Aaron Wan-Bissaka was boyhood Man Utd fan as family photo shows £55m transfer target is pictured wearing shirt in family portrait
AARON WAN-BISSAKA is closing in on a move to Manchester United, the team he supported as a boy. The 21-year-old full back who broke into the Crystal Palace side last year will finally get to wear the famous red shirt he wore as a kid growing up in South London. And we can reveal that […]
AARON WAN-BISSAKA is closing in on a move to Manchester United, the team he supported as a boy.
The 21-year-old full back who broke into the Crystal Palace side last year will finally get to wear the famous red shirt he wore as a kid growing up in South London.
And we can reveal that the young full back has always been a Manchester United fan.
He poses on his mum Elizabeth’s knee in a throw-back photo with his brother Kevin and his dad Ambroise.
Both Aaron and Kevin, four years his senior, are wearing red Manchester United shirts from the 1990s.
The family shared the touching photo with us when they kindly invited us inside their South London home earlier this year.
Wan-Bissaka, 21, is set for an Old Trafford medical when he flies back from England’s disappointing Euro Under-21 Championship campaign.
The deal of around £55million would make him the most expensive full-back ever in British football.
United are looking for a replacement for Antonio Valencia, who is leaving Old Trafford this summer after ten-years.
United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants to invest in more youth, and has been impressed with the reports back on Wan-Bissaka.
Wan-Bissaka is set for an England call-up in the near future, snubbing interest from DR Congo, who he played for at international youth level.
We visited the family home earlier this year, and were shown the glass cupboard in the far corner of the lounge he broke with a wayward shot.
Dad Ambroise explained why he hasn’t fixed it.
He joked: “I said to Aaron, ‘I’m not angry, but when you grow up, you buy a new one’.
“I haven’t repaired it yet — as I am waiting for him!”
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Wan-Bissaka’s former manager Colin Omogbehin who founded South London club Junior Elite, reckons the defender is a perfect fit for United.
Omogbehin said: “I look at Manchester United who are on the up.
“They have a youngish squad and he’d fit into the way they want to play.
“In Ole Gunnar Solskjaer there is a good young boss who has a history of dealing with young players.
“When Ole retired from playing he worked with United’s younger squads, so will know how to bring through players of Aaron’s type.
“That would be perfect for him. He’d play every week — or certainly get a lot of games to keep developing.”
