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BBC News
04-07-2025
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Pappoe eyeing up European football and a trophy win with Dundee United
Playing European football for Dundee United will be "a dream come true" for new signing Isaac Pappoe, while "winning a trophy" is the Ghanaian central midfielder has joined on a season-long loan from Hungarian champions Ferencvaros, with manager Jim Goodwin describing the 21-year-old as "a really exciting talent"."I'm very excited to be here and that's a dream [playing European football]," Pappoe said. "It's a dream come true. I'm just here to give everything as a player."I'm here to help Dundee United to be successful this season, maybe to get to the Europa Conference group stages and to get to win a trophy this season. That's the joined the Hungarian giants from Swiss club Aarau, where United said he "maintained a phenomenal 87% passing accuracy, averaged in excess of five interceptions per 90 minutes and ranked second in the division for passes into the final third"."I'm a lovely player," he added."I'm a good player with the ball, without the ball and I give everything on and off the pitch."My experiences elsewhere I think have helped me because in life you have to face a different culture and different people."That gives you a lot of experience in life and I think I enjoyed each and every one."
BBC News
03-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
United sign midfielder Pappoe on loan from Hungarian champions
Dundee United have signed Ghanaian central midfielder Isaac Pappoe on a season-long loan from Hungarian champions Ferencvaros, with manager Jim Goodwin describing the 21-year-old as "a really exciting talent".Pappoe made only five appearances last season after being signed a year ago from Swiss club Goodwin said United had "worked extremely hard" to sign him "amid strong interest from elsewhere".The United boss told his club website: "His energy and work ethic is infectious and he has terrific ball-carrying and progressing abilities. "Out of possession, he reads the game intelligently - a quality which allows him to intercept passes in dangerous areas and transition defence into attack quickly."Goodwin is confident Pappoe will follow in the footsteps of Luca Stephenson, Emmanuel Adegboyega and Sam Dalby from last season in proving a "great success" via the loan midfielder began his career with Golden Kicks in Ghana's capital, with whom he earned a call up to his national under-21 just 18, he moved to Ashdod in Israel then, in summer 2023, joined point out that, during his season in Switzerland, he "maintained a phenomenal 87% passing accuracy, averaged in excess of five interceptions per 90 minutes and ranked second in the division for passes into the final third".That led to a switch to Ferencvaros on a four-year contract, but Pappoe is now "excited" to have the chance to win more game time in the Scottish Premiership and experience yet another "different culture"."It was a tough season for me last season, but I got a lot of experience and learned a lot," he added."It is a good platform for me to improve as a young player."
