Garang Kuol is competing with Samuel Umtiti for the ball. Credit: Getty
Speaking of Xavi’s compliments, Kuol said: “This is just an honor, isn’t it? To have one [former] player like Xavi talking about me. He was watching her then, he was dominating [World Cup-winning former Barca superstar Andres] Iniesta. But yeah, I changed my shirt with Aubameyang. Life goes on.”
Yorke, who will coach Macarthur FC in the A-League next season, said it was immediately clear that Kuol had talent when he moved to the All Stars for two days of limited preparation.
“I didn’t know much about him, and he was certainly surprised by Barcelona. He should have scored two goals, “Yorke said.” Even when we conceded a draw, it was also a stone’s throw for him. Overall, it’s great: I’m glad the public sees it because it’s one for the future. “
Now it seems like it will be a matter of time before Kuol follows in his brother’s footsteps and moves to Europe, but as he will not turn 18 until September, the soonest he could move is in the transfer window. January, in the middle of the A-League season.
Alou has long been telling anyone who hears that Garang is a much better player. On his arrival in Stuttgart, he told the club’s sporting director and famed talent scout Sven Mislintat: “You signed the wrong Kuol.”
There’s even a growing school of thought that Kuol should be seriously contested to play for the Socceroos, or at least be picked on Graham Arnold’s team as a game changer from the bench, for the playoffs. for next month’s World Cup against the United Arab Emirates and, if victorious, Peru.
Xavi’s Garang Kuol had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch – his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. Credit: AP
“Seeing this guy is crazy,” Alou said Herald i The age.
“I don’t even know this boy, I’m just a fan like the rest of us. I send him messages and the child doesn’t even respond. Maybe I need a signed T-shirt from this kid. “
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Originally from Sudan, the Kuol family – father, Mawien, and mother, Antonita, and their seven children – settled in Shepparton, north of Victoria, when they moved to Australia. Just a couple of years ago, Garang played youth football for the Goulburn Valley Suns at NPL Victoria.
“Alou knew what was going on,” he said. “Alou knew I was better than him.”
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