According to ESPN, the striker had attracted interest from Chelsea, Arsenal and Southampton, along with the 20-time English champions. He made a trip to all these clubs and finally decided to use his gut feeling to join United.
Burkart is the son of two Olympic runners, Stefan Burkart and Helen Barnett, with the latter representing both the Great Britain and Switzerland. The teenage striker revealed that his dream of playing in his mother’s home country convinced him to move to move to England.
“Pure gut feeling – the other clubs were also very interested. I visited each club and analyzed its infrastructure while there,” Burkart told Credit Suisse.