Manchester United, English Premier League giants are close to signing a deal with one of Kenya’s finest young talent.
Linton Maina. who plays in Germany is a key interest for the Red Devils as the young lad’s form continue to impress Manchester United’s scouting team.
Maina has already shown huge success while playing as an attacking midfielder for German’s junior national team.
Below are 10 interesting facts about Maina
- The 19 year old Maina is still very eligible to play for Harambee Stars, even though he has not shown interest in playing for the Stars.
- He has already played on the side of Germany’s U16, U17, U18 and U19
- In total he has made 18 appearances for his national junior team
- Maina has already made his big debut in Bundesliga, German’s top flying league
- His first game in Bundesliga was when he played for his club Hannover 96 in March 2018.
- He started off his career in 2003 playing for SV Pfefferwerk for a total of seven years
- Maina who put’s number 40 on his jersey bagged his major contribution for the club in May 2018 when he assisted a goal against Bayer Leverkusen
- Impressed Hannover 96 coach Andre Breitenreiter had hinted of including the young star into his first team
- Maina was born in Berlin, on 23 June 1999
- Out of his 24 appearances, he has scored only 2 goals