MU successfully retained the 14-year-old 'little Messi' who plays extremely well; Rumors are circulating that Binh Duong Club wants to liquidate Que Ngoc Hai, is it true?

MU successfully retains 14-year-old 'little Messi' who plays extremely well

British press reported that Red Devils' Director of Football Jason Wilcox and Negotiation Director Matt Hargreaves stepped in last week to convince JJ Gabriel to continue his commitment to MU.

The 14-year-old boy, likened to a "little Messi", is being watched by many football teams. Gabriel's full name is Joseph Junior Andreou Gabriel, he grew up in London and has an Irish passport.

JJ Gabriel has impressed with his superb techniques in futsal. His personal coach - Alfie Brooks once shared: "I have coached nearly 1,000 academy players - 4 of them - Josh Nichols (Arsenal), Josh Acheampong (Chelsea), Sydie Peck (Sheffield United) and Tyrique George (Chelsea) all made their debuts in the first team. However, JJ Gabriel is the best I have ever seen. He will soon play in the Premier League. Technically, JJ Gabriel is extremely excellent, difficult to compare to anyone at the same age."

At the age of 9, Gabriel became extremely famous with a viral YouTube video in which he appeared under the nickname "little Messi".

Up to now, JJ Gabriel has been tested in the MU U18 team even though he is only 14 years old. Many talent scouts believe that one day the boy can reach the level of Ronaldo, Neymar or even Messi.

AFC announces very good news for Vietnamese football before the new season

Recently, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced the time of the draw for the 2025/2026 AFC Women's Champions League qualifying round. It is known that the ceremony will take place at 3:00 p.m. (local time) at the AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Ahead of the 2025/2026 season, the groundbreaking tournament continues to affirm its mission of elevating women’s football on the continent by recording the largest number of participating teams ever. Accordingly, a total of 26 clubs from different member associations (5 more teams than last season) will participate in this event. Here, 19 teams will compete from the qualifying round.

The draw will divide the teams into 5 groups, including 4 groups of 4 teams and 1 group of 3 teams, competing in a round-robin format from August 23-31, with only the top 5 teams qualifying for the group stage. In the group stage, they will face teams from the top 7 federations according to the Asian Women's Club Rankings for the 2024/2025 season. Notably, Vietnamese football has one representative, Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club.

According to AFC, 7 teams will be directly qualified for the group stage of the 2025/2026 Asian Women's Cup, including Melbourne City FC (Australia), Suwon FC (Korea), Tokyo Verdy Beleza (Japan), defending champion Wuhan (China), Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club (Vietnam), Bam Khatoon FC (Iran) and 1 representative of the UAE (to be determined later).

It is known that after the end of the qualifying round, AFC will hold another draw ceremony in September 2025 to determine the group stage situation.

Rumors are circulating that Binh Duong Club wants to liquidate Que Ngoc Hai, is it true?

Que Ngoc Hai and Binh Duong club have not made any moves regarding contract termination after the end of the 2024/2025 season.

According to VTC News, Binh Duong Club has not mentioned the issue of terminating the contract with Que Ngoc Hai. The two sides have temporarily not made any moves to part ways after the end of the 2024-2025 season. The team from the land of Thu has just summarized the season and held a meeting to review experiences with the players, including the central defender born in 1993.

The news that Binh Duong club wants to terminate Que Ngoc Hai's contract was rumored after the loss to Song Lam Nghe An in the National Cup semi-final. The former captain of the Vietnam team was the one who made a big mistake in the team's decisive loss.

Que Ngoc Hai fouled a striker from Song Lam Nghe An when the match entered extra time. The Nghe An team took advantage of the penalty kick to score the winning goal with a score of 3-2 and qualified for the National Cup final (later lost to the Hanoi Police Club with a score of 0-5).

Que Ngoc Hai joined Binh Duong in September 2023. This is the time when the former SLNA and The Cong Viettel player's performance declined after the age of 30. In the early stages, he did not contribute much to the team due to injury. In V.League 2024-2025, Que Ngoc Hai played 22 matches (21 starts). Binh Duong Club ranked 7th on the V.League table and reached the semi-finals of the National Cup (tied for 3rd place overall).

No longer able to maintain his peak form at Binh Duong Club, Que Ngoc Hai has been absent from the Vietnam national team for a long time. This central defender has not been called up by coach Kim Sang-sik since the friendly match with India in October 2024 and is not included in the 2024 AFF Cup championship squad.

Nam Dinh Green Steel Club speaks out about name change rumors

Recently, on social networking sites, there has been a lot of information that Nam Dinh Green Steel Club will change its name to Ninh Binh Green Steel, causing a stir among fans of this team.

However, according to information from the Nam Dinh Green Steel Fanpage, this football team confirmed that it will keep its current name, Nam Dinh Green Steel, and there are no plans, procedures or activities related to the name change.

“The current team name is still Nam Dinh Blue Steel. The club is urgently preparing personnel and training plans to prepare for the 2025/26 season in which we will compete in 5 arenas: AFC Champions League Two, Shopee Cup, Vietnam Super Cup, V-League and National Cup.

The team currently has no plans or any activities or documents related to changing the name. Information about changing the team name is completely inaccurate and causing confusion,” informed the Fanpage of Nam Dinh Green Steel.

According to the tournament regulations, Nam Dinh Green Steel Club, like most professional clubs in Vietnam, operates as a business, not under the jurisdiction of a locality. Therefore, after the merger of provinces and cities, the current V-League champion team is not required to change its name to the new locality./.