Liverpool ‘beat Arsenal’ to signing of 133-goal Polish striker

It was definitely not the worst week within the lifetime of 17-year-old Polish youth worldwide Mateusz Musialowski.

First, he netted a aim after a mazy dribble in opposition to Newcastle United within the U18 Premier League North, then he obtained one other two in opposition to Sutton United within the FA Youth Cup.

Then final weekend, he was one of many starlets to step up within the intra-squad match with just a few first-team gamers on the AXA Coaching Centre in Kirkby.

So who’s the younger winger, who says he models his dribbling on Lionel Messi?

“What I can let you know is that he began his soccer profession when he was 5 on the native membership, Ajaks Czestochowa,” Polish-based Liverpool supporter Karolina Kurek informed the ECHO as a part of the latest Academy Show podcast from Blood Red.

“His coach was nice with the younger gamers as he didn’t actually care concerning the outcomes and as an alternative, simply made the gamers get pleasure from it.

“There’s a drawback with a lot of coaches in Poland as a result of they cease gamers from doing pure issues at junior stage and as an alternative they train them techniques from a younger age.

“However he didn’t say ‘simply go it’ – he allow them to present their abilities. He wished the gamers to play their very own approach and he wished them to dribble.”

That was the primary transfer as Musialowski performed for just a few golf equipment in his homeland at numerous ranges.

“When Musialowski was 9 years previous, he switched from Ajaks Czestochowa to Rakow Czestochowa and his coach was not pleased about it,” Kurek continued.

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“Rakow Czestochowa is an effective group in Poland – they play within the first division – however this group is at all times taking the youngest stars!

“Musialowski performed there as a winger and a coach of his, Mariusz Solecki, mentioned that not solely did he win the participant of the event, however was the highest goalscorer.

“In 88 matches, he scored 133 goals! He can play in any offensive place and is superb at dribbling, however he nonetheless has to place work into his defensive potential.

“When he moved to SMS Lodz, his coach first performed him as a winger then switched his place to quantity 10 after which quantity 9.

“Lodz are well-known for working with kids and they’re actually well-regarded as a soccer group – they at all times have gamers that may play skilled soccer.”

Lodz was Musialowski’s closing group in Poland, and he solely signed for Liverpool from them final August, working with Marc Bridge-Wilkinson and the U18s ever since.

Together with fellow new signing Melkamu Frauendorf, the Pole has been a mainstay of the group, settling into life on Merseyside at a time when it may well’t have been straightforward to maneuver nations, not least at such a younger age.

There have been loads of different groups trying on the starlet, too, although, and one other huge one in England, Kurek believes.

“When Musialowski performed at Rakow Czestochowa, he drew some huge membership’s consideration,” she added.

“He was concerned in a Legia Warsaw soccer coaching camp however his mother and father weren’t positive concerning the transfer to Warsaw.

“They selected SMS Lodz as an alternative that is as a result of he might commute to Lodz twice per week for coaching after which for the third time for a weekend’s match.

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“In Warsaw, it was out of the query – he must transfer in – so mainly his mother and father had an affect on his first steps.

“There have been later many indications that he would go to Arsenal, the place he was examined on just a few events however their academy coaches weren’t positive whether or not to signal him or not.

“Possibly they had been ready too lengthy as a result of Stellar Group (soccer company) stepped in and despatched him to Liverpool.”

His dribbling abilities in coaching and matches have at all times been evident, however now he has added numbers to his recreation too with 5 targets in his final 5 appearances.

That now makes it seven targets and two assists in 16 fixtures in all this season – a wonderful debut marketing campaign.

There’s nonetheless a lot to do till Musialowski might be thought-about something near a first-team participant at Anfield, however his expertise is obvious.

And Jurgen Klopp, in fact, has a historical past of forming gems from Polish starlets – simply ask Jakub Blaszczykowski and Robert Lewandowski.