Mariners Squad 2022/2023

[marinermick]

We would be absolutely stupid to take a $ 1 million offer now. Players with his potential are worth $20 million +.

We were smart enough (for a change) to sign him to a reasonable contract so we don't have to snaffle the first crumb to fall off the table from a European club.

Only becomes a twenty million player by performing in Europe. We need a good onsell percentage

 

[midfielder]

Or gets picked in the world cup squad and tears it up there...

 

[marinermick]

Or gets picked in the world cup squad and tears it up there...

It’s Arnie we are taking about here.

 

[style_cafe]

Xavi was really impressed with Garang and had a good chat with Dwight Yorke about him.
Barcelona maybe?...

 

[shipwreck]

As long as it isn't Macarthur ?

 

[Michael]

Huge European offers on table for young Mariners magician

Teenage tyro Garang Kuol is on the cusp of a lucrative move to Europe, with several concrete offers on the table for the breakout Central Coast Mariners rookie.

www.ftbl.com.au

To be expected although seems early. The best option here is a loan back for the season or leave in January I suppose. And it kind of seems like that might happen.
smart putting the clause in the contract and I have no doubt there will be sell ons etc.
and who knows what the buy out fee is 7 figures could 1mill or as high as 9mill ?


and @Wombat a 17yo from the aleague is never getting bought for 20mill, his expected potential doesn’t come into it. He could be a record fee for the league though. I’ll give you that.

 

[Kilsin]

Huge European offers on table for young Mariners magician

Teenage tyro Garang Kuol is on the cusp of a lucrative move to Europe, with several concrete offers on the table for the breakout Central Coast Mariners rookie.

www.ftbl.com.au

WTF, there's another one!!

"(older sibling and advisor) Kuol Kuol is keen for it to be the right club at the right time." haha couldn't help but chuckle at the typo.

 

[priorpeter]

WTF, there's another one!!

"(older sibling and advisor) Kuol Kuol is keen for it to be the right club at the right time." haha couldn't help but chuckle at the typo.

Not a typo. Kuol Kuol is one of his older brothers.

 

[priorpeter]

We were smart enough (for a change) to sign him to a reasonable contract so we don't have to snaffle the first crumb to fall off the table from a European club.

See also: Farrell, J; Hall, D; Balard, M; Steele, H; Cummings, J; Nisbet, J.

 

[FFC Mariner]

We would be absolutely stupid to take a $ 1 million offer now. Players with his potential are worth $20 million +.

We were smart enough (for a change) to sign him to a reasonable contract so we don't have to snaffle the first crumb to fall off the table from a European club.

He has a release clause

 

[Allreet?]

Not a typo. Kuol Kuol is one of his older brothers.

It says Kuol Squared on his birth certificate...

 

[Ironbark]

Not a typo. Kuol Kuol is one of his older brothers.

Yep, and he's an agent

 

[Ironbark]

I'm happy for Garang to get a decent signing - but boy oh boy do I want to see him play and tear it up for us for a while first!
Was hoping for at least a year, now for at least until January just so we get the joy of watching. So keen.

I'm thankful to him for signing for 3 years, he knew he would get offers and did that as a thank you to the club to give back.
It does help his prospects a little as it showed he is valued by his current club, but that's not massively relevant in his case. I know both he and Alou talked and signed for 3 years to show loyalty and payback to the club.

As a player he is something else, as a person he (and his family from the few of them I know) are just as amazing people.
Small additional bonus - younger brother Didi is now at the sports college with Garang having moved up from Shepparton so is settling in for the journey with us despite his young age

 

[scottmac]

I'm happy for Garang to get a decent signing - but boy oh boy do I want to see him play and tear it up for us for a while first!
Was hoping for at least a year, now for at least until January just so we get the joy of watching. So keen.

I'm thankful to him for signing for 3 years, he knew he would get offers and did that as a thank you to the club to give back.
It does help his prospects a little as it showed he is valued by his current club, but that's not massively relevant in his case. I know both he and Alou talked and signed for 3 years to show loyalty and payback to the club.

