Thiago Almada is a skillful young attacking midfielder. Manchester City are reportedly on the brink of completing a £16m deal for 18-year-old Velez Sarsfield attacker Thiago Almada, who has been dubbed 'the new Lionel Messi'. Slightly over a 12 months later, in August 2018, Almada made his first-team debut as a 17-year-old, showing for 26 minutes within the 2018-19 Superliga opener in opposition to Newell’s Previous Boys. Thiago Almada prefers to play with right foot. He is able to develop into a leading attacking midfielder and with an 11M price tag, Almada is an interesting player for a lot of clubs in Europe. Share His jersey number is 23.Thiago Almada statistics and career statistics, live SofaScore ratings, Heatmap and goal video highlights may be available on SofaScore for some of Thiago Almada and Vélez Sarsfield matches. In the latest transfer news Man United have been linked with a move for Thiago Almada, while Philippe Coutinho is keen to head to the Premier League and Arsenal is a possible destination. Aged 17 he already shows a lot of quality and this will only become better.

Man City receive Thiago Almada update from Velez Sarsfield manager A Man Utd great happens to be the manager of Manchester City's latest transfer target and he's provided an update. Thiago Almada is 19 years old (26/04/2001) and he is 171cm tall. However he would not be for for much longer.