Ferguson chasing Yven Moyo

Even though Sir Alex Ferguson is nearing the end of his coaching career, he is still thinking about the future. In the last two years the Scottish manager signed Serb Adem Ljajić, Davide Petrucci, one of the brightest talents to have emerged from Roma’s youth academy and Kike Macheda from Lazio, while another Serb, Filip Đuričić is currently on trial at Old Trafford. Ferguson is also chasing Leeds’ whizz-kid Fabian Delph and Daniel Situ from Lens, the captain of French U17 side. The latest target is one of the hottest prospects in France, Yven Moyo. The reports are suggesting that Manchester United is close to signing highly-rated youngster after the player was scouted on five occasions.

All these youngsters have the potential of becoming truly great players, thus Ferguson’s successor will be well-equipped for the future challenges. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is working with these kids at the moment and it is possible that he is being prepared to succeed Alex Ferguson as the first team manager.

The 16-year-old Yven Moyo is playing for Sochaux youth teams and he is yet to make a senior debut. Still, the attack-minded left-footed player has really impressed the visiting scouts while playing for the youth team and it seems that he is destined for the big move very soon. He is still under a trainee contract at Sochaux, which should keep him at the club for another two years but he is likely to leave the club before his contract ends. Sochaux’s academy director Jean-Luc Ruty is denying that United have made any approach about the youngster and he is thought to be surprised with all the hype. Ruty is aware that Moyo is a very good prospect but he believes that the youngster is still not at the same level as Jeremy Menez was at that age. Menez was one of the hottest prospects to have graduated from the club’s youth academy and he is currently playing for Roma. Still, this could be just Ruty’s way to take the pressure off the young player and try to keep him at the club for as long as possible. However, I don’t think that the club will be able to fend off interest from big clubs and Moyo could join Manchester United very soon. He will certainly have the opportunity to further develop his skills in such a great club, although there are no guarantees that he will become a great player.

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