Socceroos Star Nestory Irankunda Signs Five-year Deal With Watford In Move To Championship

English shot fans tin brace themselves for plentifulness of dazzling backflips aft nan young Socceroos prima Nestory Irankunda secured a five-year woody pinch nan Championship outfit Watford.

The Hornets announced nan signing connected their website precocious Friday, pinch nan club’s sporting head Gian Luca Nani taking awesome pridefulness successful welcoming Irankunda.

“Nestory was highly sought aft and acknowledgment to our established scouting web and connections we were capable to beryllium up of others successful nan title to motion players of this potential,” Nani said.

“Crucially, we were capable to move quickly erstwhile opportunities for illustration this originate and that’s been nan hallmark of our successful recruitment.”

The news is judge to delight Socceroos coach Tony Popovic, pinch adjacent year’s World Cup successful mind.

Irankunda is an unquestionable talent but struggled to get crippled clip astatine Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.

Popovic said of wanting to spot nan 19-year-old playing consistently and processing more, and astatine Vicarage Road he is group to get that chance.

“Nestory tin beryllium a very typical subordinate and we judge he tin realise his imaginable here,” Nani said. “He is precisely nan benignant of floor plan Paulo (coach Paulo Pezzolano) wanted successful a winger.

“The subordinate wanted to travel present arsenic he sees nan pathway, he has seen really we create young players astatine Watford and nan imagination we person for this club.

“We are perfectly delighted to person signed Nestory and he’s added further to nan immense feelgood facet astir nan training ground.

“We’re thrilled to person you pinch us, Nestory!”

Named arsenic 1 of goal.com’s “top 50 wonderkids” successful March past year, Irankunda was an unused substitute doubly for Bayern – including successful a UEFA Champions League crippled against Shakhtar Donetsk successful December.

The youngster, known for his exuberant backflips erstwhile celebrating a goal, made 15 appearances for nan German side’s 2nd drawstring and scored 4 goals earlier being handed nan chance of top-flight shot pinch a indebtedness spell astatine Grasshopper Club Zurich.

He played 19 times for nan Swiss Super League side, scoring once.

Irankunda first burst connected to nan segment astatine Adelaide United during nan 2021/22 season, making his debut and scoring his first extremity straight from a free-kick erstwhile he was conscionable 15.

He made 61 appearances for nan nine complete 3 seasons, scoring 16 goals and jointly winning nan A-League’s Young Player of nan Year grant astatine nan extremity of 2023/24.

Irankunda has 5 Socceroos caps and scored his maiden world extremity successful nan World Cup qualifier against Palestine successful June past twelvemonth nether past coach Graham Arnold.