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If you’re good enough, you’re old enough, so they say.
Lamine Yamal was certainly both as he was named the Young Player of the Tournament as he helped Spain win the European Championship in Germany last Sunday, becoming both the youngest player, and the youngest goalscorer in the competition’s history.
The Barcelona prodigy also scored the Goal of the Tournament as Spain beat France in the semi-final and was named in UEFA’s Team of the Tournament too after laying on a tournament high four assists, including the opening goal in the final against England.
Not bad for a lad who only turned 17 on Saturday, but we’ve moved on, he’s already established as a global icon now. Where are the next generation of 14, 15 and 16-year-olds, I hear you cry.
Read on to find out who has chosen to turn their back on long nights of drinking cider on park benches in favour of building the foundations for a career at the very top of world football, and, of course… remember the name!
Cavan Sullivan – Philadelphia Union
On Wednesday night a local boy came off the bench after 85 minutes of Union’s 5-1 home win over New England Revolution at Subaru Park.
But that’s not the story. At the age of 14 years and 293 days, Sullivan beat the record for the youngest MLS player set by Freddy Adu when he played for DC United in 2004 by 13 days.
The midfielder also became the youngest North American player in the top flight of any team sport.
He’s contracted to join Man City when he turns 18, though might end up at a City Group club on the continent – Girona, perhaps? – when he turns 16. Whether Pep Guardiola is still there to oversee his development, who knows, but he should be quite some player even before he arrives in Manchester.
Though he is eligible to represent Germany through his mother, with the World Cup in the US in 2026, don’t be surprised to see the hype reach fever pitch in two years time if Sullivan continues to blossom.
Welcome to the show, Cavan…
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Author : Alex Hoad
Publish date : 2024-07-18 10:06:57
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