Sverre Nypan received significant expectations when joining Man City. The 18 -year -old midfielder possesses abundant potential and has a rapidly developing momentum over the years.
Man City spent £ 12.5 million to own a midfielder from Rosenborg. There was no other provision or resale and the Norwegian midfielder signed a 5 -year contract with the Etihad team.
Nypan is considered one of the brightest young talents of Norwegian football. The 2006 player has set the youngest player in Rosenborg history when he debuted at the age of 15 and 322 days. Outstanding football talent helps Nypan to practice with the first team at the age of 14.
So far, Nypan has had nearly 5000 minutes for the first team Rosenborg. To compare, at the same age of Nylan, compatriots Martin Odgaard have a duration of playing less than half at a European club.
Despite being a familiar name in Norway for a long time, Nylan has only attracted the attention of European football in July last year after an impressive performance against MU in the friendly match in the season. A video recording of Nypan's level touches in MU confrontation has caused a strong effect on YouTube.
Nypan has a forte in the midfielder, but it cannot be compared directly with the creative midfielder like the elder Odegaard. Man City's rookie has skillful techniques, good disputes of a Nordic player.
The 18 -year -old midfielder owns tactical vision and ability to tear the opponent by smart passes. However, Nypan belongs to a hard -working midfielder than creating mutations. It is important that Nypan remains a large area in the coming years. In Man City, Norwegian talent will be honed to develop both physically and tactical techniques. But basically, Nypan's play style is very suitable for the Premier League.
It will not be easy for Nypan to be pulled to the first team next season. The practical plan that Guardiola for the Norwegian young player is a loan contract to help Nylan rub in the appropriate environment.
What makes Guardiola interested in Nypan is the versatility. The 18 -year -old can develop into a real number of 10 but can also play as a dangerous winger from midfield. The simple handling ability in Nypan's penalty area is also a plus.
In Man City, Nypan will work with compatriot Erling Haaland. Like Haaland, Nypan has a strong fighting spirit and is not overcoming. The 18 -year -old is not limited to any role in the attack. And Man City's development of Nypan development into a 10 or a winger is still a question mark.
Nypan's injury history is not worrying. The recent significant absence of this player was in May 2023, when Nypan had to take a break of about two months because of an unknown problem. Since then, the young Norwegian talent has only absent a few matches for health reasons.
Nypan is a familiar member of Norwegian youth teams from U15 to U21. Stale Solbakken, Norwegian coach, commented on Nylan last month: “He is not ready for the Premier League at the present time. I will be surprised if he joins the Premier League this summer. There must be a stop there, but Man City may have planned it.”
“I like the running phase of Sverre Nypan. At his age, Nypan will still have to work a lot to improve himself. But after all, I like the gene he owns. There is a lot of potential to exploit in Nylan,” Solbakken said.
