Sporting Director for French Ligue 1 side, AS Monaco, Paul Mitchell has disclosed that there was a lot of clubs interested in signing their new striker Myron Boadu from AZ Alkmaar.

He says he is delighted the 20 year old Dutchman with Ghanaian parents decided to choose their long term plan and ability to harness the potential of young players into stars.

AS Monaco beat off stiff competition from a lot of big clubs in Europe to snap up their man for 17 million euros to be paid in five separate installments.

“We are excited to welcome Myron to AS Monaco. He had many options due to his already highly productive young career and had a choice from a list of clubs. We are delighted he saw the long term plan and the advanced environment we are building to continue his development with us. His age and profile fits perfectly to our organizational strategy and the foundations we are working to put in place. His abilities bring a complementary attacking option to an already strong area of our squad. At the age of 20, he has displayed a consistent level of scoring in the last seasons, what has been rightly recognized by his national team. Welcome Myron!” he told the club's official website.

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.