From Bayern Munich… to Prestatyn Town! Former Liverpool prodigy Dale Jennings joins Welsh semi-professional side to add to career CV which takes in German champions, Barnsley, MK Dons and Runcorn Town
- Prestatyn Town have signed former Bayern Munich teen prodigy Dale Jennings
- Jennings, 27, joined Bayern from Tranmere Rovers in 2011 as an 18-year-old
- He has since played for Barnsley, MK Dons and most recently Runcorn Town
As an 18-year-old prodigy who had just signed for Bayern Munich, Dale Jennings must have believed he had the football world at his feet.
But less than a decade later, the former Liverpool schoolboy has found himself plying his trade for a semi-professional team in Wales after Prestatyn Town announced the 27-year-old’s signing from Runcorn Town.
Highlighting his previous pedigree in a tweet, Prestatyn said they were ‘delighted to have attracted someone of Dale’s ability to the club’.
Dale Jennings, an ex-Bayern Munich starlet, has signed for northern Welsh side Prestatyn Town
Prestatyn Town, a semi-professional team in Wales, signed Jennings from Runcorn Town
Prestatyn manager John Lawless said: ‘Dale’s worked hard to get himself fit again and I’ve watched quite a bit of him over the last 12 months and at times he’s been levels ahead of the level he’s playing at.
‘I believe Dale is a major coup for this football club and I can’t wait to work with him.’
Born in Liverpool, Jennings joined the Reds academy but was released in 2008.
He moved to neighbours Tranmere Rovers and signed his first professional contract with the club in 2010.
Jennings joined Bayern Munich in 2011 before moving to back to England with Barnsley in 2013
He made an extremely impressive start to his senior career, playing 30 times for Rovers, scoring six goals and adding five assists.
The football world was then left stunned when Bayern Munich came knocking, and in 2011 Jennings signed for the German giants for £540,000.
However, Jennings never made it into the Bayern first team, instead playing for the reserves in the German southern regional league. In 2013 he returned to English football with Barnsley in the Championship.
He has since played for MK Dons, and was without a club for more than two years before joining semi-professional Runcorn Town and now Prestatyn.