Manchester City have reached agreement with Rosenborg to sign 18-year-old midfielder Sverre Nypan.
A fee of £12.5million (€14.6m) has been agreed with no further contingencies or sell-on clauses.
Personal terms still need to be finalised with a proposed contract until 2030 on the table.
Subject to completion, Nypan is expected to go out on a season-long loan to continue his development.
Who is Nypan?
Nypan joined Rosenborg in January 2022 and has made 70 first-team appearances for the side, scoring 14 goals and providing 11 assists during that time. He started his side’s 1-0 friendly victory over Manchester United in July 2024.
City were not among his suitors in January, when a number of other teams from around Europe pursued the Norway youth international. Erling Haaland, Martin Odegaard and Antonio Nusa are just some of the Norwegian prospects who attracted a long list of suitors at their time.
Odegaard’s current club, Arsenal, had attempted to persuade Nypan to join the club. However, the teenager, like Haaland — who is also represented by the agent Rafaela Pimenta — opted for a different direction, moving from Bryne to Molde to Red Bull Salzburg and then to Borussia Dortmund, before arriving at Manchester City.
Aston Villa and Girona were also interested in the player.
Nypan: Manchester City versatile maestro
Nypan has been deployed in a number of positions, including as a defensive midfielder, a central midfielder, an attacking midfielder and as a centre-forward.
He has also represented several of Norway’s national youth sides from under -15 to under-21 level.
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