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Aston Villa complete signing of 'great talent' Filip Marschall
ASTON VILLA have signed Cambridge City Under-15 goalkeeper Filip Marschall.
Aston Villa have signed Cambridge City Under-15 goalkeeper Filip Marschall
The Southern League Division One East outfit confirmed the promising shot-stopper put pen to paper on a move to the Championship giants earlier this week.
“Filip is a superb young person who has been an absolute joy to coach and work with over the last 3 years,” City Under-15 manager Dallas Lawrence said.
“He always arrives for training and games with the right attitude and willingness to learn and to push his own ability.
“This is great reward for him.”
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Filip Marschall will go into Aston Villa's youth ranks
City vice-chairman Terry Dunn added: “It's great for Filip and everyone involved at Cambridge City that one of our youngsters has made the move to a professional club.
“It also underlines how strong our youth structure is, and reward for the work that has gone into rebuilding this aspect of the club in recent years.
“He is clearly a great talent and everyone throughout the club wishes him well.”
Meanwhile, Villa have completed the signing of Manchester United defender Axel Tuanzebe on a loan deal until the end of the season.
“It’s an exciting time at this football club and everyone is pushing for promotion – that’s the big aim, you can feel that here,” he said.