Manchester Metropolis have signed Norway under-21 worldwide Sverre Nypan from Norwegian facet Rosenborg for £12.5 million on a five-year contract.
Midfielder Nypan reportedly arrived in Manchester on a non-public airplane on Sunday earlier than finishing phrases to affix compatriots Erling Haaland and Oscar Bobb on the Etihad Stadium.
The 18-year-old joins Rayan Ait-Nouri, Rayan Cherki, Tijjani Reijnders and Marcus Bettinelli as Metropolis’s summer time switch window signings.
Who’s Nypan, why have Metropolis signed him and what did he say about his journey to Manchester? 101GreatGoals.com has the small print.
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Sverre Nypan switch: Man Metropolis place
“It’s been a very cool day,” Nypan advised Adressa after arriving in England. “It’s the primary time I’ve been in a non-public airplane… [that] was an expertise, too.”
Metropolis famous Nypan’s “versatility, expertise and approach” and say he can play as an attacking midfielder, winger or ahead alongside his ususal central midfield position.
“Nypan is a central or attacking midfielder with an exceptionally excessive soccer IQ for his age,” stated Bastian Schmitz, of soccer stats website Transfermarkt.
“He’s two-footed, inventive and has passing sport – a lot of them are sensible passes. He handles the ball nicely and in addition has an excellent work price.
“This season he has been used as a false 9 and as an attacking midfielder, though the deeper place fits him significantly better.”
Sverre Nypan: Norway ‘connection’
Senior Norway internationals Haaland and Bobb give Metropolis a “particular connection” with Norway, Nypan stated. “I’m very proud to have change into the newest Norwegian participant to have joined the membership,” he added.
“I’m nonetheless very younger with loads to study, however the likelihood to be coached by Pep Guardiola – the most effective supervisor on the planet – will solely assist me change into a greater participant.”
Norway have capped Nypan at all ages group from Underneath-15 stage, making his Underneath-21 debut as a 15-year-old.
Arsenal, Aston Villa and Girona had been additionally eager to signal him, The Athletic reported in June. Nypan is being linked with a transfer to the Spanish facet – who’re a part of Metropolis Soccer Group – subsequent season.
Sverre Nypan stats
Rosenborg handed Nypan greater than 70 appearances, returning 14 targets and 11 assists for a direct objective involvement each 178 minutes.
“His physique seems to be nonetheless rising and he had a couple of rising issues at the beginning of [last] season, which made it more durable for him to get going,” stated Schmitz.
Nypan turned the youngest participant to attain a league objective for Rosenborg on the age of 16 years and 145 days in Might 2023.
He’s the seventh-youngest participant to have appeared within the Norwegian league. Arsenal’s Martin Odegaard holds the document from his time at Stromsgodset, debuting at 15 years and 118 days outdated.
Man Metropolis signings
Netherlands midfielder Reijnders joined Metropolis for £46m from Milan, as did France’s Cherki from Lyon for an preliminary charge of greater than £30m.
Left-sided wideman Ait-Nouri arrived from Wolves for £31m switch from Wolves, and goalkeeper Bettinelli signed for a nominal charge from Chelsea till 2026.
Defending their title, Metropolis completed third final season for the primary time since Guardiola’s maiden marketing campaign in 2016/17, sealing qualification for the Champions League on the ultimate day.
When does Man Metropolis’s 2025/26 Premier League season begin?
The primary spherical of Premier League matches in 2025/26 will probably be on the weekend of August 16 2025, together with Man Metropolis’s journey to Wolves on Saturday, August 16 at 17:30 BST.
The sport at Molineux is being proven dwell within the UK on Sky Sports activities Premier League, Extremely and Principal Occasion.
The final spherical of matches this season will all begin on the identical time on Might 24 2026. No rounds will happen inside 60 hours of one another and there will probably be no fixture on December 24.
