Felix Afena-Gyan marked his Juventus Subsequent Gen debut with a sensational purpose towards Catania. Due to this fact, his coach Paolo Montero suggests the 21-year-old may be a part of Thiago Motta’s ranks sooner slightly than later.
The Bianconeri raised a number of eyebrows by buying the companies of the Ghanaian and including him to the Subsequent Gen ranks.
Whereas the membership often recruits principally unknown youngsters with little skilled expertise, Afena-Gyan is a comparatively famend identify in Italian soccer.
He first rose to the scene as a Roma teenager within the 2021/22 season, bagging a beautiful brace towards Genoa below the steering of Jose Mourinho.
In the summertime of 2022, the Italian capital aspect bought the striker to Cremonese who’ve agreed to ship him on mortgage to Juventus for the 2024/25 marketing campaign on deadline day.
Afena-Gyan made his debut for the membership in an away Serie C contest towards Catania. The Elephants prevailed by three targets to 1, however the Ghanian stole the limelight with an absolute screamer to earn the younger Bianconeri aspect a comfort purpose.
After the competition, Juventus Subsequent Gen coach Montero admitted his new signing won’t dwell in his squad for too lengthy, as he may earn a promotion to the primary group.
“Felix is a pleasant and cheerful individual. Let’s hope that his character helps him turn out to be a prime participant,” mentioned the Uruguayan in his post-match interview as revealed by JuventusNews24.
“It’s important to have the suitable accountability in our roles. We all know what the venture is, our job is to make the gamers develop.
“Felix is an added worth, so let’s hope it lasts a bit of longer and that they don’t instantly ship him to the senior squad,” mentioned Montero half-jokingly.
