Who is Ouedraogo: Record-setting 17-year-old tipped for talks with Milan

Current studies have confirmed that Milan are hoping to carry talks with 2.Bundesliga facet Schalke over highly-rated teenage midfielder Assan Ouedraogo, a membership record-setter who has already been in comparison with the likes of Xabi Alonso and Michael Essien. 

Born in Muelheim, Ouedraogo is the son of former Burkina Faso worldwide Alassane Ouedraogo, who spent 4 years in Belgium with Charleroi earlier than spending over a decade throughout numerous ranges of the pyramid in Germany. 

Assan joined Schalke’s academy aged 8 in 2014, was fast-tracked via the ranks and was promoted to the senior squad originally of the 2023-24 season on the age of 17. 

Up to now this season, Ouedraogo has appeared in all 9 of Schalke’s league matches, marking his full debut with a purpose within the opening day 5-3 loss in opposition to promotion candidates Hamburg. 

That first-half strike made Ouedraogo Schalke’s youngest ever goalscorer in official matches, beating the earlier report held by former PSG midfielder and Germany worldwide Julian Draxler. 

At youth worldwide stage, Ouedraogo has already earned 21 caps, and was a key a part of the Germany U17 squad that had been topped European champions in the summertime. 

The teenager has additionally already impressed within the junior sides together with his membership as properly, scoring seven targets and offering eight assists in simply 15 matches for Schalke’s U17s within the 2021-22 season. 

As written by switch knowledgeable Gianluca Di Marzio, some in Germany have already drawn comparisons to former Premier League and LaLiga stars Xabi Alonso and Michael Essien. 

Sky Sport Germany correspondent Florian Pleettenberg, in the meantime, studies that Milan would be capable of activate Ouedraogo’s launch clause for a price of €20m in the summertime switch window. 

Monday’s report highlighted that the Rossoneri have probably the most concrete curiosity in an inventory of high-profile European sides, together with the likes of Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig, Liverpool, Brighton and Everton.