Another goal-packed season for Kelvin Yeboah in Major League Soccer (MLS) is expected to spark interest among Premier League and Championship clubs in January.

Yeboah has ended the campaign with 18 goals and made five assists for Minnesota United who finished 10th of 15 teams in the Western Conference, just one point outside and one place outside the play-offs.

It means the season is over for the 26-year-old nephew of Leeds legend Tony Yeboah.

Yeboah describes himself as 'more of a modern nine' than his uncle Tony, who was famed for his muscular physique and his ability to strike with ferocious volleys from distance. He is sharp and mobile with a goal instinct.

Premier League and Championship clubs have been monitoring his progress this season.

Everton and Crystal Palace, both in search of firepower and options up front, are among those who have been linked to a move. Free-spending Ipswich are another.

There is interest also from Europe. Hoffenheim boss Christian Ilzer signed Yeboah when in charge of Sturm Graz, after the young forward had scored four goals against his Austria Vienna team in a cup tie in the previous season.

Yeboah has been in Minnesota since the summer of 2024. There is another season on his contract and the option of one more after that.

But he remains keen to test himself at the top of the European game and there is a growing feeling that he could be on the move in the next window.

'As a footballer, you want to play on the biggest stages and express who you are as a person,' he told Daily Mail Sport in an interview on the eve of the MLS season. 'I just want to keep scoring goals and give myself the best chance of that happening.'

He grew up in Italy from the age of three to 15 and represented the Azzurri at Under-21 level. He is also eligible for Ghana where he was born.

At 15, he moved to London where he played non-league football for AC London and had trials at several clubs including West Ham before joining WSG Tirol in Austria at the age of 18.

Yeboah scored 20 goals in a year at Sturm Graz before returning to Italy. He was 21 when Genoa signed him for £6million. It should have been the perfect homecoming but the club then owned by 777 Partners plunged into financial chaos.

Relegated from Serie A they were unable to pay wages and Yeboah was loaned to three different clubs in three different countries before finding stability in Minnesota. He has 36 MLS goals in 79 appearances.

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