World Soccer - UK (2022-01)

THEWORLD THISMONTH

“Wewishto statecategoricallythattheallegations

arefrivolous,baselessandlackmerit...wecallon

theSouthAfricanFAtoresponsiblyacceptdefeat”

Karim

ADEYEMI

(RedBullSalzburg)

For thesecondyearina row, the

January transferwindowrollsaround

withaRedBullSalzburgplayeratthe

topof theshoppinglistsofEurope’s

bestclubs.In 2021 itwas Dominik

Szoboszlai,whojoinedRBLeipzigfor

€ 25 million;thistimeitlookssettobe

theiryoungforward,KarimAdeyemi.

Unsurprisingly, Salzburgended 2021

withacomfortablelead at thetop of

theAustrianBundesliga,withAdeyemi

scoring 11 goalsin 16 leaguegames,

butmore impressivelyhealso hada

majorimpactontheChampionsLeague.

The 1 9-year-oldscoredthreegroup-

stage goalsasSalzburgadvancedtothe

knockoutstages forthefirsttimeintheir

history, andthathasn’tgoneunnoticed.

After making hisGermany debutin

September, areturntohishomecountry

seemslikely, despiteinterestfromthe

PremierLeagueandBarcelona.

Ghana’s FA respondstocallsfromSouthAfricatoreplaytheir 2022 WorldCup qualifier

FelixAFENA-GYAN

(Roma)

The 18 -year-oldscoreda braceonhis

SerieA debut aftercomingoff thebench

lateon,andwasrewardedwithan€ 800

pairoftrainersfromJoseMourinho.

JonDahlTOMASSON

(Malmo)

TheformerDenmark,Feyenoord,

Milan andNewcastle Unitedstriker

guidedSwedishgiantsMalmototheir

secondAllsvenskan titleina row–

pippingAIK on goaldifference.

EthanMBAPPE

(ParisSaint-Germain)

Kylian’syoungerbrother is only 1 4,

yethe hasalreadybeencalledupfor

theFrance Under-16squad.Ethanisa

central midfielderfor PSGUnder-17s.

GianlucaSCAMACCA

(Sassuolo)

InItaly, the 22 -year-oldstrikeris

beingdiscussedasa potentialWorld

Cupsaviouraheadof theplay-offs in

March afterimpressingforSassuolo.

PatrikSCHICK

(BayerLeverkusen)

TheCzechRepublicstrikerhada

handinfiveofLeverkusen’sgoalsin

their7-1demolitionofGreutherFurth,

assistingonebeforehalf-timethen

scoringfoursecond-halfgoals.

HULK

(AtleticoMineiro)

The 3 5-year-oldendedtheBrazilian

leagueseasonasthe topscorerwith 19

goals,firingAtleticotothe leaguetitle

alongsidestrikepartner DiegoCosta.

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