Philippe Sandler at NEC Nijmegen

Starts for U23s:

🗒️ Here's how your #PL2 champions lineup for our final game of the season against @SpursOfficial!

XI: Trafford, Gomes, Sandler, Burns, Bernabe, Lavia, T. Doyle (C), McAtee, Palmer, Knight, Delap

Subs: Slicker, Robinson, Breckin, Smith

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— Man City Academy (@ManCityAcademy) May 7, 2021

 

Seems like he would be a valuable call-up to the Gold Cup, at the very least.

If he's really in Pep's plans for City next season, I think that would boost him up to a Nations League call-up with the true first team. Even to be in consideration for that City side is a huge compliment.

 

Manchester Evening news article about his chances with City's first team:

https://www.manchestereveningnews.c.../manchester-city-forgotten-man-boost-21021539

Report linking him to Palace:

https://tbrfootball.com/report-patr...yers-to-crystal-palace-including-24-year-old/

 

Someone should ask the national team setup if they're keeping tabs on this guy. Seems like a much more promising player than Pierie.

If he's with City in preseason, Steffen could do some recruiting. Dutch are strongest at CB so there could be an angle for us to pursue.

 

Dude hasn't been on the field for almost two years now, he's lost a lot of time, he needs to get some game time before we start talking national team

 

We don't necessarily need to call him up ASAP (although I wouldn't mind), but if there's even a slight chance he's going to be a contributor at the EPL level, whether it's for City or another suitor like Palace, it would be much better for the USMNT if they made contact before that breakthrough happened. He does have 30 games for PEC Zwolle and 9 for Anderlecht, fwiw.

 

On the bench for a Man City friendly:

SUBS | Slicker, Sandler, Roberts, Couto, Moreno, Edozie, Egan Riley, Charles, Smith, Bolton, Gomes, McAtee, Hamilton, Burns

— Manchester City (@ManCity) July 27, 2021

 

On the bench for friendly:

SUBS | Van Sas, Gundogan, Zinchenko, Sandler, Roberts, Couto, Moreno, Pozo, Rogers, Bolton, Gomes, Diounkou, Burns

— Manchester City (@ManCity) July 31, 2021

 

On the bench for friendly:

Taking on the Tangerines! 🍊

XI | Steffen, Cancelo, Dias, Ake, Mendy, Fernandinho (C), Gundogan, Palmer, Mahrez, Edozie, Knight

⚽️ @HaysWorldwide
🔷 #ManCity | https://t.co/axa0klD5re pic.twitter.com/2jMu31urMb

— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 3, 2021

 

We can confirm that both Philippe Sandler and Patrick Roberts will spend the rest of the 2021/22 season on loan with @estac_officiel.

Wishing Philippe and Patrick the best of luck! 💙

🔷 #ManCity | https://t.co/axa0klD5re

— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 31, 2021

Will join EPB at Troyes

 

Time for EPB to convince him to play for the US

 

Maybe a little tougher since they are fighting for the same spots.

 

Looks like they’ve been playing back three. None of their current CBs are so impressive that they Sandler snd EPB can’t both win spots.

 

I was talking more about the NT competition. Less likely if EPB sees Sandler as competition for a USMNT CB slot.

 

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🗣 Allez l’ESTAC ! #TeamEstac 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/IfT6IGMIOR

— ESTAC Troyes (@estac_officiel) September 22, 2021

Starts for Troyes in Ligue 1

 

⏱ 59’ : 🔄 @YoannTouzghar7 entre en jeu à la place de Philippe Sandler.#OLESTAC 1-1 pic.twitter.com/awMiEJhZoN

— ESTAC Troyes (@estac_officiel) September 22, 2021

 

That's a bullish enough assessment to make the Yanks Abroad board proud! I've only seen him play a few times, but I've never thought to myself he was close to breaking through with the Dutch and surpassing Ake, much less de Ligt and Virgil. But if he's going to get a bunch of the starts for Troyes, I guess we'll all find out together.

And potentially gnash our teeth that EPB isn't in the squad.

 

Yeah, "starts for Troyes" isn't enough to make our team, much less theirs.

 

Watched him once at Anderlecht, looked pretty good, pretty classy on the ball. Haven't seen him yet in France, but thought Anderlecht thought higher of him than Miazga. If he gets a run of starts and plays well, who knows. Starting and playing well consistently in a top five league at least puts you somewhat on the radar. He might not be interested anyway though, but honestly he'd be much less of a surprise than Musah commiting.

 

I don't know, "off the bench for Montpellier" or "starts for Young Boys" hasn't held some players back. Even "off the bench for the Colorado Rapids" doesn't rule you out. It depends on whether he can do something that the coach wants. We should be comforted that national team scouting doesn't just involve looking at the league table.

 

All I said was it wasn't enough.