Charalampos Kostoulas in action for Olympiacos (Photo by Vasile Mihai-Antonio/Getty Images)
Manchester United and Real Madrid are among the clubs showing an interest in the possible transfer of Olympiacos wonderkid Charalampos Kostoulas Caught offside understand
A number of top-flight clubs have sent their scouts to keep an eye on Kostoulas in recent times, with the talented 17-year-old striker already making waves in the Olympiacos first team, scoring three goals for them so far this season.
Sources with a good understanding of the situation have reported Caught offside that Man Utd are among the teams that have followed him closely, along with Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and West Ham United.
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Sources have also claimed that Olympiacos are open to selling Kostoulas for around €20m in what could be a huge deal to boost their finances and help them reinvest in their squad.
One imagines that kind of price should be perfectly affordable for clubs like United and Madrid, although of course it’s also a bit of a gamble to pay that much for an unproven player, even if he looks like one with bags of potential.
Will we see Charalampos Kostoulas move to Man United?
United would do well to snap up the young Greek if possible, as he represents the type of signing the club have not been good enough at in recent times.
We’ve often seen MUFC splash the cash on huge flops that didn’t work out and then become very hard to sell due to their complete loss of form.
United’s rivals, however, have often been better at signing young players on the cheap and turning them into players who can then compete at the highest level.
Real Madrid have also done well with youngsters like Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo Goes and Federico Valverde, so perhaps the Bernabéu would be a tempting destination for Kostoulas.
It will be interesting to see how this saga develops, but it seems clear that Kostoulas has a great future in the game and will surely continue to be of interest to Europe’s elite.
