England Under 21 Discussions Thread (2004+ born) #8

Jobe won the MOTM in his first start for Dortmund! 💫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 pic.twitter.com/neXMOKyUho

— The Touchline | Football Coverage (@TouchlineX) June 21, 2025

 

🚨🔴⚫️ Jarell Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen, here we go! Deal agreed for £30m initial fee plus £5m add-ons.

𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥: Liverpool will have a 𝐛𝐮𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 for Quansah to keep future control of the player.❗️

Contract until June 2030. ✅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 pic.twitter.com/5GEScvp1CH

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 22, 2025

 

Rico Lewis has had his ban increased to three games after his red card against Wydad.

— The Football Zone (@footballzone__) June 22, 2025

 

In a seven match tournament, that is simply ridiculous.

 

Bayern Munich have entered the race for Chelsea target Jamie Gittens, 20. The German champions are reportedly willing to offer Borussia Dortmund£55m for the winger. (Kicker - in German)

 

🚨 Jamie Gittens proposed move from Borussia Dortmund to Chelsea could be done imminently. Clubs continue talks in USA + hope agreement reached swiftly, despite #FCBayern interest. 20yo #BVB winger fully committed to #CFC - 7yr deal in place @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/RaACAQ00TG

— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) June 24, 2025

 

Say what you like about Chelsea but they really like England U21 players.

 

Only if they came through Man City's academy.

 

West Ham has been keeping an eye on the European U-21 Championships.

Man City's James McAtee and Liverpool’s Tyler Morton are players the club have been interested in for a long time, with Ipswich's Omari Hutchinson also a potential target.

[@ExWHUEmployee]

 

Everton, Brentford, West Ham and Fulham are considering a move for Ipswich’s 21-year-old England Under-21s winger Omari Hutchinson. (Mail)

 

And RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund.

He has a £35m release clause

 

Aston Villa are prepared to sell Louie Barry, 22, this month to help ease PSR concerns, putting a host of Championship clubs on alert. (Pete O'Rourke, external)

Huddersfield are close to signing 21-year-old keeper Owen Goodman on loan for the season from Crystal Palace. (Football Insider, external)

 

Jobe starts for Dortmund. Chukwuemeka is on the bench while Gittens is absent due to illness.

 

"illness"

 

Anyone got an idea of how our next cycles best 11 would look? Also the cut off age is players born on or after the 1st Jan 2004 are available for selection.

Not so many of the current squad are available, only Beadle, Simkin, Norton-Cuffy, Hinshelwood, Gray and Nwaneri.

 

Ignoring those who’ve already played for the seniors, I’d say something like the following

Beadle; Hinshelwood, Acheampong, Phillips, O’Reilly; Gray, Bellingham; Dibling, Nwaneri, Gittens; Scarlett

 

Ben Nelson probably had the better season between him and Ashley Phillips in the Championship last season, and has a pretty good platform at Leicester to establish himself so I wouldn't be too surprised if he's ultimately starting for the under 21's next season. I think you could also reasonably argue for Esse over Dibling (or perhaps more likely Nwaneri on the right with another of the plethora of central options playing).

I suspect Wharton will at least start the campaign with the under 21's though I wouldn't particularly expect him to hang around there long.

 

Just having a play with this but will go with;

Beadle, Norton-Cuffy, Acheampong, Philips, O’Reilly; Gray, Hinschelwood, Bellingham; Nwaneri, Rodriguez, Gittens.

 

I’m not sure about Wharton. Think he could in the seniors come September.

 

Chelsea are edging closer to a deal to sign Borussia Dortmund and England Under-21 winger Jamie Gittens, 20, with the Bundesliga side holding out for a £50m fee. (ESPN), external

Manchester City have rejected a £6.5m bid from Hoffenheim for 21-year-old England Under-21 defender Callum Doyle. (Mail

 

Bundesliga side RB Leipzig are the latest club to have expressed their interest in English midfielder Harvey Elliott, 22, if he is to leave Liverpool this summer, with Brighton and West Ham also among suitors. (Mirror, external)

 

🚨🔴⚫️ EXCL: Jarell Quansah set to undergo his medical at Bayer Leverkusen on Monday, all booked.

Can confirm again buy back clause for Liverpool will be worth at least £60m and could even reach £70m based on add-ons.

Initial fee also confirmed: £30m plus £5m to #LFC. pic.twitter.com/z54ghYRlM7

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 28, 2025

 

🚨💙 BREAKING: Jamie Bynoe-Gittens to Chelsea, here we go! Deal agreed club to club with Borussia Dortmund.

Contract until June 2032 for JBW who always wanted Chelsea.

Understand medical will take place TONIGHT for Jamie. 🩺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

BVB accepted last bid, as @FabriceHawkins reports. pic.twitter.com/eIH4GWFmzr

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 28, 2025

Gittens to Chelsea confirmed. Not sure about this move

 

Chelsea could very nearly field a full England U21 team.

 

Crystal Palace are prepared to rival Newcastle, Liverpool and Tottenham with a move to sign Southampton's 19-year-old English winger Tyler Dibling this summer. (Football Insider), external