Promising Jamaican footballer Robino Gordon of Phoenix Academy will be leaving soon for Europe as Famalicao, Genks and Schalke are interested in the freshly minted Reggae Boy, his agent Craig Butler revealed.

His first stop will be in Portugal at Famalicao FC currently in the Primeira Liga, the top tier of Portuguese football where they are sitting in ninth spot.

Then onto a familiar spot at Genks the current leaders in the Belgian league before moving to Germany at Schalke.

“Robino has been a project we’ve been working on since he was 11 years old,” Butler told Our Today.

“He’s been travelling back and forth to Europe to get, one, the clubs to know him, two, to get the exposure, three, to adapt early, and four, to prepare his mind for professional football,” Butler pointed out.

He continued: “And now, he’ll be going to Europe. He’ll be going to Portugal First to Famalicao and then after that, he’ll go to KRC Genk, where they both like him and also Schalke.”

According to Butler, Gordon’s chances of coming back are great because it’s not time to transfer because the windows have closed now. “So, we’ll have him for at least until the end of this transfer window. We’re looking forward to great things. He’s a project. He’s a top talent. You could see it in the game,” said Butler.

That game Butler was referring to his Gordon making his senior Reggae Boyz debut against Trinidad and Tobago in which he made two substitute appearances.

“Both games he played on his debut for Jamaica, and he’s not the only one. There are several other young talents that are coming up that should be blooded,” Butler noted.

“And if the national team is wise, they’ll blood them early because you don’t want to have later on, worrying about whether they’ll play for the team that they go overseas and become make their home. You want them playing for Jamaica and that’s what I want and I’ve always wanted,” said Butler.

Gordon led Mona High to their first Manning Cup title in 2023 and has recently made his mark for Vere Phoenix with some outstanding displays that earned him a call-up to Jamaica’s senior team.

Gordon who turned 19 last November, is a versatile player who started as a striker, then a winger now a defender. He represented Jamaica at youth levels in CONCACAF competitions.

Butler believes Gordon, standing at 6 ft 2 inches is still growing, very powerful and smart with one of the highest footballing IQs in the world and a very good leader and pretty fast as well.

“But I think that his best position having developed him from a winger and striker to a central defender and now right back, we’ve have the total components that are required for the modern day wingback, which is to be able to overlap, to intercept, to be fearless and does not get tired very easily,” Butler pointed out.