The sale of the Socceroos’ 18-year-old sensation Garang Kuol to English Premier League giants Newcastle United is official.
Key factors:
- Garang Kuol’s transfer might be made official when the switch window opens in January
- The 18-year-old has by no means began an A-League Males’s match
- Kuol is the youngest Socceroos debutant since Harry Kewell, having performed in final week’s victory over New Zealand
Kuol’s long-mooted transfer has been confirmed for subsequent January’s switch window.
“It is unreal,” Kuol informed Newcastle’s web site
“As a younger boy in Australia, the Premier League is the principle factor that everybody watches however no person truly thinks they will attain these heights.
“To be a type of folks, to be within the place I’m, it is wonderful.
“Now that I’ve signed for Newcastle, I wish to practice laborious, play laborious, hopefully go to the World Cup and are available again right here.”
Kuol will return to the Mariners for the beginning of the A-League Males’s season, a derby in opposition to the Newcastle Jets on October 8.
He’s additionally within the choice body for Australia’s World Cup marketing campaign in Qatar, with coach Graham Arnold because of settle a 26-man squad in mid-November.
Some studies have the Mariners pocketing a $500,000 switch price, with Kuol prone to be loaned to a membership in Portugal if he’s initially unable to safe a UK work allow.
“Garang is a really promising younger expertise and we’re excited that he’ll be persevering with his growth as a Newcastle United participant,” the membership’s sporting director Dan Ashworth mentioned.
“Our philosophy is to put money into our academy and in thrilling younger gamers for the longer term, in addition to in gamers required to make a right away affect within the first group.
“We want Garang the most effective of luck in his remaining video games with Central Coast Mariners and we hope to see him on the worldwide stage once more very quickly.”
Kuol’s deal caps a surprising rise for the Australian refugee — his household hail from Khartoum in Sudan and fled to Egypt, the place Garang was born, earlier than shifting to Australia.
The attacker made his first Socceroos look final Sunday in opposition to New Zealand, turning into the youngest nationwide debutant since Harry Kewell.
Kuol is but to start out an A-League recreation however scored 4 targets from 9 appearances as an alternative final season.
He then produced an attention grabbing cameo for the A-League All Stars in opposition to Spanish powers Barcelona in Might’s exhibition match.
AAP
