World Soccer - UK (2019-09)

THE WORLD THIS MONTH

HOUSSEM AOUAR

(Lyon)

The French under-21 shone in Lyon’s

6-0 thrashing of Angers.

LAZAR RANDELOVIC

(Olympiakos)

Serb who scored twice on his European

debut as the Greek club swept aside

Krasnodar in the Champions League.

TAKEFUSA KUBO

(Mallorca)

Newly promoted Mallorca staged a major

coup in taking the Japanese wonderkid

on loan from Real Madrid for the season.

“Any player can go for

€100million, even without

showing anything”

Ronaldo questions the modern

football transfer market

There aren’t many 16-year-olds who have

got the better of Paris Saint-Germain, but

the midfielder was the star of the show

as Rennes upset the odds to beat the

defending champions 2-1 on the second

matchday of the new Ligue 1 season.

In only his third league start for the

club, he ran the game and set up Romain

Del Castillo for the winning goal. In doing

so, he became the youngest player to

provide an assist in the French top flight

since such statistical analysis began.

Born in Angola in November 2002, he

moved to France with his family as a child

and a month after his 16th birthday he

made history as the youngest player to

sign a professional contract with Rennes.

After a debut as a substitute away at

Angers in April 2019, he started a game

for the first time in May, against Monaco.

He thus became the first player born

after 1 January 2002 to start a game

in any of the top five European leagues.

RAZVAN MARIN

(Ajax)

Highly rated midfielder snapped up from

Standard Liege. Two-footed and sees

passing lanes very early.

GEORGE TUCUDEAN

(CFR Cluj)

The Romanian striker’s goal knocked

Celtic out of the Champions League.

STRAHINJA PAVLOVIC

(Partizan Belgrade)

The teenage central defender was signed

by Lazio in a €5.5m deal but loaned back

to Partizan for the season.

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(Rennes)

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