In 2015, Martin Odegaard was the most talked-about teenage talent on the planet when he joined Real Madrid from Stromsgodset at just 16. Just a few years later, Erling Haaland made his explosive entrance into European football with Red Bull Salzburg, obliterating records left, right and centre.
Arsenal are looking to bring Nypan to north London to shadow his compatriot Odegaard but face competition for his signature from Aston Villa and Girona, the La Liga club that is part of the City Football Group, among others.
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Read MoreNypan has been a fixture in Rosenborg’s engine room for two seasons and impressed sufficiently to be named the Norwegian League’s Young Player of the Year in each of them.
“Nypan is a generational talent,” Norwegian football expert Jonas Giaever tells The i Paper.
“In terms of naturally gifted players to come out of Norway and to play, I suppose a sufficient amount of time in Norway, he ranks in my top three.”
Odegaard was just 14 when he emerged at Stromsgodset.
“He is the greatest talent that Norwegian football has ever produced. He was the best player in the league at age 15. I’m not sure Nypan could say that. He’s a very good player and he’s among the best ones, but not the standout in the league.”
Naturally gifted talents do not always possess the drive and determination to maximise their ability, but Nypan appears to have both.
Handily for Norway given the two will likely start alongside each other for the national team before long, Nypan and Odegaard are stylistically very different.
Nypan has already represented Norway at U21 level (Photo: Getty)
“I would say Nypan is more box-to-box,” Giaever explains. “He’s not a playmaker in the Odegaard mould. He is more of a number eight who can do a lot of different things in midfield and has primarily played there in a 4-3-3, which is a sort of religious system for Rosenborg.
As well as being technically proficient, tactically smart and physically able to get around the pitch, Nypan’s temperament and mentality have also stood out.
“Rosenborg are a really traditional, huge club and for him to be able to play the number eight role for a very prestigious club – although they’ve had a bit of a slump the past couple of seasons – he has still become the focal point of that team in front of a very demanding crowd,” Giaever says.
“It’s very impressive and that’s how it should be, but not everyone would have managed it. That’s strong of Sverre.”
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“If he goes to a top club like Arsenal then I would assume that is because he views himself as ready to play for a club of that ilk, more so than just making the numbers.”
With just a few days to go unil the January transfer window closes, Nypan’s name will be one to watch. Despite only celebrating his 18th birthday last month, he appears set to make the crucial next step in a promising career. Arsenal will hope it is with them.
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