Scouting boss explains High sum
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The Italian first division team Como 1907 and Atalanta BC increased their summer transfer editions to 67.5 million or 77.8 million euros on Friday afternoon-each with the transfer of a U20 professional. While the team of coach CESC Fàbregas signed the foreign striker Jayden Addai (19) for 14 million euros from AZ Alkmaar by 2030, the club from Bergamo left defender Honest Ahanor (17) from the Serie-A-Rival Geno CFC by 2028 signed. The transfer for the latter can increase by bonuses by another 4 million euros, it is said.
Ahanor had been pulled up from the U20 to the professionals last season and debuted in September 2024 at the age of 16 in series A. Five more games in the upper house followed and it would have been more if the Italian would not have had to pause for around five months due to a meniscus violation.
The left rail player Matteo Ruggeri (22) switched to Atlético Madrid from Atalanta, which even runs one of the best talent forces in Italy. In the squad of the new trainer Ivan Juric, Ahanor could in future be able to sell with ex-Leverkusen Mitcher Bakker (25), should not be sold and no other professional is obliged to argue a regular place.
Addai with 610 league minutes to Como: competitor for Kühn
Addai did not show much more playing time in the eredivisia than Ahanor in Series A: In 25 games he was on the field for 610 minutes (1 gate). In Assane Diao (19), Jesús Rodríguez (19), Nico Paz (20) or Gabriel Strefezza (28) he has great competition on the offensive outside Como. Soon Nicolas Kühn (25) will also be added, with which Addai should duel on the right wing. With his compatriot Barend, however, he has a great advocate who, which can increase due to bonuses to EUR 16 million and in which a right of payment of 10 percent is anchored, with arguments.
The 31-year-old is Head of Recruitment with the Italians and was previously responsible for data scouting and transfer strategy in Alkmaar. With his expertise, Como has built up an “innovative scouting system”, such as “Voetbal International“It calls.” In this process, people were hired by other data providers and, for example, Brentford. Como invests not only in players, but also in the whole around it, “said Cover to the magazine. The financial scaffolding is huge: COMO belongs to the Indonesian Djarum Group, which implements billions in tobacco business. Minority shareholders are also coaches of Fàbregas and French football legend Thierry Henry.
COMOS Scouting boss explains Addais High Rental
The scouting expert said about Addai: “We compared his data with those of other wingers over a long period of time in the KKD (2nd Dutch league; editor’s note). Then you can see that not many wing players have brought the same. Think of Cody Gakpo, Johan Bakayoko and Francisco Conceição. We also see Addai in this potential category. (…) Of course, it starts with the data. lies back.
Addai convinced those responsible: “We also appreciate his potential, recognize opportunities for improvement and see how everything is transferred to Serie A. In this case, of course, the latter was a bit easier. But overall the process was not different from other players. Whether someone is ultimately considered a reinforcement, we all decide together in the technical management.” Among them are coaches Fàbregas and board member Mark-Jan Fledderus, once a technical director at FC Groningen.
“If you start from the point where Jayden is now in his career, of his current reputation, you could say that it costs a lot of money,” says Cover. “But we assumed the level that it can develop in our opinion. You also pay for the potential of a player. If Addai develops as we expect, his value will only increase further.”