We can't sign his brother because he is only 12 or 13 right? When the family moves over will be be able to sign him then?
Indy Boonen
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Yeah he would be able to play for us because it wouldnt be seen as the family moving country in order for him to join us. The same thing could happen with Fosu Mensah's younger brother who is fairly highly rated at Ajax if his whole family decides to move over. City already have a number of players playing for their underage teams who have been in the same situation such as Rekik and Pozo's younger brothers
Ah, you can be a bit sneaky with that. In our case Fosu Mensah and Indy are obviously highly rated themselves but you could used this to snatch top players that are too young by signing their older brothers even if they are any good or not.
Yeah I wouldnt be surprised to see it start to happen. Different situation because he was 16 but Chelsea signed Charly Musonda's 2 older brothers just to convince him to sign and did similar with a Portuguese lad named Mesca in order to try get his younger brother Bruma to sign from Sporting Lisbon but it didnt work so they released him and he joined Fulham.
He's probably a 3 year old on a 16 year deal.
After Indy Kaila?
People like him are the reason no one believes Yakubu, Adu, Costa etc.
Not sure if serious..
Evra went from striker to LB.
"Fortune and glory,kid.Fortune and glory"
I'm confused. Why are Sky Sports treating him like he's Martin Odegaard?
Paddy McNair was an AMC I believe when we signed as a 14/15 year old..
I heard this lad makes Odegaard look shite.
Why were they treating Odegaard like he was Lionel Messi?
Don't give a toss how goods he is, he's got a great name!
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What does that say?
A great assist from Angel Gomes and a clinical finish by Indy Boonen for the U18s v Middlesbrough.
Video of a lovely lofted pass by Angel at the edge of the box and a first time finish by Boonen.
Also, the commentator pronounced Angel as Angel. Is it not An-gel/An-hel?
It's just typical English butchering of foreign names.
"Oooh no it's Indy boooonen that!"
Given that you can hear his teammates pronouncing it that way (as in the English word angel, rather than a 'latin' pronunciation), I imagine that must be how he says it himself?
Maybe, but my counter-arguement to that is that....most of his teammates are also English. Alas, continued butchering?
They play with him week in week out. English or otherwise, I doubt they're pronouncing his name wrong. The lad's born and raised in England.
I'm just trying to form a rebuttal
You're probably right. Alas, I will still carry on pronouncing it the way it should be pronounced with anyone with that name.After a fairly quiet start to the season Boonen finished the season very well and ended up with 7 goals and 4 assists from 12 starts and 4 sub appearances. He's also been called up by Belgium for the u17 European Championships which start this week
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He made a Liverpool defender look like an absolute mug recently as well.
His feet moved so fast for that assist I can't even tell what he done. Looking set to have another good season though.
Bit better quality version below. He's racking up a decent highlights reel, anyone who watches youth more regularly think hes really got it?
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I think he's definitely one that's developing nicely and under the radar a little bit, relative to the other well known talents. Quite clearly has talent, he showed that with his link ups with Gomes and Buffonge towards the end of last season. But as with most youth, a lot of things can happen, so we just have to wait and see.
He's a bit similar to Lingard in that he was very small and weak until the past 6 months or so and he doesn't really have any 1 exceptional attribute but he's very good at a lot of things and works extremely hard to make the most of his talent
Interview with Boonen where he says he trained with the seniors in preseason. From what I've heard quite a few of the u18s have trained with the seniors in the past couple of months
https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nl/nie...-boonen-ziet-het-zitten-bij-manchester-united
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Indy Boonen was one of the highlights in United's academy last week but has been known as a big talent for quite some time. Voetbalkrant.com spoke to the young attacker about his ambitious plans for the future.
Because the young Limburger definitely has ambition. "I hope to make my debut next season in the first team. Preferably in the Premier League of course, but a game in the League Cup would be great aswell".
"I have faith in it".At United everyone knows him aswell. "At United every coach knows everything about you. They're very well connected with each other and pass on feedback. They work very hard at the academy and with the youth, and you feel that."
In pre-season he was allowed to even train with the first team. "I learned a lot there, it was special to be with them on the pitch. This season, I aim to get a few matches with the U21s, other than that, I just want to do my thing with the U18s."
His schedule is like one of those in the first team. "We live like pros, we train in the morning, in the afternoon it's mostly getting rest to do some fitness after that. School is only on monday morning."
"The first two months were quite hard because my English wasn't good enough. Now that's going better and I perform better on the pitch aswell. When I compare two others, I've adapted very quickly", admitted the young attacking midfielder.
He is one of the jokers in the dressing room. "I joke around sometimes yes. Usually I pronounce a word or two wrong which makes everyone laugh either way."
https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nl/nie...-boonen-ziet-het-zitten-bij-manchester-united
Translation from newbie @GroteBergMan98
Indy Boonen was one of the highlights in United's academy last week but has been known as a big talent for quite some time. Voetbalkrant.com spoke to the young attacker about his ambitious plans for the future.
Because the young Limburger definitely has ambition. "I hope to make my debut next season in the first team. Preferably in the Premier League of course, but a game in the League Cup would be great aswell".
"I have faith in it".At United everyone knows him aswell. "At United every coach knows everything about you. They're very well connected with each other and pass on feedback. They work very hard at the academy and with the youth, and you feel that."
In pre-season he was allowed to even train with the first team. "I learned a lot there, it was special to be with them on the pitch. This season, I aim to get a few matches with the U21s, other than that, I just want to do my thing with the U18s."
His schedule is like one of those in the first team. "We live like pros, we train in the morning, in the afternoon it's mostly getting rest to do some fitness after that. School is only on monday morning."
"The first two months were quite hard because my English wasn't good enough. Now that's going better and I perform better on the pitch aswell. When I compare two others, I've adapted very quickly", admitted the young attacking midfielder.
He is one of the jokers in the dressing room. "I joke around sometimes yes. Usually I pronounce a word or two wrong which makes everyone laugh either way."
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Jaysus. I know this is more about me getting old than anything else and I know the U-18s are, by definition, children but these two lads look barely old enough for secondary school!
EDIT: I see this has already been discussed...
EDIT: I see this has already been discussed...
I was the same until about 19. Very baby faced and small. My friends were all giants growing up, then I had a major growth spurt at 18 and reached a respectable height.Jaysus. I know this is more about me getting old than anything else and I know the U-18s are, by definition, children but these two lads look barely old enough for secondary school!
EDIT: I see this has already been discussed...
That his brother Seppe, who's a goalkeeper. He's meant to be in the u16's with us, but I'm not sure whether that's the case now.Jaysus. I know this is more about me getting old than anything else and I know the U-18s are, by definition, children but these two lads look barely old enough for secondary school!
EDIT: I see this has already been discussed...
He's not with us anyway. As far as I know he's playing for Admira Wacker in Austria
Admira Wacker, best advice rimaldo ever gave.
Let's just ignore the title...