Espanyol Recruit Young Player of Indonesia

Arthur Irawan

Arthur Irawan may not have been widely known in Indonesia. But Arthur's talents led him to be signed to Club La Liga, Espanyol.

Arhur heard in Indonesia while following the U-23 national team selection in January 2011. In that time he was not elected.

Thursday (10/11/2011), Espanyol announced already recruited Arthur. This is quite shocking public Indonesia.

"In the growing competitive football, the search for young talents have been crossing the boundaries of distance and train young players in order to train them to be an elite player in the future has become a key factor in the development of football in the future,"said the Espanyol site.

"Recruitment of Espanyol, Arthur Irawan, was a promising young football players from Indonesia. Arthur began playing in Jakarta for the past 8 years like boy-another boy in General and to attract the interest of Manchester United at an early age. But he and his family would prefer to continue to lead the study, "continued the statement.

Prior to this, Arthur had recorded Club Lytham Town which was the Club's amateur Division of the United Kingdom. Espanyol, now in 7th La Liga standings.

"The challenges that exist today, according to the coaching staff, is to see how the players will adapt to your needs and style of the elite European football," wrote the site Espanyol.