As a player he is something else, as a person he (and his family from the few of them I know) are just as amazing people.
Small additional bonus - younger brother Didi is now at the sports college with Garang having moved up from Shepparton so is settling in for the journey with us despite his young age

Didi is the defensive midfielder is that right?

 

[pjennings]

That's Teng I think

 

[Ironbark]

Didi is in primary school so definitely a long game there

 

[Ancient Mariner]

Only becomes a twenty million player by performing in Europe. We need a good onsell percentage

This.

No player will be bought from Australia for $20m until we have local players playing in a national team that is consistently in the top 10 and a serious contender for the World Cup every 4 years.

It also bears remembering that the youth with potential are now signing 3 year contracts with us now instead of single years. They will only do that if they are allowed to move to a better quality league when they chose.
It also encourages other young players of potential to us for a pathway to better things. eg the Kuols.

This is the way the model that is in place and now being refined is the way this Club will grow and become a force in the League.

We would all like to see our products to stay here until they reach their full potential. Some will go quickly (Kuol), some will be here for a few years (Rowles), some will stay.

It is what this Cub is.

 

[scottmac]

That's Teng I think

Ok. Should just rename the academy. Kuol Academy. Can we sign a bloodline? A line from the Matrix comes to mind. "There are football fields Neo, on the central coast, where Kuols are no longer born, they are grown"
I'd be happy if we started pushing money towards cloning Kuols rather than signing players. Central Coast school of football and cloning science

 

[Ironbark]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...cling-mariners-sensation-20220901-p5bekv.html ​

Barcelona, Newcastle, Chelsea: Top European clubs circling Mariners sensation​

By Vince Rugari​

September 4, 2022 — 5.30am

Some of the world’s biggest clubs are circling emerging Central Coast Mariners star Garang Kuol, with Barcelona, Chelsea and newly cashed-up Newcastle United among those in the mix to sign the teenage sensation in the January transfer window.
Kuol, 17, is a near certainty to leave the A-League Men mid-season with about a dozen European clubs flagging their interest in his precocious talents, some already putting firm offers on the table.

Garang Kuol’s days in the A-League Men with the Central Coast Mariners are numbered.Credit:Getty
Socceroos coach Graham Arnold is also keeping a close eye on his development and could hand the gifted winger an imminent national team call-up.
The question Kuol, his family and their advisors are grappling with is which European club can provide the best development pathway and help him to reach his full potential, with so many – including others in the Netherlands, Germany and England – keeping tabs on him.

Related Article​

A-League Men​

The teenage Socceroos hopeful in hot demand after Barcelona blitz​

According to multiple sources, English Premier League outfit Newcastle is close to the front of the queue. Discussions have also been held as recently as a fortnight ago with Barcelona, who Kuol starred against for the A-League All Stars in May’s glamour friendly in Sydney, through their sporting director Jordi Cruyff.
No Australian player, male or female, has ever signed for Barcelona, while Tyrese Francois’ loan away from Fulham on deadline day means there are no Aussies in the Premier League either – although Kuol would not receive an automatic UK work permit and would thus need to be loaned out initially if he moved to England.
Kuol does not turn 18 for another two weeks, and due to FIFA rules could not have transferred during the most recent window, which has now shut.
While nothing official has been signed at this stage, there is plenty of hype swirling around Kuol – but he is somehow keeping his cool.

“I’m chilling, to be honest,” he told the Herald and The Age. “I’m just focusing on training and that. There’s really no effect. Nothing confirms anything, in terms of how I’ll go at any of those places, if I do go. It’s an important [decision] because it’s my stepping stone to life in Europe. I can’t go anywhere until January, so it gives me time to make a decision.”
Kuol’s agent, John Grimaud – who set up a move for his brother, Alou, to Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart, another club believed to be interested in signing Garang – would not comment and is understood to have been sidelined during recent negotiations.

