The Sweden Under-21 international, who was born in Kuwait City and played football with his Man Utd-mad dad from the age of three, has struck 11 times already this season. Bardghji burst onto the scene with Copenhagen in 2021, making his senior debut just six days on from his 16th birthday and scoring his first goal for the club a week later.
His price tag has soared to around £17million with Copenhagen likely to demand a record fee for the Danish Superliga this summer.
His Copenhagen career overlapped briefly with United striker Rasmus Hojlund’s time at the club.
The pair never appeared on the pitch together with Bardghji substituted off on his debut before Hojlund made it on for his final league appearance in Denmark.
Manchester City will be acutely aware of his threat ahead of the first leg of next month’s Champions League last-16 clash, which will be Copenhagen’s first competitive game since December.
United will watch Bardghji again on Friday in his club’s next warm-up match against Molde and deploy scouts to both legs of the City tie.
They are on the lookout for a right-winger after giving up on Jadon Sancho, who has been loaned back to Borussia Dortmund and put up for sale for over £40million.
