There are some things in football which are never said out loud but are accepted as the norm. At Valencia or a West Ham United, if a player does well, it’s an underwritten pact that he will look to move on to a “bigger” club, even if that club might not be doing so well in that time.
The biggest example is Manchester United capturing the signings of Ibrahimovic (PSG), Pogba (Juventus) and Mkhitaryan (Dortmund) during the season they’d play the Europa League. This unspoken hierarchy in football has led to the demise of many clubs, as the big brother above is always ready to pick the best cherries from the garden beneath them.
So, what can clubs do? The answer is simple for the Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg: you groom a new player using your club’s academy and scout network. There was Erling Haaland, then there was Takumi Minamino, then there was Dominik Szoboszlai and so on. The club has always emphasised developing players rather than buying them, a hugely successful tactic. And one of the newest discoveries of the system is Karim Adeyemi.
The 20-year-old Adeyemi has been in brilliant form, scoring 19 goals in the Austrian Bundesliga. And now Borussia Dortmund have signed him to replace Manchester City-bound Erling Haaland, who also had joined the German club from RB Salzburg. And so on goes the cycle.
His career till now shows that he has the talent, and in Dortmund, he will find the perfect environment to turn himself into one of the best players in the world, and as hierarchy reared itself during Haaland’s saga, Adeyemi would take another step up soon.
Karim Adeyemi Stats
A look at Karim Adeyemi’s stats tells you one thing clearly: he not only loves to score goals but also is involved in its creation. With 19 goals and four assists to his name, Adeyemi has been one of the best players in the Austrian league this season.
According to fbref, Adeyemi is brilliant when moving the ball upwards. The youngster averages 5.98 carries per…
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