Garang Kuol holds off Barcelona’s Adama Traore in May’s friendly in Sydney.Credit:Getty
Mariners chairman Richard Peil would not confirm the identity of the clubs monitoring Kuol, but suggested it was a matter of time until he moves on for a sizeable transfer fee.
“There are top-level clubs across Europe that have expressed serious interest in Garang but, as always, we will respect Garang’s decision and his family’s decision of when and who he wants to be [with for] his next chapter in football,” Peil told the Herald.

“People forget he’s still 17. I know there are talented 17-year-olds around the world, so but there aren’t many talented 17-year-olds that come on and display the level of confidence that he displayed against Barcelona. That confidence, without arrogance, that he displays along with that talent is very unique, in my opinion. He’s got to keep his feet on the ground, and I’m sure that will happen – he’s got a good support network around him.”
Kuol is one of the most gifted players to have come through the Australian system in many years, which is why so many European clubs have sat up and taken notice. He was recently named in the CIES Football Observatory’s list of the top 250 young talents in the world, and has obtained an Egyptian passport.
While he is yet to start a league match for Central Coast, Kuol scored five goals in 229 electric minutes off the bench last season in all competitions and looms as a possible wildcard for Australia’s 26-man World Cup squad in Qatar.
He twice came close to scoring against Barcelona for the A-League All Stars in front of 70,000 fans at Sydney’s Accor Stadium, earning high praise from Xavi, Dwight Yorke and personal compliments from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who swapped shirts with him. Kuol’s next short-term challenge is building his fitness base and becoming an effective starter.
Arnold watched Kuol score four goals in a recent Young Socceroos talent ID match in Canberra and hinted that he and Alou could be named in an extended squad for the upcoming friendlies against New Zealand in Brisbane and Auckland, Australia’s final games before opening their World Cup campaign against France in mid-November.

“He’s doing exceptionally well,” Arnold said. “We’ve got some good young kids, and they’ve just got to be given that opportunity. We’ll bring an extended squad into camp ... but the problem is I’ve got to pick A-League players on reputation more than form because they’re not playing, and that puts them in a little bit of a difficulty.”

Newcastle United, who were controversially taken over by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund last year, are considered a rising power in the Premier League and are expected to use their new owner’s financial clout to contend for titles and compete in European competitions like the UEFA Champions League in the coming years.
Kuol comes from a family of South Sudanese refugees who settled in Shepparton, Victoria, once they moved to Australia, with other siblings Teng, 19, and Didi, 11, also aspiring professional footballers.
“I have said this before - I absolutely believe that there will be multiple Kuols playing for the Socceroos sometime in the future,” Peil said. “Whether that’s two, three or more, I don’t know - but I’m confident it will be more than one.”

 

[Big Al]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...cling-mariners-sensation-20220901-p5bekv.html ​

Barcelona, Newcastle, Chelsea: Top European clubs circling Mariners sensation​

By Vince Rugari​

September 4, 2022 — 5.30am

Some of the world’s biggest clubs are circling emerging Central Coast Mariners star Garang Kuol, with Barcelona, Chelsea and newly cashed-up Newcastle United among those in the mix to sign the teenage sensation in the January transfer window.
Kuol, 17, is a near certainty to leave the A-League Men mid-season with about a dozen European clubs flagging their interest in his precocious talents, some already putting firm offers on the table.

Garang Kuol’s days in the A-League Men with the Central Coast Mariners are numbered.Credit:Getty
Socceroos coach Graham Arnold is also keeping a close eye on his development and could hand the gifted winger an imminent national team call-up.
The question Kuol, his family and their advisors are grappling with is which European club can provide the best development pathway and help him to reach his full potential, with so many – including others in the Netherlands, Germany and England – keeping tabs on him.

