Vice President CEO of French Ligue 1 side AS Monaco,Oleg Petrov has lauded the superior qualities of their newest capture Myron Boadu.

He says the youngster possesses a lot of qualities despite his tender age and is part of their grand design to make the squad competitive heading into Europe.

The French Riviera club have shelled out 17million euros for the talented 20 year old striker form the Dutch Eredivisie on a long term contract.

“We are very happy to welcome Myron Boadu to AS Monaco. Myron has shown a lot of qualities and despite his age has an interesting experience at international level. His arrival is part of our desire to consolidate the competitiveness of the squad and to continue our progress in a sustainable manner.”

Myron Boadu was trained at AZ Alkmaar, a club he joined in 2013.

In 2018, he signed his first professional contract with the club and made his debut in the top flight on 6 May 2018 in a 6-0 win over PEC Zwolle.

He scored his first professional goal against NEC Breda (5-0) shortly afterwards, at the age of 17. At the age of 20, Myron Boadu has already scored 38 goals (18 assists) in 88 games with Alkmaar, including 21 games in European competition (6 goals and 7 assists).

An international in all categories with the Netherlands, the Amsterdam striker recently participated in the Euro U21 with his country. His two goals in the quarter-finals of the competition saw off Les Bleuets (2-1) and helped the Oranje to reach the semi-finals, where they lost out to eventual winners Germany (1-2).

Myron Boadu, already called up to the senior team, had a successful debut on 19 November 2019, coming on against Estonia and completing his side’s success with a first international goal (6-0).

The 20-year-old, scored 15 goals last season, as his club finished third in the Eredivisie, having played just short of 90 professional games with AZ.