Scandinavian scouting agency chief scout Øyvind Johansen together with Patrick Vieira. Having played for some of the biggest clubs in Europe and obviously won the world cup with his national team – it`s fair to say that Patrick Vieira is a legend and a role model for younger players nowadays.
My intention of meeting up with Patrick was to discuss the players his football academy in Senegal, Diambars, has produced these last couple of seasons. The main talking point was Serigne Modou Kara Mbodj who currently holds a 5th place on our recommendation list in Scandinavia (26.09.2011). We share the same opinion regarding the player’s quality and potential. However, Vieira is hoping that Kara can achieve greater things than he did. That might be too much to ask for the young African, but there is much truth about the potential he’s got. A lot will depend on the club who decides to bring him in and play him regularly.
5 comments
john says:
Sep 11, 2011
I can’t believe you had your pictue took with Brian Deane, Blades Legend mate !!!
john says:
Sep 11, 2011
I still can’t believe you had your picture took with Brian Deane mate !!!, Blades Legend
Fredérick says:
Oct 26, 2011
You had a good chat with him? what did you talk about regarding the diambars youth players?
Øyvind Chr. Johansen says:
Oct 27, 2011
He was very friendly and open minded. The conversation went well and he was also curious about my work. I mainly discussed the two Tromsø IL players with him – Kara and Ciss. He had high hopes for both of them and believed clubs and fans will see more players in the future from Diambar. I reckon we just have to sit back and see who the next players are. Having that said, it would be interesting to see where Kara will end up playing next season. I cannot see that he will continue playing in Norway even if he`s just signed an extension to his current contract.
vorstller says:
May 30, 2012
wow, you are lucky 🙂