Target in Belgium

Andy1505

Level: Chris Maguire
(79 Apps, 22 Gls)
Anyone got an inside track on who KR is off to scout in Belgium? Any young English players playing out there? Or another Eden Hazard?!??
 
George Hirst I’ve heard.19 year old English striker. Was billed as the next big thing when at Sheffield Wednesday, capped by england at all ages up to U20. Playing for OH Leuven in the second tier, managed by Nigel Pearson.
 
George Hirst I’ve heard.19 year old English striker. Was billed as the next big thing when at Sheffield Wednesday, capped by england at all ages up to U20. Playing for OH Leuven in the second tier, managed by Nigel Pearson.

Supposedly only went to Belgium as a way around the compensation rules. OH Leuven are owned by King Power (Leicester owners’ company). Leicester wanted him but were put off by the potential compensation so OH Leuven snapped him up with the view to then moving him on to Leicester, thus avoiding the big fees. Remember a Guardian article about this.
 
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hopefully we only sign players who are straight into contention for the first team, not signed to appease fans,, and find themselves only in the U23 (reserves) or loaned out.
 
I don't think KR will be going to any of the Belgian boxing day matches unless he is.going to miss our game or is going to Captain Kirk it to 19.30 KO at Genk. So one of the two games on the 27th seems favourite at Lekeren or Anderlecht looks best bet
 
I don't think KR will be going to any of the Belgian boxing day matches unless he is.going to miss our game or is going to Captain Kirk it to 19.30 KO at Genk. So one of the two games on the 27th seems favourite at Lekeren or Anderlecht looks best bet
My impression, when I read the article in the OM, was that he was heading over to a game on Sunday (23rd) I might have misunderstood though.
 
So.. donning the old deerstalker, seems like the target is an English player who played in a game in Belgium on Sunday. Can’t be that difficult to narrow it down to a name or two if I could be arsed ?
 
So.. donning the old deerstalker, seems like the target is an English player who played in a game in Belgium on Sunday. Can’t be that difficult to narrow it down to a name or two if I could be arsed ?

In the top two leagues there were only four games on Sunday. No links to OUFC apart from our man Gino at Roeselare, and I highly doubt he's on the phone to OUFC scouts saying come and get a second-league Belgian player. No English native speakers apart from an Aussie and American keeper. Claude Makalele the coach at Eupen, but a) why would there be a connection to OUFC and b) Eupen are absolutely moneyed by the Qatar academy. Maybe Tiger, Erick, Horst, Zaki have business friends there? Pushing it a bit...

So no obvious connections, if anything comes then it will be out of left field I think.
 
After an hour investigating the Belgium League.........
How about David Henen?
Has the Everton youth connection, started on Sunday for Charleroi in the Belgium Premier, having only started one game previously this season (coincidence?).
On loan to Oxford for the rest of his season? He is a Striker.
 
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