After years spent in Neerpede where he made a name for himself and dazzled the many observers who came to see him, Rayane Bounida will finally leave Anderlecht. This March 3, the super-talent from Brussels will indeed celebrate his 16th birthday and will therefore be able to get involved wherever he wants.
Coveted by many European clubs, Bounida has finally opted for Ajax Amsterdam, which he will join next summer, announced the newspapers of the Rossel group on Tuesday as well as the DH and Het Nieuwsblad on Wednesday. An option already mentioned by the Dutch press last summer and which finally materialized.
Sporting d’Anderlecht must finally resign themselves to letting him go without any real compensation. If not for the training allowances and the crumbs on a future resale of this little “soccer genius‘ as defined Jean Kindermanstechnical director of the youth school in Neerpede.
Bounida, who has more Instagram followers than the RSCA itself, had refused a first professional contract offered by the Mauves when he was 15 years old. To sign this year, his entourage would have demanded a salary of 700,000 euros annually. Inconceivable for a 16-year-old kid in Belgium.
Despite his small size (1m62, 48 kg) and the uncertainty that still weighs on talents of that age, Ajax Amsterdam is ready to bet on Bounida and hopes to experience another Belgian success after those of Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld especially.
