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Bournemouth midfielder Billing: How Huddersfield snapped me up

Bournemouth midfielder Philip Billing has recalled how he was signed by Huddersfield Town.

Billing is in his first season with the Cherries.

He recalled to Bold.dk: "We played a U17 league game, and then there was a Scottish scout who really got to see our Super League team play. But he ended up watching our match as well. I had played a good season and scored quite a few goals - and I also played a good match when he was out watching.

Just over a week later, Billing was invited to trial at Huddersfield with, among others, Viktor Wagner and Jacob Nielsen.

"It was amazing. I was wildly happy and it was a proud moment for both me and my family. It was a huge honour to get such a trial.

"I had no idea who Huddersfield was - I knew it was in England. But I hardly knew there was anything called the Championship. But I found out that it was just under the Premier League, and so it couldn't be far.

"We left with our fathers and were in England for a week. It went really well and when the week was over, the club had a meeting with my dad and they said they would try to get me over as soon as possible because they would like to sign a contract with me."

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