Zak Gilsenan M Blackburn b.2003

[paul_oshea]

How is he a Dubliner if he lives in Australia? he is a very well travelled young lad!

[liamoo11]

'10-year-old Irish footballer extends Barcelona deal': http://www.irishpost.co.uk/sport/10-...barcelona-deal

Typical turn him into a full back!Just like when Leeds turned the free scoring very young striker Ian harte into a left full the end of innocence

[nigel-harps1954]

How is he a Dubliner if he lives in Australia? he is a very well travelled young lad!

I'm almost certain there's no Dublin folk in Australia at the minute..

[londoneire]

Great to see some irish lads coming through albeit through Irish parents, never the less potential boys in green for the future. I recently watched a young lad called Kenny McEvoy who plays for Tottenham Hotspur U21's, he looks a deadly winger who cuts in and creates a lot of chances and i have no doubt he'll be wearing the green shirt fairly soon, lets hope spurs give him a shot at first team football. Whilst watching him i was talking to a fella who told me Spurs had just signed a young fella called Fin Lawless who's dad comes from Bray, apparently the little left footer has a lot of admirers in the premier league so definately one to watch for the future too.

[DannyInvincible]

McEvoy is Spurs' next Gareth Bale look-alike, of course.

Article on Fin Lawless here: http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/sport/fo...purs-1-6053382

And just came across this video featuring Zak Gilsenan:

[tetsujin1979]

set to move to Liverpool: http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-30790444.html

[BonnieShels]

How is he a Dubliner if he lives in Australia? he is a very well travelled young lad!

How are you a Rossie if you live in England?

[tetsujin1979]

does he qualify for Australia and Spain, under residency?

(can open, worms...everywhere)

[Charlie Darwin]

An article elsewhere said he's eligible for Australia, Ireland and England. He's not eligible for Spain.

[Eminence Grise]

How are you a Rossie if you live in England?

As CS Lewis wrote: 'One a king or queen or Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia.'

It's a Rossie thing, Bonnie, but something I thought a flag-waving, card-carrying Alberts-man would have understood. (You can tell it's the off-season when the Alberts are warming up!)

[gastric]

Great news that he qualifies for a number of countries. At least we will have a replacement for Grealish (once he makes his mind up), who can emotionally torture and intrigue us about his possible choice of country. Can't wait for it to start!

[tetsujin1979]

Gilsenan is on a ProFootballTraining course at the moment and was asked about his experiences at Barcelona:

[Olé Olé]

Seems to be a solid Irish accent on the kid Gilsenan.

Here's an article from the Independent from 2002 about him signing for United: http://www.independent.ie/national-n...it-296441.html
And an article from last year about a lad named Ross Murtagh, who may not be the same guy, on trial at Yeovil Town: http://www.ciderspace.co.uk/asp/news...wsItemId=15478
Can't find anything else about him with Yeovil, so it doesn't look like he was offered a contract

This one intrigued me so I did some further rooting. The lad seems to now be going by his mother's name, Holland, and is playing his football in one of the groups in the Tercera Division in Spain. Here's his twitter: https://twitter.com/rosshnd and here he appears in the squad of his side, Atletico Pulpileno: http://www.futbolme.com/resultados-d...o-pulpileno/85

[IsMiseSean]

Terrible haircut on the lad. He'll eventually get sense.

[liamoo11]

Gilsenan is on a ProFootballTraining course at the moment and was asked about his experiences at Barcelona:

Did he sign for liverpool? i assume not if he wearing a utd top!! For a lad who is only 12 or so he seems very articulate

[gastric]

Seems to be a solid Irish accent on the kid Gilsenan.



This one intrigued me so I did some further rooting. The lad seems to now be going by his mother's name, Holland, and is playing his football in one of the groups in the Tercera Division in Spain. Here's his twitter: https://twitter.com/rosshnd and here he appears in the squad of his side, Atletico Pulpileno: http://www.futbolme.com/resultados-d...o-pulpileno/85

if it is the same Ross Murtagh, he returned to the Canary Islands after United where his family run a bar. His father is one of these sick people who could play any sport well and it was the same with musical instruments!

[liamoo11]

young gilsenan has moved to Blackburn it seems https://www.brfcs.com/mb/index.php?/...-zak-gilsenan/ wasn't in our recent 16s squad. Incidently the young lady who was at Real Madrid Finn is in the lower leagues in Spain now

[tetsujin1979]

on the other players mentioned in the thread

here is another one - Conor Materson a 13 year old playing for Lucan Untied has signed for Liverpool.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=1&theater

Widely reported elsewhere also. Good luck to the lad!

Masterson is still with Liverpool, and has made the matchday squad but is still to make his debut

McEvoy is Spurs' next Gareth Bale look-alike, of course.

Article on Fin Lawless here: http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/sport/fo...purs-1-6053382

And just came across this video featuring Zak Gilsenan:

After being named on the Spurs bench once, a few loan spells, and a return to his native Waterford, McEvoy left football completely, no idea what he's doing now

Lawless seems to be with Watford now, going by this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKhhm-4klX0

In a bizarre coincidence, here's a photo of Lawless with none other than Zak Gilsenan!

Think that's his dad's twitter account

[liamoo11]

Made a couple of appearances for Blackburn 18s in last week. Be nice to see hi. In our next 16s squad

[samhaydenjr]

Made a couple of appearances for Blackburn 18s in last week. Be nice to see hi. In our next 16s squad

Would it be too late to include him in the squad for the U17s Finals... and has he done enough to justify it?