According to Football Insider, Wolverhampton Wanderers have joined the race to sign Rangers teenager Leon King next month as uncertainty about his future continues to mount at Ibrox stadium.
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It is believed that Scottish Premiership side have hit a brick wall over negotiations to tie the 15-year-old down to a professional deal when he turns 16 in January.
Wolves join a long list of teams pursuing the central defender with Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea all monitoring the current situation north of the border.
Football Insider claim that the youngster has rejected the Gers’ offer of a contract leaving them in a similar situation to Billy Gilmour two years ago who swapped Glasgow for south west London. They also state that King is just as highly-rated.
Fosun’s long-term ambitions
The west Midlanders face stiff competition to clinch the emerging starlet, but if they can beat off some of the Premier League’s heavyweights, then it will be a fantastic move for all parties.
Fosun, the conglomerate that owns Wolves, have pretty lofty long-term ambitions for the club, one of which is the ability to start producing talent from within.
Such plans are already in motion as seen with their transfer activity in the summer – they signed more players for the academy setup than they did the first team with names such as Bruno Jordao, Pedro Neto, Flavio Cristovao, Renat Dadashov and Meritan Shabani all joining.
Wolves’ standing in the Premier League 2 last season has meant that the club can compete in the Premier League International Cup where the U23 squad has been impressing with draws against Paris Saint-Germain and Athletic Bilbao.
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This is the platform at which their youngsters can now impress, which only goes to show how Fosun’s aims are coming along – pretty well.
The addition of King would certainly bolster that goal considering how highly-rated he is by Rangers and Wolves’ English rivals alike.
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