Earlier in the week, several mediums learned that 18-year-old Edmund Baidoo was on the verge of a transfer to Austrian FC Salzburg. On Thursday morning, the club confirms that he has been sold. The price should be in the range of NOK 40-50 million, according to what news and other media have experienced. – The economy in this agreement is so great that it was a strategically correct choice to carry out the sale, writes daily manager Gisle Olsen in the press release. Nettavisen also reports that there will be talk of a further sale clause of 15 per cent. – Such a large hall from a 1st division club is special. I think this could probably be the most expensive ever in that division, said news’s football expert and national team manager for Iceland, Åge Hareide, to news on Tuesday. Baidoo came to Sogndal from the Ghanaian second division this winter. Photo: Sondre Dalaker / news – Salzburg is known for picking up talent from all over the world, but it’s a good job from Sogndal Fotball if they manage to get that sum, he added. Strategically the right choice – I’m really excited. It is a dream that is now being fulfilled. I know that the club has developed a lot of good players for several years, says Baidoo in the press release sent out by FC Salzburg. In the press release for Sogndal Fotball, it is stated, among other things, that the hall will create calm around the operations of the club. – Now we can look ahead and make plans that will take care of the club and the sporting venture in the coming years. Furthermore, it says that Edmund Baidoo has quickly become a favorite at Fosshaugane (stadium) and that interest from other clubs increased with each match he played. Baidoo has a contract with the Austrian club until June 2029. – Enormous development news was earlier in the week in contact with the sporting director of Sogndal Football, Terje Skjeldestad, who was then unable to comment on the matter. We are also unable to get a comment from Baidoo about the transition. But earlier this summer, Baidoo appeared in an exclusive TV interview with news in Sogndal. Then he said that he sees himself as a quiet and shy guy. – When I played my first match against Vålerenga I thought: What?! So many people. I started to tremble. But when I got on the track, I felt normal. The nervousness is hard to see in his playing style. So far he has scored eight goals and had six assists. That makes him top scorer in Sogndal Football this season. Here you can see the entire interview with Baidoo. Edmund Baidoo came from Ghana to Sogndal this winter, and has become a great scorer. The question is how long he will stay in Sogn. news’s sports commentator Jan Petter Saltvedt believes the 18-year-old has had an enormous development. – He is on a completely different level than both teammates and opponents he can be compared to, says Saltvedt. Saltvedt believes that Sogndal has done a very good scouting job by discovering Baidoo so early. Photo: Lars Thomas Nordby / news Like Hareide, he believes that it is a huge hall for a Norwegian club at level two, and that there is a lot of good work behind it. – This is Sogndal at its best. Here they get an early benefit from having further developed a young talent. Baidoo can take a step further, and Sogndal Football can get even more money. Would not let him play without a contract As was revealed in the interview from August, the 18-year-old from Ghana has big ambitions. – I want to be at the top. I want to be one of the best in the world. Earlier this summer, the sporting director of Sogndal Football, Terje Skjeldestad, said that Baidoo was so good at the training camp that Skjeldestad refused to use him in a training match without giving him a contract first. He was afraid someone else would see the super talent and snatch Baidoo from them. – That story only gets better and better every time I tell it, Skjeldestad told news’s reporter at the time. Baidoo describes himself as calm and a little shy. Now he is facing a transfer to a big club in Austria. Here from the interview with news from earlier in August. Photo: Sondre Dalaker / news – The biggest talent and selling point since Bakke Sports journalist in Sogn Avis, Endre Romøren, has been keeping a close eye on Baidoo. He claimed in an interview earlier this summer that Baidoo is the “biggest talent and selling point for Sogndal since probably Eirik Bakke”. Bakke was sold from Sogndal to Leeds in 1999, who then played in the Premier League in England. Sogn Avis’ sports journalist Endre Romøren believes Baidoo is the greatest talent since Eirik Bakke. Photo: Sondre Dalaker / news – In five years, I will see Baidoo on TV in a big team. I am 94 per cent sure that he will be sold before the transfer window closes this year, Romøren told news in August. Romøren has previously written that Baidoo perhaps “is the most extreme player Sogndal has had, in terms of potential”. – What he does in Sogndal, he can also do at a much higher level. He has some extreme qualities. Going to Haaland’s former club Salzburg is a club known for fostering talent. Erling Braut Haaland played for the club in 2019. Haaland wearing Salzburg’s kit from a match against Napoli in 2019. Photo: LEONHARD FOEGER – They are good at picking up talent from Europe and the whole world. He comes to a club that is known for bringing up good players. So he will probably be well looked after there, said Åge Hareide to news on Tuesday. Bernhard Seonbuchner, the sporting manager in Salzburg, writes in the press release that Baidoo has already impressed them, despite his young age. – He has a good combination of speed and technique. We are sure that he can show his skills with us and We look forward to having him here, but will give him all the time he needs to settle in, it says. Published 27/08/2024, at 19.16 Updated 29.08.2024, at 13.22
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Sogndals player Edmund Baidoo probably sold to FC Salzburg – news Vestland
