Overview
- Manchester United and Manchester City have approached Zongo's Tenakourou Academy for discussions, with Villarreal and Anderlecht also interested.
- Reporting, primarily via Africa Foot and relayed by multiple outlets, describes the situation as an early scouting and negotiation phase rather than a formal bidding stage.
- Zongo, 15, impressed at the U17 World Cup with two goals and three assists as Burkina Faso reached the quarter-finals.
- Any move is framed as a long-term youth acquisition, with expectations he would enter an academy setup rather than a first team immediately.
- Media profiles describe the versatile attacking midfielder as an “extremely gifted” talent, with comparisons to a “next‑gen Yaya Toure.”