England U-20 (Elite Squad) Discussions Thread

I know he's a few years older but surprised Palace haven't given Jesurun Rak-Sakyi a run in the first team instead of loaning, quite a similar player to Esse from what I've seen.

 

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/fo...sfer-talks-romain-esse-millwall-b1198362.html
Romain Esse being linked with Crystal Palace.

 

New Leicester City boss Ruud van Nistelrooy is set to make a loan bid for former club Manchester United's 20-year-old English midfielder Toby Collyer. (Sun), external

 

we already have 2 prem loans

 

Chelsea will send English midfielder Omari Kellyman out on loan in January to help the 19-year-old earn some senior experience. (Football Insider)

 

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Spurs are considering recalling English defender Ashley Phillips, 19, from his loan deal at Stoke in January to help ease their injury crisis. (Standard), external

 

Adrian Blake with a couple of goals for Utrecht off the bench to rescue them from 3-1 down. Barely got any playing time this or last season but seem to contribute when he does, so I suspect he’ll get more minutes going forward.

 

Dorrington on for his Prem debut.

 

Be interesting to see how Bobby Clark gets on now Pep Lijnders has been sacked by RB Salzburg as it was him that brought him there.

 

Maresca on Omari Kellyman: "We will see which decision is best for him in January."

 

Max Dean has suffered an ACL tear, out for the rest of the season.

https://www.kaagent.be/nl/nieuws/27-12-2024/kruisbandblessure-voor-max-dean

 

Oh that’s unlucky. We are getting a lot of ACL injuries in youth players now adays.

 

I don’t think it’s a particularly new phenomenon is it? I mean I’d done ACL in both knees under the age of 21

 

Nathan Lowe in unbelievable form on loan to Walsall. The 19-Year-old has now scored in three consecutive games and is up to 13 League Two goals this season.

Reminds me of a young Harry Kane so many different types of goals.

Stoke have a decision to make this Jan. pic.twitter.com/x6kLQlPqbZ

— TheSecretScout (@TheSecretScout_) December 29, 2024

‘Nathan Lowe in unbelievable form on loan to Walsall. The 19-Year-old has now scored in three consecutive games and is up to 13 League Two goals this season.

Reminds me of a young Harry Kane so many different types of goals.

Stoke have a decision to make this Jan.’

 

Will Alves made his prem debut today, hopefully that will be the first of many

 

Paul Nevin seems to have left to become Stoke’s assistant manager,

 

I have no idea if he was going to stay anyway, but it's a shame to lose Paul Nevin. He's a very credentialed coach and this team played some really good stuff in his short spell. On paper, he's the sort of coach the FA need to be targeting way more than they do.

This also likely means Futcher is staying on, which is a massive shame, and even more so because he'll probably be one of the main contenders for the U21 job if Carsley leaves after the summer.

 

After a tough beginning, and being in and out of match day squads. Jamie Donley has really come into form for Leyton Orient who are now unbeaten in 7 since his reintroduction into the side in early December, he’s contributed 3 goals and 2 assists in that period.

 

At least Carsley has turned down West Brom and not abandoned the U21’s to Futcher to do this summer.

 

It'll be interesting to see what happens with Carsley. He'll almost certainly have more good offers from the EFL in the summer so I can see him taking the jump, but I guess there's also a decent chance he just waits it out for Tuchel's reign to end, given it's more likely to be a fairly short stint than a long one.