You just have to note the name Jones El-Abdellaoui right away. Vålerenga’s 18-year-old golden calf has had his big breakthrough for the Oslo club this season. With nine goals in 14 games started (and two as a substitute), he is the club’s top scorer when two thirds of the season have been completed. In the sold-out crowd against Lyn, he showed himself again and scored the last goal of the match with a fantastic performance that sent Vålerenga up 4-2. – When I got the ball from Petter Strand, I had a feeling that “now there will be a goal”. But I didn’t have in mind that the ball would go as far up the crossbar as it did, says El-Abdellaoui to news. Here you can see the goals from Vålerenga – Lyn: The goal was a gem. It says something that he doesn’t think it’s his best in his career. It came against Moss a few weeks ago, he thinks himself. – Crazy to see him play Vålerenga captain Christian Borchgrevink has no doubt that the club is sitting on a real jewel in the 18-year-old. – He has been fantastically good for us and has an X-factor in his speed. But now he has taken it one step further. From being a right winger with a good right foot, he has started to score goals with his left foot. It’s absolutely insane to see him play football during the day, says Borchgrevink to news. TRIBUTES THE TEAMMATE: Vålerenga captain Christian Borchgrevink is full of praise for the club’s new jewel. Photo: Annika Byrde / NTB El-Abdellaoui is the latest in a line of family members who characterize Norwegian football. He has no less than three famous football cousins in Mohammed “Moa” Abdellaoue, Mustafa “Mos” Abdellaoue and Omar Elabdellaoui. Got a message from Moa Moa in particular has heard it lately, now that El-Abdellaoui is showing off his left foot more and more often, the same foot Moa created a brilliant football career with for both club and national team. – I’m bullying Moa a bit now, because I’ve got a better left foot than him, grins the 18-year-old. STAR COUSIN: Moa had a brilliant left leg. Now Jones El-Abdellaoui has received the same. Photo: Vegard Wivestad Grøtt / NTB When El-Abdellaoui scored what he believes is the finest goal of his career in the 2-0 win away to Moss earlier this year, an SMS from Moa arrived after the match. – He was a bit shocked after the Moss match. Then he sent me a message and wrote: “Have you got your left foot?” So no, it’s just fun, says the youngster. See El-Abdellaoui’s pearl against Moss: Moa has not answered news’s inquiry so far. However, El-Abdellaoui is in no doubt that his cousins want the best for him and the career he faces. The VIF jewel uses his cousins actively in his quest to improve as a footballer. – It has been incredibly good for me that they are there for me when I need it. I just ask them questions if there is something I wonder about and they help with whatever is needed. I’ve looked up to them since I was little, so they help me with what I need. – What are you asking them? – There are especially periods when it is a little tougher. How to solve such situations, or how to become even more dangerous in the box and things like that, he says. Gives the 18-year-old special responsibility Vålerenga’s sporting director Joacim Jonsson tells news that he believes the club could sell El-Abdellaoui “today” if they wanted to. Instead, they recently extended his contract until 2027 and have good cards on their hands if bigger clubs come lurking. Jonsson highlights the 18-year-old’s personality as a great strength and a clue that this is a player who will succeed. – To take an example: When new players arrive, we often put the younger ones in a room with Jones. Then we know that they are well looked after. He is wonderfully welcoming, gentle and pleasant, and has an open mind all the time. Regardless of whether he has played or not. It is a quality that we really appreciate, says Jonsson to news. PRAISES FOR THE WEATHER: Jones El-Abdellaoui is also given a lot of responsibility off the field. Photo: Annika Byrde / NTB El-Abdellaoui smiles when he hears the certificate from the Swedish VIF chief. – I’m an extroverted person and I don’t really mind getting to know new people. I feel it is important to be a good person as well. I think it’s just nice when you get new players on the team. I have been a new player once in another dressing room and they welcomed me very well. So then I know how much it means when someone does that to you, he says. – Can earn good money The contract extension until 2027 means that Vålerenga has good control over the situation of the attacking player who has international caps for Norway G15, G16, G17 and G18, but who can also play for Morocco. He has not yet decided which nation he will represent. However, Joacim Jonsson hopes the Vålerenga supporters will enjoy the 18-year-old’s qualities for a long time. – We want Jones to perform at top level and for him to have good experiences with Vålerenga. But the world is such that sometimes the players will wish for a bigger arena. After all, football is also business, and there is economics in it all as well. It is a leg to stand on for a football club, and naturally the club can make good money from it. But it’s nothing we stress about, he says. El-Abdellaoui is also not stressing about getting to a bigger club. – For my part, it is important to be patient and continue to do what I can on the pitch. So I think everything happens at the right time. I will just be patient and rather leave when both the club and I feel we are ready, he says. Absurd VAR protest – organized barbecue with sack race 00:27 Slaughtered own prediction after world record: – I lay flat 00:23 Norwegian reserve goalkeeper goes viral – followed by Real Madrid coach 01:03 Superstar appeared with Løke’s sweater: – Where has he got it from? 00:56 Show more Published 26.08.2024, at 20.22
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