Charly Musonda Jr.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

How come Belgium are producing so many great young players? Surely the English Fa can learn a thing or two from them.

English teams seem to try and get every talented youngster abroad, but in the process forget to form their own... How many good, English 17-20 year olds are playing in the PL right now?

Anderlecht alone is playing with three Belgians of no more than 20 in the first team. 15 years ago, they'd have to be Kompany-level or they'd be in the stands for three years until they finally got a chance.

We used to ignore our own youth, making them play defensively as kids, going for the win in stead of learning. We were getting cheap foreigners from Africa and Eastern Europe, while Holland and France were creating talent after talent in their respective academies. Suddenly we weren't able to compete with the richer teams anymore and changed the whole system to survive on the talent and worth of our young players.

This is a very good article explaining it all (by an Englishman I think: http://grantland.com/features/world-cup-2014-belgian-national-team-vincent-kompany-eden-hazard-marouane-fellaini/ ).

[ProHulst0sTV 7]

Let me know what you guys think!

[LAB 1,030]

Fantastic feet. Quick and deadly inside the box. He must be watching a lot of Hazard.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

How come Belgium are producing so many great young players? Surely the English Fa can learn a thing or two from them.

Multiculturalism might have something to do with it!

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Multiculturalism might have something to do with it!

There's a lot of immigrants in the UK as well. And it's not until relatively recently that the've really been showing up in our top teams...

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

There's a lot of immigrants in the UK as well. And it's not until relatively recently that the've really been showing up in our top teams...

Just look at the German, Dutch and French teams for example. In Germany in particular, it's only recently as well. In England however, we always fuck shit up, so it's no surprise.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Just look at the German, Dutch and French teams for example. In Germany in particular, it's only recently as well. In England however, we always fuck shit up, so it's no surprise.

Hehe, that was kinda my point.

On the other hand, there are still racist assholes in Belgium complaining about how there are no "real Belgians" in the team anymore. The ironic thing is that completely bilingual, smart young people from Brussels like for example Vincent Kompany, might be the last true Belgians left... ;-)

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Btw, you had players like both Ferdinands, both Coles, Campbell, etc in your national teams... The first African player in the Belgian Squad was Emile Mpenza if I'm correct. That was in '98 or so.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Hehe, that was kinda my point.

On the other hand, there are still racist assholes in Belgium complaining about how there are no "real Belgians" in the team anymore. The ironic thing is that completely bilingual, smart young people from Brussels like for example Vincent Kompany, might be the last true Belgians left... ;-)

I'm sure it's mostly among the older generation. You hear that quite a bit from some of them.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Btw, you had players like both Ferdinands, both Coles, Campbell, etc in your national teams... The first African player in the Belgian Squad was Emile Mpenza if I'm correct. That was in '98 or so.

Yeah, and even going back to John Barnes.

[Ze Mario 638]

this boy vs barca lee seung woo will be cr7 vs messi all over again. as long as our management not fucked this up. they better be!

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

this boy vs barca lee seung woo will be cr7 vs messi all over again. as long as our management not fucked this up. they better be!

He is a personal favourite of mine. We wanted to poach him from them, but he signed a professional contract. I rate him higher than Matsour (at least from what I've seen on videos)

[Weckerz 3,781]

His English is excellent..

[sutro 1,026]

How many can say they train together with their idol?

I observe him alot and he gives me tips and in meanwhile we have become good friends

Charly talking about Hazard

[nore_ega 8]

Got high hopes for this kid him and jeremie boga looks promising just have to wait and see how they develop....

[LukakutoStamford 779]

Two goals for Musonda today for Belgium's U19 team in a 4-2 win over Greece in the U19 Euro championships

[Shakez 755]

Hope we don't fuck this talent up. The Boga injury did him wonders though, and he was absolutely vital in the Youth cup + Playoff final against Man U.

[LukakutoStamford 779]

Musonda with a 90+2 goal to beat City 2-1 in the U21 PL opener