The term «wonderkid» referring to an extremely
promising young footballer, is almost inextricably linked to the Football Manager series due to its propensity to unearth stars of the future on an annual basis.
If we completely open the borders to let
any promising young footballer from anywhere in the world join our academy, then will that stop us from developing more young English players to the detriment of our national team?
John Blakeman came to the University of Missouri five years ago as
a promising young football player, but mononucleosis and a broken wrist kept him out of all but two games his freshman season.
All these attributes, along with the reported transfer fee of # 1,800,000, made him a highly attractive proposition for a club renowned in European football for producing and developing
promising young footballers.
Not exact matches
Young people in Africa are being
promised a job as a Premier League
footballer in the UK before being... More
The point I was trying to convey is that to me it seems most of our
young promising players in recent years don't really get a chance at Arsenal first team
football or are simply not good enough.
Arsenal plays good
football, create alot of chances cant score, beaten by smaller teams, has alot of
promising young players, but look where they are now.
Donnarumma is widely considered one of the most
promising young players in world
football.
One of the most
promising young talents in Italian
football, Marco Verratti has started to make a name for himself in the French top flight with some fine performances for PSG.
Holding is rated as one of the most
promising young defenders in English
football and at 20 years old, he is the perfect age for Arsenal to develop him into a much better centre back.
The former Manchester United youngster, who is currently out of favour at Upton Park, was once regarded as one of the most
promising young talents in English
football, but has had a career plagued by disciplinary problems off the pitch.
Shaw has struggled for United but has long been thought of as one of English
football's most
promising young talents, despite criticism from some quarters over both his fitness and his attitude.
Ings managed eleven goals in 35 top flight games, following on from 21 in 40 games in the Championship the previous season after establishing himself as one of the most
promising young players in English
football.
They have
promised the
young lad that he will receive proper coaching in one of India's premier
football clubs after returning from Germany.
It was by far and away Cancelo's best match in an Inter shirt, and the
young defender showed why many
football pundits view the Valencia loanee as one of the most
promising fullbacks in Europe.
City were upwardly mobile in 2008, a club filled with
promising young talent who were ready to be improved by Arab money — the signing of Robinho made a statement and confirmed City as the prodigious new boys at the top table of European
football.
He went on to make his England debut in the Bicentennial Tournament against Italy in New York City in May 1976 and had a burgeoning reputation as one of the
young pin - up boys of English
football, as well as one of its most
promising talents.
In a statement from the Nigeria
Football Federation, NFF, the
young businessman from Akwa Ibom made the
promise as he briefly greeted players and officials inside the chartered ARIK Bombadier CRJ 1000 aircraft just before take - off at the Ibom International Airport, Uyo, on Sunday afternoon.
«In order to do that I won a race in Mount San Antonio in southern California, I beat a very
promising up and coming
young black athlete who later decided to play American
football rather than be a track athlete... and his name was OJ Simpson.»
It's about a
young Ivy League grad who ends up working as a sports reporter in Greenwood, Mississippi; covers a
promising high school
football player he thinks is destined for the NFL; then comes back to town six years later when the player is on trial for murder.