Arsenal have sensationally re-entered the race for Hearts Of Oak midfielder Tawrick Jibril, after Spanish outfit Atlético Madrid delayed pushing the transfer through.
Jibril was invited on trial with the Gunners two months ago, but before he could touch down in London, long-term admirer’s Madrid pounced to strike a deal. Although the 16 year old went to Spain for a medical and to agree personal terms, Atlético have since back-tracked on the agreement, with Arsenal ready to step in and snap him up.
Accra Hearts of Oak’s Administrative Manager Mr Ashford Tetteh-Oku told the Ghanaian media they have sent a warning to Javier Aguirre’s team, and are willing to consider other offers if the transfer is not wrapped up quickly.
“We have given Atletico Madrid today (yesterday) as the deadline, to show seriousness in the player or risk losing him to other bidders”.
According to “The Sporting Times” Arsenal are prepared to stump up the $1.5 million asking price, but have told the prestigious Ghanaian’s they want quick answer if they can have the player, or we will look elsewhere.
Jibril is regarded as the most exciting young player in Africa, and although he is only 16, has already made a handful of appearances for Accra’s first team.
Article By – J.Sanderson With Thanks To Gooner-Chris
Well if we can get him that’d be a boost in terms of our relationship with Salamanca, which i see as being quite important now for the future of our youth development programe, and gettin the best talent available outside of europe in an Arsenal shirt.
He’s obviously highly rated and the video was quite impressive, he looks very good on the ball, good movement and doesnt give it away.
Could prove to be a very good signing if we can get him.
Also, J have u heard about us taking on a number of young talents from india into a Special Arsenal run soccer school? Apparently they were individually selected, between the ages of 10-16. Ud think if a couple impress while at the school one or two could be future signings.
yes he would prob go to Salamanca hence the rush to find out whether he will come or not. if not Arsenal need to find someone else pretty quick. it’ll be easier to judge whether he is any good once he is playing in Spain.
How old is this person?
With a little polishing from the master he could be top draw.
16 years of age.
Wow.
Have you got any news on the new signing that you reported in the jay simpson article a few days ago?
Johnny Maverik – Arsenal have taken in 16 youngsters from India and have invited them to the Arsenal Soccer Festival. I think they will award a scholarship deal to 3 of them.
Also, J have u heard about us taking on a number of young talents from india into a Special Arsenal run soccer school? Apparently they were individually selected, between the ages of 10-16. Ud think if a couple impress while at the school one or two could be future signings.
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I dont think arsenal have signed them, they are coming out there to play a tournament..The Arsenal International Soccer Festival..or something like that….I am from one of the cities where Arsenal came to select players….could find out more if you guys are interested.
This boy looks pretty gd, actually, let me retract that.
This boy looks a future star, a typical Arsenal player.
If we get him and he learns in the reserves, rather than going Spain on loan, i think he would be in the first team by his 17th birthday.
From the youtube video, he commands the game well n has vision similar to our one and only Fabregas.
Great vid. Love watching the Africans. Like Fabregas but needing a bit of discipline. Bring him on. Arsenal are getting some amazing youngsters. Emirates will be full for the forseable future
Indian youngsters are not good enough. No, not as yet. We’re probably 3 decades from having an Indian player in the Premiership. Gooner from India here. Sanderson, you’re doing an excellent job. Continure mate, all the best. I hope to visit the Emirates in the future, if possible will try to do my Masters in England, hopefully London. Cheers.
I reported this months ago, we organised soccer schools in India to get together a bunch of the best youngsters and potentially sign them.
I reckon its for marketing, and to get the Arsenal name out in India, but who knows.
Looks a player
To quote Everton Manager do you think he is actually 16 years old or is he an African 16 year old meaning he is more like 20 years of age
John Maverick-are we signing hi or what? I dont think we wil get the Jibril the lin is guessing because athletico are out of the reace
thank god for that star.
Stoner you have a PM
With Arsene training techniques, he could an absolute germ. On the Cesc Fab show, pat rice pointed out that the 1st thing they look for in a player is football awareness & football intelligence and this boy has exactly that along manipulative skills and good control. Hopefully A Madrid will let us in
Have we signed Kakadinhoaldo’o yet?
Supergunner07! I agree with you totally, he looks like he is very energetic and strong too!! I think he can be a great DM in the future, very similar too Michael Essien. Strong, Quick, Stamina, tenacious, Technique, great passing ability and would be great if he would be able to shoot like Essien.
By the way didn’t Essien pose in an Arsenal shirt once?!!
I am not aware of it
Yep, he did.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article810537.ece
Haha great pic! Damn he would have been great alongside Fabregas :D
Well he seems a bit similar to Coquelin although more highly rated.
You tube video doesnt show much.
But having spent a few month in Ghana with family I can safely say the average kids r extremely good imo. So if this kid stands out…there…. he must have something about him.
this is totally off subject but i read on this site not long ago that even reserve players are given a squad number and i was wondering if j or anyone else knows the numbers of merida and fonte? cheers
Hi Mr. Sanderson. Just off topic but could you give us any information (article) of arsenal’s training methods at any level, at any time of the season (e.g. Arsenal U16’s mid-season training). Just want to get more insight as I would love to be a coach. Next year I am thinking about doing my badges but they are changing the format to teaching age groups.
do we really need another young central midfielder?
When’s Amaury Birschoff signing or is Wenger not bothering now he’s got Coqulien
*Coquelin
if athletico don’t fancy him surely there’s a reason……
You should be crediting me, i gave chris the link lol.
