Newcastle United have overwhelmed a number of European giants to the signing of Georgian wonderkid Vakhtang Salia, in keeping with reviews.
Nonetheless solely 17 years outdated, Salia has already performed 31 instances for Dinamo Tbilisi’s senior time, scoring six instances, together with discovering the web Uefa Convention League qualifier towards Mornar Bar this season.
The teenage striker is considered one of his nation’s most highly-rated children and was named this month in The Guardian’s Subsequent Technology listing of prime gamers born in 2007.
“Regardless of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Georges Mikautadze and Giorgi Mamardashvili being of their early 20s, Salia has been hailed by some as the way forward for Georgian soccer, and never with out cause,” Scout and Japanese European soccer skilled Artur Petrosyan wrote.
Making a surprising comparability to Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard, he added: “He possesses all of the qualities of a prime attacking participant – he’s technically gifted, has explosive acceleration and a pointy eye for aim.
“However maybe much more spectacular is his imaginative and prescient. His Steven Gerrard-like long-range passing, mixed along with his capability to ship crosses and thru balls, makes him an impressive staff participant – a high quality that stands out at his age. Has been deployed as a winger or false 9 by his membership, and as a No 10 on his debut for Georgia Beneath-21s on the age of 16 this summer time.”
Newcastle win the race for Vakhtang Salia
Given Petrosyan’s appraisal, it’s little marvel that Salia is attracting a lot consideration.
Nonetheless, it appears that evidently Newcastle have received the race to signal this teenage prodigy.
In line with HITC, the Magpies have seen off competitors from the likes of Actual Madrid, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund to safe Salia’s signature.
Napoli had been additionally understood to be monitoring Salia, who will be a part of Newcastle in August 2015 when he turns 18 years outdated.
Till then, he’ll proceed to clock up senior minutes for Dinamo Tbilisi, gaining invaluable expertise forward of his journey into English soccer.
Manchester Metropolis and Arsenal have additionally been linked with Salia up to now, additional highlighting how properly Newcastle have finished to deliver {the teenager} on board.
