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Luka Van der Bale

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Think "worlds best u17 prospect" is going a tad far. Madrid just spent €40m on a brazillian 16 year old.
Think it was based on the fact he won player of the tournament at the u17 tournament in the summer. He meant his specific year, not everyone under the age of 17.
 

spursfan77

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Few years ago I worked in Onomahs agents house who works for Rio Ferdinands agency. He told me the that City had thrown silly money at Onomah. The agent wanted him to stay with us but at the time was unsure of what was gonna happen. So I know for a fact City have tried stealing our best talent

Yep it was Onomah Man City went in hard for not Edwards. Both them and Liverpool offered him silly money to join them.
 

PrettyColors

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If, and it is a big if, we pull this off - I think this will be looked at on the scale of a Bale or Alli deal in 3-4 years. The kind that changes the identity of a club.
 

mugpunt

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Should have said Europes best u17... though historically the best player in Europe have won the vast majority of the Ballon d'ors and top 3 places so the assumption is reasonable. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballon_d'Or

That being said watching his highlights in the biggest games of his career like the U17 final and the youth cup finals v Chelsea he doesn't look like an explosive pace player in the Sane mode so much as a Pires tripe with good acceleration at best. In some ways if he and Edwards break our 11 we'd still lack real explosive pace up front
 

THFCSPURS19

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Should have said Europes best u17... though historically the best player in Europe have won the vast majority of the Ballon d'ors and top 3 places so the assumption is reasonable. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballon_d'Or

That being said watching his highlights in the biggest games of his career like the U17 final and the youth cup finals v Chelsea he doesn't look like an explosive pace player in the Sane mode so much as a Pires tripe with good acceleration at best. In some ways if he and Edwards break our 11 we'd still lack real explosive pace up front
Looked pretty rapid in the videos I watched.
 

elDiablo

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Should have said Europes best u17... though historically the best player in Europe have won the vast majority of the Ballon d'ors and top 3 places so the assumption is reasonable. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballon_d'Or

That being said watching his highlights in the biggest games of his career like the U17 final and the youth cup finals v Chelsea he doesn't look like an explosive pace player in the Sane mode so much as a Pires tripe with good acceleration at best. In some ways if he and Edwards break our 11 we'd still lack real explosive pace up front

The guy looks rapid at the levels he is playing at. Dribbling as quick as other players could sprint
 

yido_number1

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Should have said Europes best u17... though historically the best player in Europe have won the vast majority of the Ballon d'ors and top 3 places so the assumption is reasonable. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballon_d'Or

That being said watching his highlights in the biggest games of his career like the U17 final and the youth cup finals v Chelsea he doesn't look like an explosive pace player in the Sane mode so much as a Pires tripe with good acceleration at best. In some ways if he and Edwards break our 11 we'd still lack real explosive pace up front
Close control and good balance can have the same effect as direct pace. For teams that pack the edge of the area close control is more important.
 

Ron Burgundy

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If, and it is a big if, we pull this off - I think this will be looked at on the scale of a Bale or Alli deal in 3-4 years. The kind that changes the identity of a club.

I don't think that goes far enough, I think it will change the whole world and we will all love in peace forever

Don't get me wrong, it's exciting but we thought this about Bostock, Dos Santos and countless others.
 
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