Australia International Nestory Irankunda joined Watford for a five -year contract with the Champions of Bundesliga Bayern Munich, the English championship club announced on Friday.
The highly classified 19 -year -old, who made his debut for the Socceroos last June, made the change for uncluttered transfer fees.
“Nestory can be a very special player and we think that he can achieve his potential here, with us,” said Watford sports director Gian Luca Nani.
“Nestory was extremely sought after and thanks to our established screening network and our established screening network, we were able to be ahead of the others in the race to sign players of this potential.”
Irankunda made its professional debut at 15 for Adelaide United during the 2021/22 season and has gotten importance with catchy performance playing for a side selected in A-League against Barcelona.
Born in Tanzania from Burundi parents who moved to Australia at the age of three months, Irankunda chose to represent Australia internationally and received his first cap from former coach Graham Arnold in June 2024.
He scored his first goal for the country later this month against Palestine during his second appearance for the Socceroos before completing a move to Bayern Munich in an A-League registration contract.
He made his fifth appearance for Australia in a 3-1 victory against China in October of last year during the preliminaries of the Asian World Cup, but has not been selected since the current coach Tony Popovic.
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