Jordan Allan --Fulham Youth

dcheather · Aug 22, 2013

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He became the youngest player to feature in afirst-team match in Britain.
Now Airdrieonians’ schoolboy striker Jordan Allan is preparing for a move to the bright lights of west London.
The 14-year-old wonderkid has agreed to join English Premier League side Fulham – where he has spent time on trial – and will sign his first professional contract next summer.
“He’s loved it down there and felt wanted,” said Airdrie manager Jimmy Boyle. “He felt it was somewhere he could go and express himself and play.
“He’s thoroughly enjoyed it at Fulham and they’ve treated both him and his family really well.”
Jordan hit the headlines in April when he came on for the last seven minutes of the Diamonds’ Irn-Bru First Division match with Livingston at New Broomfield.
It was a cameo which saw him set a new record at the age of just 14 years and 189 days.
The previous record had been created in 2008 by another striker, Reuben Noble-Lazarus, who was aged 15 years and 45 days when he made his debut for Barnsley at Ipswich Town.
Jordan’s feat also saw him eclipse an unofficial “wartime” Scottish record held by Celtic keeper Ronnie Simpson, who was aged 14 years and 304 days when he made his first appearance for Queen’s Park against Kilmarnock in 1945.
Fulham’s trail of Jordan dates back to April when he first visited their training facilities.
There was interest from Glasgow giants Rangers but Jordan’s mind was made up.
“He had already decided that Fulham was the place he wanted to go,” Boyle said.
Jordan will stay on at Blantyre’s Calderside Academy for a final year of school but go down to London once a month in the meantime and continue to be involved at Airdrie.
“He will stay down there and be a full-time professional,” Boyle added. “They will also put him through more schooling if that’s what is wanted and that was important to him.
“All of this will not faze him one bit. He’s mentally strong, he’s a hungry boy and he knows what he wants.
“He’s a good lad, he listens and he has a good personality. He has a really good family and I’m convinced he will do fine.
“I would have loved to have worked with him for another wee while but we aren’t going to stand in anybody’s way.”
The details of the deal are unknown but it’s believed the club will benefit financially.
And the transfer is another positive advertisement for Airdrie’s youth pathway scheme – which produced striker Tony Watt who won a move to Celtic.
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