Overview
- Multiple outlets citing Sports Boom report Liverpool and Manchester City are currently ahead in pursuing the 21-year-old Austria international, with no agreement in place.
- Lens are said to value Baidoo at €45–55m (£39–48m), which would eclipse the €40m received for Lois Openda in 2023.
- Coverage indicates City would consider signing Baidoo and loaning him back to Lens for a season, while Liverpool view him as a long-term successor to Virgil van Dijk.
- Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan are also being linked as top clubs monitor his development this season.
- Baidoo progressed through Red Bull Salzburg before joining Lens in July 2025 for about €8m, has roughly 20 Ligue 1 appearances, and is described by scouts as athletic, physical and “lightning-fast.”