Angers SCO’s young striker Mohamed-Ali Cho is showing a lot of promise in Ligue 1. Despite his tender age of just 17, this boy has already experienced football in England as well in France – and has represented both countries on international level!The French-born youngster, who has an Ivorian father and French-Moroccan mother, is currently on the books of Angers, the club that handed him his first professional contract. But the boy has spent his youth days at Paris Saint-Germain and Everton. His connection to an English club came when his parents move to the United Kingdom for work. This is why Cho got a call to play for England at U16 level back in 2019.Chelsea,Atletico Madrid and AC Milan have all expressed an interest Angers forward Mohamed-Ali Cho. 🔗 L’Équipe via Sport Witness pic.twitter.com/dknWLdyg9v— 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚𝙖 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙏𝙑🌐 (@ChelseaStreamTv) November 15, 2021 However, he switched his allegiance to his birth country and has played for Les Bleus U21 team earlier this month – with AC Milan scouts in attendance.Mohamed-Ali Cho has shown tremendous promise during his Ligue 1 appearances for a player who is so young. He is already build far more powerfully than the average 17-year-old and possesses tremendous pace, strength and technical ability. Those traits in a young player are certain to attract interest from some of the biggest clubs in the world and, sure enough, reports of Chelsea, Milan and Atletico Madrid surfaced quickly.Angers academy director Abdel Bouhazama compared his player to Kylian Mbappe in an interview and it’s easy to see why. But France U19 coach Lionel Rouxel urged the media not to get too carried away too soon.”Don’t go too fast and please remember that Mohamed-Ali is only 17 years old. Of course, his potential for Ligue 1 is very good. But he has a long way to go. He must become more precise in scoring areas. He has a surgical left foot but he will also have to use his right and work on his heading.”Name : Mohamed-Ali ChoPosition : RW/STDate of birth : 19/01/2004Potential : 10/10 pic.twitter.com/42zFU6iyUO— Koro (@Koro_acm98) November 17, 2021 On Sunday, Cho started in Angers’ match against Lorient in the Ligue 1 before being substituted in the second half. Although young, he is considered a first-teamer at the age when his peers are still finding their feet at youth level. Having made his senior debut last year, Cho has gone on to amass 36 first-team appearances for mid-table Angers and has continued to go from strength to strength this term.Mohamed-Ali has 18 months left on his contract with Angers and you can expect more reports of interest for the boy.
We’ll see if this Mohamed-Ali really stings like a bee – like his legendary namesake.