Steady and accurate! Manchester City s 5th signing in the summer window is finalized. The 18-year-old Norwegian genius will fight side by side with Haaland

In the early morning of June 12, The Athletic UK ace reporter David Ornstein revealed that Manchester City will soon reach an agreement with Rosenberg to sign 18-year-old midfielder genius Sville Nipan. Although the transfer fee has not been announced yet, it will undoubtedly set a record for transfer fee for Norwegian league players. With four people already signed, Manchester City's fifth signing came lightning. Such a steady, accurate and ruthless way of signing is really amazing.

Born in December 2006, Swel Nipan is only 18 years old and comes from the Norwegian giant Rosenberg youth training. He started training with Rosenberg's first team at the age of 14, officially promoted to the first team in January 2022, and became the youngest player in the club's history at the age of 15 years and 322 days. Although it did not break the youngest appearance record of Odd's 15 years and 118 days, the media and fans still linked the two together.

As an attacking midfielder, Nipan has very comprehensive skills, foot skills, ball breaking through, passing and shooting are all very threatening, and the area covered by running is also very large. In Rosenberg's 4-3-3 formation, Nipan took the No. 8 position, and his narrow ball control ability and unexpected passes were impressive. It is more worth mentioning that although he is only 18 years old and his body is still in his developmental stage, Nipan's style of playing on the court is not conservative. He is not afraid to physically compete with stronger and older players, and even enjoys the feeling of winning the confrontation. This also made Nipan popular with many Premier League clubs. In their opinion, this Norwegian young man seemed to be born for the Premier League.

It is worth mentioning that Nipan is an absolute Manchester United fan. In the summer of 2024, Rosenberg once played a warm-up match with Manchester United and won 1-0. In that game, Nipan started in 45 minutes and contributed the highest 7 breakthroughs and 6 successful breakthroughs. In addition, there were 2 key passes, 4 shots and 2 steals, and 8 wins in 14 ground-to-ground confrontations. Although there was no goal, the 18-year-old player's outstanding performance won a lot of applause. In the 2024 season, Nipan played in 28 games for Rosenberg and contributed 8 goals and 6 assists, making him the second scorer and the first assist in the team.

Nipan is open to logging in to the Premier League. Teams such as Arsenal and Aston Villa are eyeing him and have formal contact with the players. However, during the winter window last season, Nipan appeared at the Etihad Stadium and visited Manchester City Club. Of course, at that time, the Gunners Arsenal was still the closest to him. Nipan was impressed by the latter's league record, captain Odgao's hometown effect and the clear career planning provided by the club. However, now it seems that Manchester City is the final winner. The reason why Arsenal is getting further and further away from Neppan is because they need a powerful player who is in combat, and signing Neppan is a plan related to the future.

Of course, after joining Manchester City, Nipan will not play for the first team immediately. Manchester City's plan is to let him join Girona on loan first and play for one year, receive better training in La Liga, and wait until his skills are more mature before coming to the Etihad Stadium to play side by side with the national team's big brothers Haaland and Oscar Bob. By then, they will not only carry the hope of Manchester City fans, but also the hope of Norwegian national team galloping in the international competition.