Monaco sign 16-year-old Lyon striker Geubbels


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 20 Jun 2018

PARIS (Reuters) - AS Monaco have signed 16-year-old Olympique Lyonnais striker Willem Geubbels for a transfer fee of 20 million euros (£17.6 million), the Ligue 1 clubs announced on Tuesday.

Geubbels, who has scored 12 goals in 21 games in France's youth teams up to under-18 level, made his Ligue 1 debut last season aged 16 years, one month and seven days, becoming the first player born in the 21st century to play in Ligue 1.

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