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Ennaki Williams from Bilbao
This gift is believed to be Liverpool’s new star, Elijah Gift.
Full Name: Gift Elias Izobodo John
Age: 16 years old
Height: 168cm
Primary position: Forward/right wing
Club: Liverpool U18
Elijah Gift was born on June 11, 2006 in a town called Corella, with a total area of 84 square kilometers and a total population of only about 7,000 people. His father is in Nigeria who came to Spain for the summer holidays. Elijah Gift’s mother met there and gave birth to him. At first he played futsal (Futsal) at Castejón football school in his mother’s hometown.
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At the age of 9, he moved to England with his family and joined Huddersfield Town’s youth training system. Soon after, he joined Liverpool’s youth training system as an under-12 player.
Being in a foreign country has not buried his talents, this season he has played 17 times in the English U18 Premier League (U18 Premier League), played 2 times in the FA Youth Cup (FA Youth Cup), and has even completed the UEFA Youth League. (UEFA Youth League). League) debut.
He was recently called up by Julen Guerrero to play with the Spanish national team in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, which included 15-year-old Barcelona superstar Lamine Yamal, although Elijah Gift only appeared at 25. He was not included in the final list for the team, but has already attracted the attention of Bilbao.
According to Fabrizio Romano, a well-known scout, Elijah Gift will transfer from Liverpool to Bilbao for 1 million pounds and sign a long-term contract with Bilbao.
playing style
Elijah Gift is described as an “exciting player” on Liverpool’s official website, “He can play in either of the two bands at the front of the attack.” From the clip below, it can be seen that he has an excellent ability to lead the ball and a good shot Gallu, and dare to attack in the middle, the style is a bit similar to the current player of Bilbao, Ennaki Williams.
Bilbao reuses youth training
Liverpool do not use their youth training but Trent Alexander-Arnold, Stefan Bajcetic, and Curtis Jones, who came from the Liverpool youth training camp, are all able to find an equivalent playing place in Liverpool. But Bilbao has always followed the policy of using only Basque players, which seems to have ditched the players in the tm. In March this year, the population of the Basque Country was only 2.2 million, less than half the population of Hong Kong. . They have a motto:
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a quote“With a quarry and a hobby there is no need to import”
Meaning: “With local talent and local support, you don’t need to import.” Let most of their first team players come from their own youth academy.
Will Liverpool sell again?
Elijah Gift’s decision to leave Liverpool has caused disappointment among some fans who believe he has the potential to become a star player. However, Liverpool’s decision to let him go was based on competition for his position and an attractive offer. Liverpool has many other young stars in the same position in the youth training system, such as Ben Doak, Harvey Blair, Trent Kone-Doherty and Ranel Young, etc. Among them, Ben Doak, who is the most anticipated by fans , even playing in the hands of Gao Pu this season. Team, the future is unlimited.
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The right wing position in Bilbao this season is actually considered thin, the main force is organized by the Williams brothers, the younger brother Nico Williams (Nico Williams) is mainly selected as the main player, and the older brother Iñaki Williams (Iñaki Williams). ) who is used more often as the forward He also takes this position from time to time, but it is still too early to say whether Elijah Gift can play in the first team after joining , but I think that in time, Bilbao, who dare to use young players, will definitely give him a lot of opportunities.
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