Related Article​

A-League Men​

The teenage Socceroos hopeful in hot demand after Barcelona blitz​

According to multiple sources, English Premier League outfit Newcastle is close to the front of the queue. Discussions have also been held as recently as a fortnight ago with Barcelona, who Kuol starred against for the A-League All Stars in May’s glamour friendly in Sydney, through their sporting director Jordi Cruyff.
No Australian player, male or female, has ever signed for Barcelona, while Tyrese Francois’ loan away from Fulham on deadline day means there are no Aussies in the Premier League either – although Kuol would not receive an automatic UK work permit and would thus need to be loaned out initially if he moved to England.
Kuol does not turn 18 for another two weeks, and due to FIFA rules could not have transferred during the most recent window, which has now shut.
While nothing official has been signed at this stage, there is plenty of hype swirling around Kuol – but he is somehow keeping his cool.

“I’m chilling, to be honest,” he told the Herald and The Age. “I’m just focusing on training and that. There’s really no effect. Nothing confirms anything, in terms of how I’ll go at any of those places, if I do go. It’s an important [decision] because it’s my stepping stone to life in Europe. I can’t go anywhere until January, so it gives me time to make a decision.”
Kuol’s agent, John Grimaud – who set up a move for his brother, Alou, to Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart, another club believed to be interested in signing Garang – would not comment and is understood to have been sidelined during recent negotiations.

Garang Kuol holds off Barcelona’s Adama Traore in May’s friendly in Sydney.Credit:Getty
Mariners chairman Richard Peil would not confirm the identity of the clubs monitoring Kuol, but suggested it was a matter of time until he moves on for a sizeable transfer fee.
“There are top-level clubs across Europe that have expressed serious interest in Garang but, as always, we will respect Garang’s decision and his family’s decision of when and who he wants to be [with for] his next chapter in football,” Peil told the Herald.

“People forget he’s still 17. I know there are talented 17-year-olds around the world, so but there aren’t many talented 17-year-olds that come on and display the level of confidence that he displayed against Barcelona. That confidence, without arrogance, that he displays along with that talent is very unique, in my opinion. He’s got to keep his feet on the ground, and I’m sure that will happen – he’s got a good support network around him.”
Kuol is one of the most gifted players to have come through the Australian system in many years, which is why so many European clubs have sat up and taken notice. He was recently named in the CIES Football Observatory’s list of the top 250 young talents in the world, and has obtained an Egyptian passport.
While he is yet to start a league match for Central Coast, Kuol scored five goals in 229 electric minutes off the bench last season in all competitions and looms as a possible wildcard for Australia’s 26-man World Cup squad in Qatar.
He twice came close to scoring against Barcelona for the A-League All Stars in front of 70,000 fans at Sydney’s Accor Stadium, earning high praise from Xavi, Dwight Yorke and personal compliments from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who swapped shirts with him. Kuol’s next short-term challenge is building his fitness base and becoming an effective starter.
Arnold watched Kuol score four goals in a recent Young Socceroos talent ID match in Canberra and hinted that he and Alou could be named in an extended squad for the upcoming friendlies against New Zealand in Brisbane and Auckland, Australia’s final games before opening their World Cup campaign against France in mid-November.

“He’s doing exceptionally well,” Arnold said. “We’ve got some good young kids, and they’ve just got to be given that opportunity. We’ll bring an extended squad into camp ... but the problem is I’ve got to pick A-League players on reputation more than form because they’re not playing, and that puts them in a little bit of a difficulty.”

Newcastle United, who were controversially taken over by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund last year, are considered a rising power in the Premier League and are expected to use their new owner’s financial clout to contend for titles and compete in European competitions like the UEFA Champions League in the coming years.
Kuol comes from a family of South Sudanese refugees who settled in Shepparton, Victoria, once they moved to Australia, with other siblings Teng, 19, and Didi, 11, also aspiring professional footballers.
“I have said this before - I absolutely believe that there will be multiple Kuols playing for the Socceroos sometime in the future,” Peil said. “Whether that’s two, three or more, I don’t know - but I’m confident it will be more than one.”

Answers some questions about what his big bro has been tweeting about “agent sidelined” something has gone wrong in that relationship