Bayern Munich are keen to sign Borussia Monchengladbach starlet Sinan Kurt, according to a Tuesday report from Rheinische Post(in German) 根据德国莱茵邮报周二的报道,拜仁慕尼黑正热衷于签下门兴新星库尔特。
The 17-year-old is a versatile attacker who is already very advanced for his age. He recently played with the Gladbach first team in some end-of-season friendlies and is reportedly set to be named permanently to Lucien Favre's senior squad should he remain a Gladbach player next season. 就他的年龄而言,十七岁的库尔特已是一位多才多艺的攻击手。近期他正参加一些门兴一线队赛季末的友谊赛,据信下赛季他将成为主帅法夫尔帐下门兴一线队队员。
Kurt's current contract expires in 2015, however, and the Rheinische Post report claims he is reluctant to commit his long-term future to Gladbach. Should they manage to land the Germany under-18 international, Bayern will be able to boast one of Germany's best talents from an exceptional class of 1996-borns. 库尔特与门兴的合同将于2015年到期,但据莱茵邮报报道,库尔特不愿将未来交与门兴。如果拜仁设法签下这位U18国家队队员,他们将可以炫耀拥有一位1996年生人的最有天赋的队员。
Kurt is a versatile left-footed player, one who has been used on the left wing, as a supporting striker and as a lone center-forward with the Gladbach under-19s. Whether or not he'll eventually be able to play as a classic No. 9 at senior level will depend on how he physically matures, which will become clearer in the next few years. But for now he at least appears to have the technical ability to play in deep areas and the finishing quality of a forward.
By the statistical balance, Kurt is much more a scorer than a provider. The German-born Turk scored 16 goals and assisted three more in 24 appearances with the Gladbach under-19s in 2013-14. Kurt's shooting technique is already very refined, as demonstrated by this wonder-volley scored last August:
In addition to his excellent shooting technique and accuracy, and in spite of his still immature frame, Kurt also has outstanding shooting power. Last August, just weeks after his 17th birthday, his shooting strength was clocked at 119km/hr. 尽管仍不成熟,除了他高超的射门技术和精度,库尔特依旧具备高超的临门能力。去年八月,仅在十七岁生日后数周,他的射门速度高达119km/hr。
By far the best example of Kurt's shooting ability in his young career is the second goal as part of a hat-trick he scored against the Israel under-18s in December. With the score 1-1, he dribbled forward and shot across his body from well outside the box, hitting the target just inside the right post: 目前为止,在他年轻的职业生涯中射门能力的最好体现是在12月对以色列的U18比赛中作为帽子戏法的一部分的第二个进球。在比分1:1时,他带球向前,掠过自己的身体,恰好从禁区外射门,恰好在右侧门柱以内击中目标。
Kurt is in many ways the prototype of the next generation of German forward. Like fellow 17-year-old Donis Avdijaj, of Schalke, as well as newly capped Germany international Kevin Volland, he isn't the typical one-trick pony like Stefan Kiessling or Mario Gomez. He can play in transition and create goals by not just heading in crosses (which despite his somewhat sleight stature, Kurt is quite adept in doing), but by dribbling into scoring position and scoring from distance.
Kurt gave a good representation of the range of his abilities in a match against Wuppertal in October, in which he punctuated a counterattack with an emphatic finish before curling in a second from a free-kick: