Nepal U-16 captain Bimal leaves for Anderlecht trial

Bimal celebrating his goal against Pakistan in his debut for Nepal National team during SAFF Championship at Kathmandu

Nepal National U16 skipper and Nepal National team player Bimal Gharti Magar left for Belgium for a two-month trial with Anderlecht. Anderlecht are the defending champions of the Belgian Football League and is one of the most successful Belgian football clubs of all time.

Bimal grabbed the limelight after scoring a remarkable equalizer against Pakistan in the SAFF Championship last year and is considered as a future star of Nepalese football. During his trial at Anderlecht, the U-16 skipper will spend his first two weeks at a closed camp training session in Brussels, where his fitness level and skills will be closely monitored by the club. Bimal will also be participating in Tradition Football Championship where more than 100 clubs from every division will be competing.

Bimal will join other young players of the club and participate in two major European youth tournaments. Bimal will feature for Anderlecht in the U-17 Future Cup, an annual friendly international youth tournament organized by AFC Ajax where he will play against the rising talents of world football powerhouses like Manchester United, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and AC Milan.

This is the second time the U16 Skipper had gone Europe for a trial. Earlier, he had had a trial with FC Twente.