It’s a well-known system now: a proficient participant strikes from an academy in Africa to a lower-level European membership, they show themselves, then the Premier League massive boys come knocking.
The most recent participant being talked up is Mario Dorgeles, a 19-year-old from Ivory Coast who’s at the moment taking part in for Danish Superliga facet FC Nordsjaelland.
The Danish membership has a document of growing expertise resulting from their relationship with the Proper to Dream academy in Ghana. Previous recruits embody Mohammed Kudus, now at West Ham; Southampton’s Kamaldeen Sulemana; and Simon Adingra of Brighton.
Dorgeles moved from the academy in Ghana to the Danish membership in 2022. He’s nonetheless younger and making his method, however this season he has made 14 Superliga appearances, three of them within the beginning XI, totalling 429 minutes. He has scored one objective.
He additionally made his debut for Ivory Coast U23s final yr, taking part in the complete 90 minutes towards Iraq in a pleasant.
The Newcastle Chronicle reported on the weekend that Newcastle United have been approached about Dorgeles earlier than sporting director Dan Ashworth began his gardening depart. The report additionally talked about that Arsenal and Chelsea are “conscious” of Dorgeles.
In the meantime, Danish soccer journal Tipsbladet reported yesterday: “There may be curiosity from England, Spain and France, and a number of other golf equipment have additionally had scouts at Proper to Dream Park to keep watch over Mario Dorgeles.
“In response to Tipsbladet’s info, Lille and AS Monaco from Ligue 1 and Chelsea from the Premier League are among the many golf equipment which can be watching.”
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