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To quote Everton Manager do you think he is actually 16 years old or is he an African 16 year old meaning he is more like 20 years of age
kent paul said this on July 29, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Okay……lets just say he is 22, and we are being made to think he is 16yrs old…..I reckon he is still good enough…..we could still get 10 years of good service out of him.
People made the same comments and jokes about Kanu, JJ Okocha, Samuel Eto’o and many many more, but they still set the world alight……
Go get him Arsene….i say!!
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“To quote Everton Manager do you think he is actually 16 years old or is he an African 16 year old meaning he is more like 20 years of age”
kent paul said this on July 29, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Okay……lets just say he is 22, and we are being made to think he is 16yrs old…..I reckon he is still good enough…..we could still get 10 years of good service out of him.
People made the same comments and jokes about Kanu, JJ Okocha, Samuel Eto’o and many many more, but they still set the world alight……
Go get him Arsene….i say!!
What is the % we get if Bentley is sold? I heard it’s 25% It would be nice if Spurs helped pay for our stadium.
“What is the % we get if Bentley is sold? I heard it’s 25% It would be nice if Spurs helped pay for our stadium.”
Lol! First we won the title at the lane, then they payed for the Emirates. I think the spuds secretly love us dearly ;)
As for how old the kid is, i know people from parts of the world such as Africa and Asia aswell dont always know their exact age, i dont meen that in a discriminatory way. Its just fact, i meen theres a guy at my school from Nepal and hw doesnt know how old he is. But they know it give or take 2 years, so the kid is atleast 18. Nd anyway, the majority do know how old they are, so its more likely that hes 16 for sure.
from what I saw, he more rosicky type than fabregas. he likes to dribble and take on defender. if wenger bought him, he most likely will play on the wing. if he to play more centrally then he need to be more dicipline and have tactical awareness. he still 16 so still room for improvement. he defenitely will get more benefit if stay with arsenal than go out on loan. but its not such a waste if we didn’t get him. we got better talent in form of wilshere.
I think african ages are more accurate now than they used to be… Birth records are better kept and more publicly available so people are less and less inclined to modify their age.
Believe me, there are a lot of very good young African players that we see in the secondary schools principal cup competitions and also shell petroleum have a shell cup for students in secondary schools so more and more young players are getting noticed early.
My first impression on Jibril is Wow!
From that video I picked up very quickly that he can use both feet very well. Just looking at that video tells me he is carrying a lot for his age. His control of the ball and electricity in approaching the ball just reminds me of Messi. Jibril can be a dangerous player on the right in the middle even on the left. He’s a future star without a doubt. I hope we sign him.
“As for how old the kid is, i know people from parts of the world such as Africa and Asia aswell dont always know their exact age, i dont meen that in a discriminatory way.” Johnny Maverik
I know what you are saying Johnny, Ghana is better than most West African states in terms of recording birth certs etc. More than likely 16 is accurate.
Jibril as far as I know is a northern Ghanaian/Burkino Faso name. A lot of talented african players go to Ghana and apply for Ghanaian nationality as its easier to get scouted there than say the slums of Lagos. So if not originally Ghanaian then the chances of the birth cert being accurate diminishes depending on where his family are from.
With some, Yakubu and Martins for example, fake passports are widely reported to have been bought just to help them out of the country and get visas and such, thus the trouble with fake ages. That’s a lot different to someone going “dur, how old am i?”
The kid looks 16, he says he’s 16, and he’s at possibly the biggest african club there is, scouted by us – one of the highest quality clubs in terms of dedication to the fitness and development of youngsters. I don’t think we are sign the check, have him flown over and suddenly find out we have a 45 year old on our hands.
One thng….if dis boy is gr8….y madrid withdrawd dere interest?? Atletico nurtures young talents….so y dey r nt takin him?
even if he is 45 years old who fuckin cares as long as he plays a good fuckin min 16 years i dont care look at kanu hes nt 30 but he still fuckin scores for pompey n he is a arsenal legend
n yakubu is a proven goalscorer aswell he doesnt get enough credit for the goals he scores but pple like ashton n bellamy get more but they aint scored as much think about that, i feel the EPL is controlled by a rascist board they are also racial towards arsenal always insultin our team becus the amount of foreigners SO WAT, dey expect our team to be fully english if he had a full black english team jus imagine the amount of criticism but if he had a full white english team we would be praised everyday PS im nt being rascist im jus sayin
one last message does anyone know if the english rule is goin 2 be approved cus den they onli way this is possible is bringin english youth players so when young children go for trials they would reject them cus of their nationality
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Dont know the squad numbers you are talking about but a friend of mine knows the hoyte brothers. The speculation is the shirt numbers worn in the austria camp are for real i.e. Gavin.Hoyte 19, Simpson 23, Lansbury 29, Coquelin 27. As we all know Eboue shows as 27 on Arsenal.com so he could be changing numbers?
Isnt it more likely that the Numbers that Arsenal have already announced will stay and the young players will be given numbers if and when they are called up to first team action. Most likely when the carlin cup starts.
no as I already knew Bischoff given 28 leaving only 13 and 18 spare one of these might go to Eboue, but the rumour I am hearing is Barry will take 18 and Eboue could go in p/ex
Bischoff signed,Arsenal back in the race for Jibril,We beat Stuttgart 3-1,We get nearly 50 percent of the money Tottenham pay for Bently around 8.5 million and we have Wilshere who scored a goal in the match.What better news could I here.
eboue is number 27 you muppet!
Ghana dnt have a history of dodgy birth certificates but Nigeria do.The vacant squad numbers are 13,18,19,23 and 29.Hoyte and Simpson like Jack Wilshere were wearing vacant or squad #’s of players who weren’t there.
tawrick is the best in ghana.
tawrick is better than a.badu