Borussia Dortmund’s upcoming star is all set and waiting to arrive onto the scene with a £10m offer completed with Anderlecht.
Julien Duranville, was of fascination to Nathan Jones’ Southampton prior to the German giants pulled forward in the race to carry the 16-yr-old to Sign Iduna Park on a extensive-term offer.
With the Black and Yellow getting additional an additional starlet to their guides, Sportsmail delves into just who Dortmund have signed and what you have to have to know about their following younger star.
Julien Duranville has officially moved from Anderlecht to German giants Borussia Dortmund
Actively playing style
Duranville can engage in on either wing and possesses an insatiable want to run at defences, utilising his pace, flair and agility.
The 16-calendar year-aged has represented Belgium at U19 amount and turned out for Anderlecht’s senior facet on 10 occasions, even enjoying 45 minutes versus West Ham in a 1- decline back in July.
Coming out of Anderlecht’s famed academy – which has developed the likes of Kevin de Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, Youri Tielemans, Dries Mertens and Vincent Kompany – it can be no surprise Duranville has attracted fascination from Bayern Munich and Genuine Madrid.
Nicknamed ‘Blitz’ for his electrifying tempo and dribbling, Duranville is set to be instantly thrust into the 1st-staff squad at the time he recovers from a muscular injury.
The 16-12 months-previous amazed for Anderlecht and has built 10 appearances for the Belgian club
What they are saying
Vincent Kompany handed Duranville his debut for Anderlecht final period right before leaving for Burnley.
Although it looks the Manchester Metropolis legend has not forgotten about his former pupil, labelling him as a long term Ballon d’Or contender.
Soon after mentioning Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe and Gavi, he claimed: ‘Here’s 1 for you. Duranville. No stress.’
‘He’s an agile and challenging participant,’ Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl explained to German outlet Ruhr-Nachrichten. ‘We see his possible, but he is just coming out of damage and will undoubtedly need some time to get the job done his way up.’
‘We’re really happy that Julien and his family have placed great belief in us and that he will now be putting on our colours,’ Kehl stated Friday in a statement on the club web-site.
‘Julien is a fast, technically potent and creative winger in whom we see excellent opportunity. In the coming a long time, we would like to operate with each other to leverage this possible and travel forward his enhancement – as we have already shown with talented children on a number of events in the earlier.
He is established to be element of the senior set up in accordance to sporting director, Sebastian Kehl (R)
‘Our most important aim will now be on integrating Julien into our very first-team squad and his new environment as immediately as probable and bringing him up to Bundesliga degree action-by-stage.’
In September, Duranville grew to become the 2nd-youngest participant to score a league objective for Anderlecht at 16 a long time and 122 times, nearly eclipsing the document held by Lukaku.
‘When you see Duranville… I have hardly ever seen [a player like him] ahead of,’ previous coach Samba Diawara told French outlet La Derniere Heure.
Vincent Kompany has explained the Belgian U19 winger as a potential Ballon d’Or prospect
‘It is not tough to offer with these kinds of a expertise, since he has been so perfectly coached. I was impressed by the intelligence of the youthful players at Anderlecht. They practice players but also make guys of them.
‘Julien speaks great French, English and Dutch. He is really respectful, attentive and humble.’
Despite representing the place of his birth at youth degree, Duranville was born to an Ivorian father and Congolese mom, this means he can characterize possibly of the African nations if he so chooses.
Recognized for his electrifying pace and dribbling skill, Duranville is affectionately called ‘Blitz’
Ex-team-mate Adrien Trebel told RTL Sport the teen feeling has a foreseeable future on the greatest stages.
‘With the characteristics he has, I assume Julien is the long run of Belgium,’ he mentioned. ‘You can not forget about that he is nevertheless only 16 decades aged. At the second, he even now has a great deal of development to make, especially on a bodily amount.
‘His system may not be all set to perform 90 minutes every weekend. But Julien listens properly, and he will work tricky to fortify his body as significantly as attainable.’
Subsequent in well-known footsteps
Duranville is yet an additional youngster with his pathway to stardom quick-tracked in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia location. Jadon Sancho joined the club, similarly aged at just 17. So as well, Jude Bellingham.
There is a frequent road to good results for numerous players who have began their career – be it youth or senior careers elsewhere – right before becoming a member of Dortmund’s renowned set up, generally turning out some of the continent’s most prized young stars.
Latest Manchester Town phenom, Erling Haaland arrived a minor more experienced, at 19.
Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (L) celebrates his 1st Dortmund aim with Jude Bellingham this week
Even though, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens – who scored a objective the Norwegian would’ve been very pleased of this week – remaining Metropolis for Dortmund in 2020 at 16.
A apparent profession prepare appears to be to be established out for precocious skills who get there at the Bundesliga powerhouse.
Bedding into the senior squads in advance of having prospects to accomplish and keep in the workforce.
No case in point is clearer than prodigious 18-year-aged striker Youssoufa Moukoko, who lately signed a new 3-year offer at the club.
With a brilliant nucleus of likewise aged and gifted talent, alongside the knowledge of Marco Reus and Co, Duranville has just about every opportunity to close in on turning out to be the irrepressible star Kompany and some others hope him to be.
Equally Jadon Sancho (L) and Erling Haaland (R) founded on their own as stars with Dortmund