Africa U20 Best Player Set To Sign Three-Year Deal With Portuguese Giants Sporting Lisbon

• Ghana winger Abdul Fatawu Issahaku could be given a three-year contract by Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon
• The Africa U20 Cup of Nations best player is expected to train with the club's junior team as he continues his development
• Abdul Fatawu Issahaku was a member of the Black Stars at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon last month

Former Dreams FC forward Fatawu Issahaku is set to join Sporting Lisbon Team B after impressing the Club.

The winger, who turns 18 this month, is expected to sign a three-year contract with the club

The Portuguese side have big confidence in the potential of the teenager and want to ease him slowly into European football.

Issahaku led Ghana to glory in the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations and won the player of the tournament following his exploits in the tournament.

He scored six goals in his debut campaign in the Ghana Premier League before joining the Portuguese Champions. Issahaku's outstanding performance in Ghana's topflight has seen him rated as the best teenager in the country.

Former Arsenal and Real Madrid star linked with Ghana Premier League giants

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Former Ghana midfielder describes Fatawu Issahaku as the next Abedi Pele

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that former Ghana midfielder, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu has said Black Stars winger Abdul Fatawu Issahaku to be country's new Abedi Pele.

Agyemang Badu sees similarities in the style of play between the teenager and Ghana's legend Abedi Pele, who also burst onto the scene at a very young age.

In an interview with Starr FM, the China-based midfield powerhouse explained Fatawu is the next big thing for Ghana.