Adelaide United wunderkind Nestory Irankunda is on the brink of an A-League record sale, with the 17-year-old set to join German giants Bayern Munich.
Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has reported that a deal worth £3m GBP ($5.75m AUD) has been agreed for Irankunda, which would more than double the previous record received by an Australian club, the $3m AUD that it took to take Marco Tilio to Celtic from Melbourne City earlier this year.
“Bayern are closing in on deal to sign 17 year old talent Nestory Irankunda, here we go!” wrote Romano, using his now trademark catchphrase for a done deal.
“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.”
The add-ons are not known, but generally relate to appearances made for the first team, goals scored and international caps.
Irankunda burst onto the scene as a 15-year-old, debuting in the A-League in January 2022, and made his mark immediately with 3 goals in his first year and five in his second.
It wasn’t just that he scored, but also the quality: his liveliness on the field and incredible shooting power saw Irankunda marked out as a superstar from the moment he stepped onto the field.
He is currently suspended from A-League action after being sent off last weekend in the dying stages of Adelaide’s draw with Melbourne Victory, but showed the best of his skills the week before, rattling in a 30m free kick as United smashed Melbourne City.
AxeMaster
Roar Rookie
Big mistake......they can get way more for him than that. Hold onto the guy and his price will sky rocket. Bayern will sell him for huge money later on.
Kitwally
Roar Rookie
What a talent! And what a bargain for Bayern! If he were Brazilian the fee would be at least $20 million.
Waz
Roar Rookie
You should write Oscar acceptance speeches :laughing: .
Stevo
Roar Rookie
It just gets better for our little ol' league don't it :happy:
mrl
Roar Rookie
It was only a matter of time until he left us????????????????
Lionheart
Roar Rookie
great for Nestory and his family, great for Adelaide (all involved), great for the A League and great for Australia. Great player, let's hope he can adjust and make it.
Waz
Roar Rookie
A fantastic fee - well done Adelaide And presumably at least one junior club gets a training compensation fee.
Punter
Roar Rookie
Lets hope the Secret Scout brings more players along. Adelaide doing getting things.
Brainstrust
Roar Rookie
Interesting quote “My brothers, they stopped playing soccer so I could play. I guess the fees were just too high and my two older brothers both sacrificed their dream for my dream. My sisters, they’ve been taking care of me since I was a baby and till this day they still take care of me like I’m still a baby." This will be all profit to the Adelaide club owner , 5% of the transfer fee will go to be split between Irakundas clubs. So since he is 17 then 300k over 5 years ,means a club gets about 60k for every year Irakunda has been there.
coolncold
Roar Rookie
Adelaide Andy, the Secret Scout, will have an additional taxable income of 0.56 million Australian dollars.
Aiden
Roar Rookie
Great, what a talent.
Redcap
Roar Guru
I'm delighted for him and sad at the same time. :stoked: :crying:
Grem
Roar Rookie
He is a wonderful player to watch as he has that excitement factor. I hope he has a great career overseas and for our Socceroos. The world is certainly beginning to take notice of the A Leagues. We’re beginning to pull in the transfer fees that our competition deserves. And thanks for these articles Mike.