What a story! African wunderkind born in Tanzanian refugee camp, raised in Australia, now on the Bayern's doorstep
Reading Time: 2min | Fri. 10.11.23. | 15:24
Nestory Irankunda, 17, should join the Bavarians in the upcoming January Transfer Window
Australian teenage sensation of African origins, Nestory Irankunda, is on the verge of a life-changing contract with European giants Bayern Munich.
According to renowned football reporter Fabrizio Romano, the 17-year-old talent is close to signing a multi-year deal with the Bavarian side in the upcoming January Transfer Window.
Romano reported Irankunda's fee with Bayern had been "verbally agreed", with the deal worth just over £3m, plus "add-ons".
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Bayern are closing in on deal to sign 17 year old talent Nestory Irankunda, here we go! 🌟
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) November 10, 2023
2006 born winger on the verge of joining Bayern in 2024 from Australian side Adelaide United.
Understand fee verbally agreed is £3m fixed fee plus add-ons. pic.twitter.com/oUi1KEy0S3
The wunderkind winger had been linked with a Bayern Munich move in May this year, but now it seems the deal is much closer to being sealed.
Irankunda burst onto the scene in the Australian A-League as a 15-year-old. However, his early life has been anything but rainbows and butterflies...
His parents were originally from Burundi but were forced to flee from their homes due to Nestory's older sister falling ill and the Burundi Civil War escalating at the time. Desperate to find safety away from danger, Nestory's father led his family to a refugee camp in Tanzania, where Nestory would soon be born in 2006. However, they soon moved to Perth in Western Australia when Nestory was three months old before moving to the northern suburbs of Adelaide in South Australia. At the age of eight, he started playing football...
"I think he's got a really good chance of being a top, top player," Adelaide United teammate and English midfielder Ryan Tunnicliffe said of Irankunda.
"He's got all the athleticism that you need to be a top player. He's got the natural ability, the one-on-one skills of a striker, so I think if he gets the mental side of it right, listens to the older boys in the team and keeps his feet on the ground, I think the world is his oyster.
"It's up to us as a group to keep his feet on the ground and let him play with freedom."
BUNDESLIGA - MATCHDAY 11
Friday
22.30: (2.40) M' gladbach (3.60) Wolfsburg (3.00)
Saturday
17.30: (1.07) Bayern (13.0) Heidenheim (25.0)
17.30: (2.75) Augsburg (3.25) Hoffenheim (2.65)
17.30: (3.05) Darmstadt (3.50) Mainz (2.40)
17.30: (2.65) Stuttgart (3.25) Dortmund (2.75)
20.30: (2.45) Bochum (3.40) Koln (2.85)
Sunday
17.30: (1.28) Leverkusen (5.70) Union Berlin (10.5)
19.30: (3.15) Werder (3.50) Eintr.Frankfurt (2.35)
21.30: (1.48) RB Leipzig (4.60) Freiburg (7.50)
***odds are subject to change
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