15-year-old Borussia Dortmund starlet is in line to make his debut for the club’s first-team this calendar year, after a meeting held earlier today saw the DFL agree to lower the age at which players are permitted to feature in the Bundesliga.
BVB prodigy
Moukoko is widely-regarded as one of the finest young talents in world football.
The teen first began to turn heads across Europe after making his debut for Borussia Dortmund’s U17s back in 2017, at the age of 12.
And Moukoko’s staggering goalscoring exploits, despite his tender years, subsequently saw the German hitman promoted to BVB’s U17 setup last season.
To say that the teenage hitman has since lit up the German youth scene even further, meanwhile, would be putting it lightly.
Incredibly, the 2018/19 campaign saw Moukoko go on to find the back of the net 46 times in 25 appearances, all while playing 3 years above his age group.
Before the current season was halted by the COVID-19 outbreak, meanwhile, the prodigious attacker had directly contributed to 43 goals in 20 appearances in the U19 Bundesliga.
To reiterate, Moukoko is currently 15 years of age…
Dortmund debut incoming?
These jaw-dropping exploits had understandably led to questions over recent months regarding when Dortmund may simply throw caution to the wind, by handing their explosive young talent his first-team debut.
And, as outlined above, a change in regulations in Germany earlier today means that Moukoko lining out alongside the likes of Thorgan Hazard, Jadon Sancho and Erling Haaland looks closer to becoming reality than ever before.
As revealed by the reliable Kicker, a DFL meeting held this morning saw Borussia Dortmund’s request to lower the age at which a player can line out in the Bundesliga approved.
