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Liverpool sign Samed Yesil for 1M

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@TonyBarretTimes: Liverpool are set to sign Samed Yesil, an 18 year old forward, from Bayer Leverkusen for a fee in the region of £1 million.
 
In 2 threads already, so could wait till he signs before a new one. It's a high rated kid, hardly nothing new.
 
Worth it's own thread for discussion though. Promising player by the sounds of things. Highly rated, long way to go..
 
@TonyBarretTimes: Liverpool are set to sign Samed Yesil, an 18 year old forward, from Bayer Leverkusen for a fee in the region of £1 million.
We signed him so Nuri could have someone to hang with.
 
2010-11 Germany U-17 21 (19)

well haven't people been shouting out for a german (of sorts) signing this summer ?
 
To me he looks like the sort of player Rodgers would try to convert into the Sinclair role he had at Swansea. He looks to have pace and skill but not much finishing, if Rodgers can drill some tactics into him and make him look for a pass then hecould well fit the system

Even if he turns out to be a greyhound with no football brain hes £14m cheaper than Walcott
 
This is exactly the kind of dealings we should be looking to make instead of £14M expensive ones on 20-22-year-old English-based players that are not quite good enough yet.

*Allen is the odd one out as he's obviously looking to be worth every penny and good enough.

A lot of strong, talented U17 players were on show last year in both the Euros and the WC in Mexico and I am delighted to see we've snapped up one of the stars of the show.
 
He is just a Gerd Muller Romario hybrid according to this article. No Pressure!!!!

Arsenal are reportedly making eyes at teenage German striker Samed Yesil. But after the wunderkind’s masterclass in the art of foraging on Thursday, it’s time Arsene stopped faffing around and got the chequebook out.

“I get stuck in where it hurts because I want to score goals. It doesn’t matter if I get kicked or fouled. The important thing is I score.” Sounds like my kind of striker, Samed Yesil, in conversation here with FIFA.com.

The young German has been certainly been getting stuck in at the U-17 World Cup in Mexico, adding yet more impressive stats to a career that already seems destined to be a prolific one.

Aside from grabbing 23 goals in 20 games for Bayer Leverkusen’s U-19 side last season, the perfectly proportioned centre-forward has now netted 19 times in 20 appearances for his country, including eight in qualifying for the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, three in the finals themselves and another six in the world finals, two of them against England in the last eight. Little wonder, then, his team-mates have dubbed the sturdy striker of Turkish extraction “Gerd”, after the greatest German finisher of them all.

With stats like that, the snobs of football might be tempted to label him one of those strikers who only scores goals, like there’s anything wrong with that. But there’s more to the new Bomber’s armoury than just hanging around in the box gobbling up chance after chance. There’s something Romario-like about him. Squat, explosive, brilliant on the ball and two-footed to boot, Yesil is a penalty-box opportunist who can create chances as well as score them, a point he’s proved serving up three assists for his team-mates in Mexico so far.

And, as he showed in Germany’s thrilling 3-2 semi-final defeat to the tournament hosts on Thursday night, young Yesil is also a coach’s dream, capable of adapting to any tactical formation and still carry a goal threat.

Against the Mexicans, Germany gaffer Steffen Freund has him playing as a lone striker in leg-sapping 34-degree heat, the sharpest of tips on a 4-1-4-1 formation. It’s clear from the opening minutes that he’s only going to be living off scraps while his team-mates attempt to neuter the hosts’ Barça-lite passing game. But of all the strikers on show in Mexico few have displayed Yesil’s ability to feast on the slimmest of pickings.

Freund’s Super Bubis are already one down by the time Yesil gets his first real touch of the ball, nine minutes in. It ends in a goal. Spiriting the ball away from centre-half Antonio Briseño’s toes, he takes a stride forward and drills home a low shot from outside the box.

A sumptuous floated pass into the path of an advancing team-mate follows, and then he’s off on an electrifying run from the middle of the Mexican half, taking the ball past three defenders and shooting just wide.

He should have a second goal five minutes before half-time. Peeling away from his markers, he latches onto a long lofted pass from Levent Aycicek and has only the advancing keeper to beat. Choosing to lob the ball with his right foot rather than take it round him, he sends his effort just past the post. Then, snatching possession again from the hapless Briseño on the left, he almost creates another chance.

It’s hard to imagine what more a striker can do on such little supply. And when he’s not causing Mexico’s central defenders headaches and taking them on at every turn, he’s tracking back to defend corners and pulling out wide to create space for Germany’s dangerous midfield runners. There’s no chasing lost causes though. It’s all about energy conservation in conditions like these.

A deft lay-off at the start of the second half almost sets up Aycicek, before Emre Can, another of Germany’s frighteningly talented young Turks, puts them ahead with a superb solo goal. Freund’s canny tactics appear to have paid off: with Yesil single-handedly keeping the Mexico rearguard occupied, the rest of the team can focus on stifling the home side’s fightback.

Out of the game for ten minutes as the pace drops, he collects the ball on the halfway line and switches play to the right flank with a classy crossfield pass to flying wing-back Mitchell Weiser. Mexico then force a scruffy equaliser from a corner, and as the heat and the hosts’ possession play start to take their toll, Yesil is increasingly marginalised. He’s still peeling off to the wing to win the ball, but the midfield support is drying up.

Gomez’s cracking bicycle-kick wins it for the hosts late on. A half-chance materialises for Yesil but keeper Sanchez is quickly off his line … and grimacing as the striker leaves half a boot in. An ultimately frustrating afternoon ends with a snipe at the referee for blowing up too early, but there’s not much more “Gerd” could have done today. He hardly had a kick, and yet he almost had a hat-trick.

Arsenal have been tailing him for a while, apparently, but after watching Yesil shape silk purses in the torrid Mexican heat, I’ll wager Arsene’s not alone now.

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/footba...be-arsenals-goal-machine-for-the-next-decade/
 
would be great if he was ready to go into the 1st team squad but doubt he is considering he hasn't played much for bayer's .
 
Wow, that's quite a record he's got for Germany. Tbh the most heartening thing about this signing is it means we're still scouting and signing the best young players, as we've not signed as many as usual this summer and I've been worried that our recruitment drive in this area started by Rafa and continued by Kenny/Comolli/academy staff might be interrupted or stopped by all the recent changes. I hope this is a sign of things to come because IMO all the money already committed has more or less been repaid already by the emergence of Sterling, and he's hopefully just the start.
 
Stats for Leverkusen U17 in 2010/11: 14 games - 22 goals, 2 assists
Stats for Leverkusen U19 last season: 23 games - 19 goals, 5 assists
 
Name: Samed Yesil
Club: Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Position: Forward
Height: 1,78
Place of birth: Düsseldorf
Date of birth: 25/05/1994
Nationality: Germany/Turkey
Country: Germany
International Appearances: 21 Germany U17 caps (19 goals)
, 3 U18 caps, 1 U19 cap
Honours: Runner-up in the 2011 U17 European Championship and Golden Boot winner for the tournament.

Did you know?

1) Yesil has dual nationality for Germany and Turkey much like many of Germany's stars including Mesut Ozil, Serdar Tasci and new Liverpool midfielder Nuri Sahin (who chose to play for Turkey).

2) Germany's U17 side were beaten by Holland in the European Championship final in 2011, but Yesil scored three goals in the finals and six during qualification, which won him the Golden Boot award.

3) The right-footed striker has been gathering interest from around Europe after dazzling in the competition and scoring so many goals.

4) He scored an impressive 21 goals in 31 matches for Leverkusen's U19s, before making four appearances for the second team in 2011/12.


5) Yesil made his Bundesliga debut in April 2012, coming on as a late substitute with Leverkusen trailing 3-2 to Hertha Berlin, having thrown away a two-goal lead. They drew 3-3.
 
Yay! Turko Germans for the win!!

One million pounds.
I love it when these signings drop out of the sky...
 
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