball.

He knows how to draw a foul when he is under pressure.” Man United has historically placed too much reliance on their lucky captain when it comes to originality and cutting edge in the closing third. But according to Daily Mail reports, Man United is taking steps to lessen the load on their soon-to-be-30-year-old Iberian. One such measure is to contemplate activating the £52 million release clause in Olmo’s contract.

ADDITIONAL UNITED STORIES Even at age 25, Olmo and Fernandes have a lot in common. Even down to a modest physique reminiscent of a marathon runner that belies a supercar’s horsepower. Even though he wasn’t quite as prolific as Fernandes was while he was at Sporting Lisbon, Olmo can score goals from midfield rather frequently. In a season marked by ups and downs due to injuries, he has seven goals for RB Leipzig.

In the DFL Supercup, he extended Harry Kane’s trophy drought by scoring a hat-trick against Bayern Munich. Using a diamond system popularised by his Leipzig predecessor, former United interim manager Ralf Rangnick, Olmo prefers to play as a number ten with three other players lining up behind him in the midfield to bring out the best in a player who bravely moved from Barcelona to Dinamo Zagreb in favour of more first-team exposure as a young player, according to Nagelsmann. Olmo is a fine presser and a tenacious runner who is equally at ease with and without the ball, as one could anticipate from his training at Leipzig and Barcelona. a creative, a goal-scorer, and a leader Still, Olmo’s inventiveness, hard ethic, and goal-scoring ability aren’t the only things that make him comparable to Bruno Fernandes. Similar to the captain of Manchester United, Olmo is a well-liked and loud presence in the locker room, and the youthful talent of Leipzig is inspired by his professionalism.

Following that Bayern treble in August, current RB manager Marco Rose remarked, “Dani Olmo is an outstanding footballer.” But what really strikes me is how he motivates the team and supports the younger guys. When Fernandes is thirty, not even the most resilient football player in the world can withstand the passage of time indefinitely. One may argue that United’s interest in Dani Olmo is an admission of their captain’s mortality.