Adnan Januzaj debut in 2014 and later that year played for Belgium at the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and 2018, reaching the semi-finals of the latter. Januzaj was born in Brussels, Belgium, where his Kosovar Albanian family had emigrated in 1992 so his father, Abedin, would avoid being conscripted by the Yugoslav People's Army for the war in Bosnia. Januzaj's father was the eldest of six children from Istok, Kosovo. Januzaj's uncles, Januz and Shemsedin, and aunt Lavi, were members of the Kosovo Liberation Army, which fought for Kosovar independence during the Kosovo War. Since Kosovo declared independence in 2008, Januzaj
1993–94 Manchester United F.C. season had been linked to Old Trafford before heading to Ewood Park instead. Blackburn were by no means the only side tipped to challenge United's dominance of the Premier League for its third season, as the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool and Newcastle United spent heavily on new players that summer. United's other summer signing was 18-year-old Bradford City striker Graeme Tomlinson, who had impressed after six goals in 17 games for the Division Two club and cost United a £500,000 fee as Ferguson took the unusual step of looking elsewhere for squad depth in the shape of younger players. There was