England U-20 (Elite Squad) Discussions Thread

Discussion in 'England' started by Jenks, Apr 4, 2015.

  1. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    Jacob Wright leaves Man City and becomes Norwich City player on permanent transfer, deal done.

    Norwich only had the right to make the transfer permanent if Jacob started 9 games, the target was hit and Norwich now sign Wright for £2.3m transfer fee. (Fabrizio Romano)
     
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  2. GermanBlade

    GermanBlade Member

    Sheffield United
    Mar 17, 2025
    sounds like a good move to me
     
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  3. StortfordSpurs1882

    Tottenham Hotspur
    England
    Jun 28, 2023
     
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  4. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    Starting to lose players younger and younger now.
     
  5. Marcho Gamgee

    Marcho Gamgee Member+

    England
    Apr 25, 2015
    Somewhere in English Arrogance land
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
    It’s a friendly tournament so probably something similar to what Omari Hutchinson did. He won’t be cap tied so nothing to really be too concerned with as yet. I’ve no idea how good he is anyway to be fair?
     
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  6. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
    Don't think he's any great loss. He's never even played first team football yet
     
  7. AJ123

    AJ123 Member+

    Man Utd
    England
    Feb 17, 2018
    :ROFLMAO: always on a doom spiral

    Wan Bissaka played for DR Congo at a similar age in a friendly and has only just switched 10 years on.
     
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  8. BarryfromEastenders

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    Jul 6, 2008
  9. Jimmy Skitz

    Jimmy Skitz Member+

    Leicester City
    England
    Nov 4, 2020
    £40m, a 50% sell on and your 5 best prospects Enzo or look elsewhere...
     
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  10. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
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  11. GermanBlade

    GermanBlade Member

    Sheffield United
    Mar 17, 2025
    A first Premier League start for Romain Esse.
     
  12. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    Starting in the Final today. Good opportunity and experience for him.
     
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  13. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    And Sadly scores an Own goal.
     
  14. horrisengleton

    horrisengleton Member+

    Arsenal
    England
    Jul 18, 2023
    Nat'l Team:
    England

    Ignore the absurdity of the fee and I think this is potentially a good transfer. I like Mubama a lot and think he has a chance to go far. How City can ask for £10m for a 20-year-old with virtually no senior experience is beyond me though.
     
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  15. MrSnrub

    MrSnrub Member+

    Oct 7, 2018
    #3590 MrSnrub, May 29, 2025
    Last edited: May 29, 2025
    It would seem bizarre to run down his contract at West Ham to move to City only to then move to the championship within a year, when he could have done that last season instead of playing another year of underage football.

    It does show the "rich get richer" aspect of the premier league nicely though. West Ham are a very wealthy team by pretty much any standard but even they get their best young talent taken off them to a club who had no intention of him ever being a real first team player, and profit massively out of it inside a year despite not doing anything to develop them.
     
  16. ADM99

    ADM99 Member+

    Apr 28, 2019
    I was literally just writing out a comment saying the same thing. Almost as if City bought him just to make a quick profit.
     
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  17. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    Celtic have targeted Peterborough full-back Harley Mills as back-up for Kieran Tierney next season. (The Scottish Sun)
     
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  18. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    Brighton are keeping tabs on the progress of Sheffield United midfielder Ollie Arblaster, 21, as he continues his recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament injury. (Teamtalk, external)
     
  19. horrisengleton

    horrisengleton Member+

    Arsenal
    England
    Jul 18, 2023
    Nat'l Team:
    England

    Bit of a surprise this because some fairly big clubs were linked with him. Stoke are a hard club to try and develop at; there's always a lot of expectation but the team is quite often a mess.

    I wonder what they're planning with Nathan Lowe. Probably another loan you'd imagine.
     
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  20. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    Confirmed by Stoke.
     
  21. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    Stoke could sell striker Nathan Lowe for a reported £2.5m, with Huddersfield said to be interested in the 19-year-old who shone on loan at Walsall last season. (Alan Nixon, external)
     

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