I do not know if anything signed but I feel it's 99% a done deal. Anderlecht's Herman Van Holsbeeck has said his club did all it could, including guaranteeing a place in first team squd in 2011-2012. United providing flat for family, decent salary etc.
Adnan Januzaj
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Belgian press today says: "The British press says Januzaj is called the Belgian Beckham in the Belgian press. However he was never called that. Today is the first time, a proof of the power of the British tabloids."source: Januzaj is nu al 'Belgische Beckham' | Belgiumsoccer.be
I like it. Good point.
source: Januzaj is nu al 'Belgische Beckham' | Belgiumsoccer.be
That makes him the next Dong I guess
source: Januzaj is nu al 'Belgische Beckham' | Belgiumsoccer.be
The Belgian Dong?
I just hope we sign the Vietnamese Dong. Would boost our revenue a fair bit.
Who know how a sixteen year-old will turn out.
However, there is no comparison with Dong. Dong was sent to Belgium (Antwerp) by United, whereas Adnan Januzaj has been at Anderlecht since he was 10. I guess United scouts have seen Januzaj often enough to have seen something special. Still odds against though.
Belgians are, statistically, better at solving mysteries than playing football.
Might as well give up on him now.
Might as well give up on him now.
Jesus! Well just think of him as Kosovo Albanian. You might be happier.
He won't make it, he's 16 already and from that video alone I can tell he hasn't developed enough technically. We need to sell him.
Which video would that be?
They are taking the piss Mista John, relax
We all hope he does well and makes it, but it will be a few years yet before we have a better idea of that.
Ding-Dong.
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You don't really see the word "alas" much nowadays, might be something in the translation. Oh, and it looks like we've pretty much signed him. Will look forward to watching him play for the Academy in the future.
But alas 
Alas is mentioned in Lyon articles all the time
It could be quite an exciting Academy team next year with this kid, Daehli, Barmby, Charni, Van Velzen etc as well as those still eligible from the current team.
A signing!! Probably won't see him for a couple of years anywhere near the first team but hopefully we snapped up a player for the future.
Are Cofie/Keane still eligible for the Academy next season? If not, do we have any strikers coming through, cause they are the only two the U18 side has at the moment (with van Velzen playing up from with Lingard at the moment)
Didn't think they would be.
Will be interesting alright. Should have some very talented players in the midfield, but who are they going to be creating for?
Not something to be concerned about, we always have someone coming through the ranks or be drafted in.
Whens the last time we bought a player from Belgium?
This is an exciting academy team. Next year we will "lose" Pogba, Cole, Tunnicliffe, Morrison, Keane, Cofie, Lingard and probably one of our best defenders in Tom Thorpe. We need someone to replace them, then.
I'm curious about how we will give these players enough matches the next couple of years. The setup from the age of 18 is not good enough in England (unless you are ready for first team football). Its strange that the Premier League can not have a unified reserveleague. That would give the players more matches, and matching at a higher level. Restrictions on the age of the players participating could have been a good idea.
We bought two in 2010.
Now I am absoutely positive he won't make it here since someone from Anderlecht has said he isn't good enough for their first team yet, he's already 16 and won't improve. Shit buy.
Theres a young lad called James Wilson who is very highly rated although I think hes still eligible for the under 16s again next year but he might make the step up
So is this lad really a starlet as they make him out to be? Any Belgians on here, could you lads please give us an insight as to whether you have heard of him before?
According to Mr. MUJAC's twitter, Barmby had a very good game up front for the u16s yesterday, so that's another option.
This lad was in the crowd at todays youth cup game so I presume he has been signed
Yep he has. He was at the Academy game v Sunderland last week. Came onto the pitch at half time and walked off with the players
Just catching up with some MUTV I recorded, and before the open training Les Kershaw and Paddy Crerand were talking about recruiting the foreign youngsters. Kershaw mentioned that they had signed a 16 year old Belgian boy recently:
Crerand: "and I believe he's something special as well from what I hear"
Kershaw: "I'm not telling you that..he's very good."
Crerand: "and I believe he's something special as well from what I hear"
Kershaw: "I'm not telling you that..he's very good."
Januzaj made his debut and won a penalty today as the under 18s lost 5-2 against wolves
Promising debut by the sounds of it. I cannot wait to see this Zele Ismail play in Wolves first team, he scored 2 against us (after he hit a hatrick against us last season).
Januzaj looked very good from the highlights of the wolves game. Very good touch and a nice dribbler by the looks of it
And where might one find these highlights?
I loved that slide-rule pass with the outside of his right foot. Great vision for that.
Edit: correction: was his left
They've only just aired on MUTV so it might take a few days to make it onto the net.
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