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Extended Clip - Who is Assan Ouedraogo? AC Milan in lead to sign ‘new Michael Essien’ for €20M (Ep. 369)
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After a fantastic break-out season so far with Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga, Carlo Garganese and Nima Tavallaey do a profile deep-dive on Assan Ouedraogo, the midfield sensation being linked with AC Milan, Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool as well as being named the new Michael Essien.
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Transcript
Introduction
00:00:02
Speaker
Welcome to the Italian football podcast. Just before we finish, we're just running through the fixtures.
Milan's Wonderkid Target
00:00:10
Speaker
A little profile on a wonderkid that Milan are hoping to sign. And that is our good friend, Patrick Kendrick, can certainly give the right way to pronounce this player's
Who is Asan Drayogo?
00:00:23
Speaker
name. I'm going to butcher it. So, Asan, ue, drayogo.
00:00:29
Speaker
I hope I haven't done too badly with that. And he's a teenage phenomenon that plays for Schulker in Germany.
Drayogo's Playing Style & Performance
00:00:37
Speaker
He's been labeled as the new Michael Essian. And he's 17 years old. He's really exploded for Schulker this season. He's a central midfielder, skillful central midfielder. But he can also play more advanced or play out wide. But he mostly plays in the center of midfield. He's a product of Schulker's Youth Academy.
Drayogo's Release Clause & Achievements
00:00:58
Speaker
And Milan are in the lead, according to Sky Germany, to sign him, have already become talks. I think he's got a release clause of 20 million euros, which comes into effect in May of next year. But he's been really great for Schalke so far. He scored 22 minutes into his debut on the first game of the season.
00:01:28
Speaker
He was a phenomenon in Schalke's youth system and also he was a key player as Germany won under 17 euros in the summer. Schalke legend Olof Tahn, who was part of the 1990 World Cup winners for Germany, said that
Competition for Drayogo
00:01:48
Speaker
He has everything, game intelligence, speed, teamwork, goal threat, and he can play the final pass. So Milan are in the lead, but there are a lot of big European clubs, but Brighton and Leipzig, Liverpool and Everton have all been scouting him in recent weeks. Chelsea and Manchester City also have been linked to him. And he, as I said, yeah, 17 years old, turns 18 in May next year, and that's when the 20 million
00:02:17
Speaker
Euro release clause will be activated and Milan are said to be in the lead to sign him.
00:02:24
Speaker
So there you
Milan's Transfer Strategy
00:02:25
Speaker
go. I haven't seen much of him, if anything, if I'm totally honest with you. But there's a little profile that we did on football transfers. One of our guys did on him, Tom Webber, who lives in Germany, a German football expert. So I've basically gone on his information. But yeah, that's Milan. That's what Milan are doing. They're trying to go for these younger promising players. And he is regarded as a phenomenon in Germany. So that could be very exciting for Milan.