England U20s international wonderkid Samuel Iling-Junior completes contract extension with Juventus..

2022-12-20 12:09

England U20s international wonderkid Samuel Iling-Junior completes contract extension with Juventus..




Juventus announced through their official website on Monday that the club has extended the contract of England U20 international wonderkid Samuel Iling-Junior.


According to the official statement of Juventus, Iling-Junior has agreed to a three-year long-term deal which runs until the summer of 2025. At the same time, Iling-Junior will also be immediately promoted to the first team.


After completing his contract renewal procedures, Iling-Junior happily wrote write through his personal official Instagram social platform: "Words cannot explain my feelings at this moment, I am very happy to continue to officially be one of Juventus' player. I won't be satisfied with this, I will work harder to prove myself, Let's go Juve!"


Iling-Junior, who is only 19 years old, was born in London, England on October 3, 2003. He is of African descent. He primarily plays as a winger, but can also play as a center forward, left wing back, attacking midfielder, and auxiliary center forward or the central midfielder, proving himself as a versatile all-rounder.


Iling-Junior joined Chelsea's youth academy at the age of 8 and was shockingly promoted to the U19 youth academy team at the age of 16.


After deciding to leave Chelsea in the summer of 2020, Iling-Junior once attracted competition for his signature from Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid and many other clubs, but he eventually chose to join Juventus' youth academy in September of the same year.


Iling-Junior started representing Juventus U23s in April 2021 in Serie C, and at the same time also helped the U19 youth academy team reach the UEFA Youth Champions League semi-finals in the 2020/21 season.


Iling-Junior made his Juventus first-team debut as a substitute in Serie A on October 21 this year. After making his Champions League debut in a few days, he made an assist to Philip Kostić to announce himself to the world in a blockbuster fashion.


A few days later, Iling-Junior provided the assist for Nicolò Fagioli's winner just 41 seconds after coming off the bench against Lecce in Serie A, but he unfortunately suffered an torn ligament injury to his right ankle and was sidelined for 20 days.


The day before yesterday, Iling-Junior, who returned from injury, scored the club's second goal at the mid-season club friendly match away at Emirates Stadium with Juventus, helping I Bianconeri win against a star-studded Premier League leaders Arsenal who started their key players in the lineup.