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-andersson-ifk-gothenburg/
Chelsea beat Man Utd to snap up 16-year-old Edwin Andersson from IFK
Gothenburg as Lampard looks for youth transfers
Joe Brophy - Updated: 6 Feb 2020, 10:48
CHELSEA have beaten Manchester United to snap up 16-year-old Edwin
Andersson from Swedish outfit IFK Gothenburg.
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Frank Lampard's side had an agreement for the promising winger in place
before the January transfer window closed last week.
Andersson told SvenskaFans: "It is a dream come true. Chelsea was the club
that suited me best and it is a club with incredibly good conditions.
"I usually stick to the left and would well describe myself as a technical
player, fast, and like to challenge a lot 1 to 1 and create chances.
"Yes I have (visited Stamford Bridge). Magical arena!"
Gothenburg's academy manager Jonas Olsson confirmed the move and admitted
losing Andersson was a big blow to his side.
He said: "We of course wish Edwin good luck. We would have liked to have
seen him stay with us but that he is being recruited to Chelsea is a good
mark on our business."
Andersson - compared to Juventus ace Cristiano Ronaldo - had a trial with
Chelsea's Premier League rivals Manchester United 18 months ago. Chelsea
had a deal provisionally agreed with the emerging talent, who turns 17 in
November, for several months before the deal went through.
Speaking to Expressen last year, his father Mikael Andersson said: "There
have been an incredible number of clubs from virtually all countries that
have been interested in him. But he has chosen to go to Chelsea when it's
time. According to the rules he must be 16 first and then it is up to the
clubs to agree.
"There's still some details, but the day it's time he has decided that
it'll be Chelsea. It is a chance you can take if the package is right.
They have very good education and care about you as a human being, which
one might not believe."
He added: "It is the dream of every boy to have such an opportunity, that
is where we are now. But it should be the right conditions, otherwise it
will be nothing.
"He's pretty much like Callum Hudson-Odoi at Chelsea. When he was younger,
he was a little more like Ronaldo. He mainly stays on the left."