'There is a plan for me' - Zalan Vancsa opens up on Man City transfer and prospect of making history

Friday May the 13th will always be remembered by the City Group’s January signing — Zalán Vancsa. The date is often associated with connotations of bad luck, but this one only reaped good fortune for the 17-year-old.

On midday, Hungary’s national team manager, Marco Rossi, announced his squad for the country’s Nations League encounters with England, Italy and Germany in June, and Vancsa’s name made the list.

Across the capital, Vancsa was sitting on a tram on his way home from training, trying to fathom the prospect of becoming Hungary’s youngest player since 1918.

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“I was sitting on the tram on the way home from training when the news broke,” Vancsa tells MEN Sport. I was expecting to play for the U21s. I didn’t expect this. It came as a bit of a surprise.”

Previously, Vancsa had featured for Hungary’s U19 side, but it was his role for MTK Budapest on loan from the City Group’s Lommel SK, that caught Marco Rossi’s eye with the youngster establishing himself as a regular towards the end of the season for the Budapest based side.

Earlier this season, Vancsa made headlines becoming the youngest player to score in Hungary’s top flight in the last 100 years and the sixth youngest in Hungary’s top tier overall, aged 16 years and nine months, just one month older than Hungary’s legendary, Ferenc Puskás.

His impressive form playing in Hungary’s top flight, coupled with a spectacular UEFA Youth League campaign, led Manchester City’s owners to pounce on his services in January and sign him up to the City Group.

Vancsa is contracted to the City Group's Lommel SK, where he will play next season, but during January he signed his contract on