Jores Okore

 

Jores Okore Aston Villa’s new signing under the Paul Lambert era as Lambert looks to cement a young squad together to progress the clubs fortunes in the Premier League. Okore 20 years old has signed for Villa along with Danish team mate Nicklas Helenius and Dutch midfielder Leandro Bacuna. Okore is an Ivorian born Danish centre back, Okore’s family moving to Denmark when he was 3 years old. Okore signed for Danish team FC Nordsjaelland being a quite major side in Denmark, Okore spent time in the Youth sides developing his game as a Centre Back. Although Okore is only 6 ft he is known for his power and strength when defending, he has an abundance of pace to go along with his power and strength. Okore is also very comfortable in possession of the ball, something which Villa have been looking to work on this year as Lambert looks to change there style of play with passing at speed along with counter attacking football.

Okore signed for F.C. Nordsjaelland back in 2007 where he captained the youth team until his league debut in 2011 against AC Horsens. Okore scored his first goal for the Danish side against Brondby in a 2-0 win back in September 2011, he was made vice-captain of Nordsjaelland for the season of 2012-13. Okore was linked with moves to Chelsea and Ukrainian side Metalist Kharkiv. But held out for the right move signing for Aston Villa on the 14 of June. Jores has also made international appearances for Denmark at both U21 level and the national team, where he has made 7 appearances for Denmark his debut coming in a friendly against Thailand.

Have a look at Okore >>>>>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7SUiyvhzK4

Current Ability Depending of Position:

Strength: 9/10

Power: 8/10

Pace: 8/10

Dribbling: 7/10

Positioning: 8/10

Tackling: 7/10

Heading: 6/10

Awareness; 8/10

Current Ability: 85/100

Potential Ability: 90/100

With Villa signing him for a fee around 4 million it’s an absolute steal, Villa making some good signings this season, lets see how they play this year.

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Nicklas Helenius

 

21 year old Centre Foward, Nicklas Helenius who currently plays for Aalborg BK is currently being tracked by some top teams in Europe as his 6ft 5in frame has seen him score 27 times in 80 appearances for the Danish club. Helenius has also represented Denmark at U 19, 20 and 21 level where he was also selected for the senior side twice his debut coming against Slovakia in August 2012. He made his debut for local side HB Koge in May of 2010 where he then caught the eye of Aalborg BK where he broke in to the side a scored 4 goals in his first 4 matches.

His ability to play off the shoulder of the defender and his massive frame allows him to bully most teams in keeping the ball. His eye for goal has also made him a target for most European teams. For a very to lad he has incredibly quick feet and isn’t the slowest of players as well which helps him get in to prime positions in which to score for Aalborg BK.

If I was to make a comparison to another player I would say that Helenius is a type of Robert Lewandowski kind of player or with his quick feet and his ability to pick out the goal from any range a legendary figure in Davor Suker.

Take a look at this video of Helenius: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVEKIvs7Pj4

Marks out of 10:

Shooting: 9 out of 10

Tackling: 6 out of 10

Vision: 8 out of 10

Speed: 7 out of 10

Heading: 7 out of 10

Positioning: 8 out of 10

Current ability: 7 out of 10

Potential ability: 9 out of 10

Overall Scouting mark out of 100: 70%

Current Value: 2 million

Potential Value: 10 million

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