World Soccer - UK (2021-10)

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TherelegationofBayern
Munich’sreserve teamdown
tothe regionalleagueshas
promptedthe German
championstosend outa number
oftheir youngstersonloan,including
promisingforwardFieteArp,Manuel
Neuer’sunderstudyAlexanderNubel,
defenderLarsMai,NewZealand
playmakerSarpreetSinghand
holdingmidfielderAdrianFein.
Yet thebrightestspotlightwill
probablybeplacedonZirkzee- a
player thatBayernhopewilloneday
replaceRobert Lewandowski- who
hasjoinedVincentKompany’s
Anderlechtfor a year.
TheyoungDutchstrikermade
anexplosivestarttohis Bundesliga
career, comingoffthebenchtohit a
vitallategoalatFreiburg in December
2019 , beforedoingexactlythe same
thingagain threedayslateragainst
Wolfsburg.
Lastseason hisprogressstalled.
A JanuaryloantoParma washalted
byinjury,buttwogoalsin hisfirst two
gamesinBelgiumsuggeststhatthis
movemaholdmoreromise.

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Which versionofArnautovic
willtheSerieA clubsee?The
powerfulstrikerthatledthe
linefor West HamUnited,
scoringsevengoalsinthefirsthalf
ofthe 2 01 8- 19 season,orthe petulant
sulkerthatdemandeda Januarymove
toChina?Theclinicalfinisherthat
sealedAustria’sEuro 2 02 0 victory
overNorthMacedonia, or thehothead
thatcelebratedbyinsultingtheir
Albanian-heritageplayers?
Theanswer, of course,isall of
theabove.
Goneare thedayswherethe
32-year-oldAustriancommanded
eight-figurefees,buthissummer
exploitsproved thathistwoyearsin
Chinahaven’t harmedhisability to
competein Europe.Hisfirst appearance
forBologna– scoringina 5-4Italian
Cupdefeat to Ternana– suggeststhat,
whetherthemoveis successfulor
not,itwillbe explosive.

(BayernMunichtoAnderlecht,loan)

JOSHUA ZIRKZEE

Loanee...
Zirkzeescored
onhisBelgian
leaguedebut

Disciplined...
Arnautovic
wasgivena
one-match ban
forhisoutburst
againstNorth
Macedonia

(ShanghaiPorttoBologna)

MARKOARNAUTOVIC
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