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

little rusty, as to be expected.

he has an interesting profile imho. really liked what i saw when he played for United. needs a run of games, clearly.

i think his long term future sits with a Championship team and then building from there.

 

Sydie Peck (21), Bobby Clark (21) and Ashley Phillips (20) nominated for Championship Young Player of the Season in the EFL awards.

 

Dom Ballard nominated for both L1 player of the season and young player of the season.

 

Chelsea have no intention of selling 19-year-old English defender Josh Acheampong in the summer transfer window despite his limited game time for the Blues. (Express)

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn78kdymmvpo
Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri could leave Arsenal this summer. Article mentions Nwaneri has interest from Dortmund as well as PL clubs while Lewis-Skelly has interest from top half PL Sides.

 

Dortmund would be perfect for Nwaneri.

 

Then hopefully they send him on loan, absolutely pointless to have another season like this and will just end up stalling his development.

 

He apparently rejected going to the Championship multiple times...

 

Assist for Lewis Miley this afternoon.

 

Simpson-Pusey was back starting in a back-three for Cologne yesterday after his red card ban and the game before he had missed for them due to becoming a father. He played the whole3-1 win against another relegation candidate in Bremen. Bremen were a man down after 24 minutes already though. Many different German sources confirm the club would love to have him on a permanent but there haven´t been any negotiations with City so far.

 

Ethan Nwaneri’s loan fee is tied to minutes: the more he plays, the less Marseille pay #Arsenal, L’Equipe reports.

Despite this, under Habib Beye, he hasn’t started a single game in two months – with the newspaper citing a “persistent impression of nonchalance.” 😳 pic.twitter.com/m2UaQsuLMz

— Matt Spiro (@mattspiro) April 16, 2026

Oh no the attitude reports have started for Nwaneri.

 

I mean some Reading fans were calling Olise nonchalant before his transfer to Palace...

EDIT: And that was well before the screenshot from his insta DM´s was leaked in which he was disrespecting the club that gave him his debut and trusted him.

 

And now he is thriving. (Through Olise’s attitude off the pitch would have got a lot of coverage in the British tabloids if hadn’t switched to France).

 

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— Andy Naylor (@AndyNaylorBHAFC) April 20, 2026

 

He was on loan at my club last season . He's too light weight to be an epl player. He's probably a league 1 player

 

Rosenior says Levi Colwill will play for the Under-21s next Saturday and is still hopeful he appears again this season.

— Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) April 20, 2026

 

In the last year, Jack Hinshelwood has become a father, become a European champion at Under-21 level, got his B licence, scored against the club world champions and become one of the most effective, admired young players in the Premier League. #BHACHE

— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) April 21, 2026

 

Really good brace from Lankshear today, up to 16 G/A this season all comps in a Championship relegation team. The 2nd goal is possibly the best goal I've seen him score.

 

Just seen both goals, both very good and different finishes! If he can refine some parts of his game, he can definitely have a good PL career.

 

If Spurs do go down Lankshear might actually be good choice for them in the championship

 

Believe if he had gone on loan to Middlesbrough for the second half of the season they´d still be second place as they were crying out for a striker like him and he probably would have been given more of an opportunity by Carsley.

 

I was thinking about this, the other day. Not many of the senior players would remain. Probably build around Gray & Bergvall. A few interesting loanee returns like Vuskovic, Phillips, Moore, Devine & Lankshear + of the course the younger batch.