In October 2013, Chris Coleman handed 16-year old Liverpool youngster Harry Wilson his international debut, making the attacker the youngest player to ever feature for the Wales national team. This came despite the fact that Wilson has never featured for the Reds' first team, but Anfield legend John Aldridge believes that could change very soon.
Speaking to LFC TV over the weekend, Aldo insisted that Wilson 'could be could be the next one to make the breakthrough to the first team', and hailed the youngster's burgeoning ability. He raved:
"He [Wilson] has so much pace. He’s just as quick with the ball as he is without it, and that is a fantastic skill to have.
"Brendan Rodgers will be looking [him] because he is perfect in any position in that front three: wide right, left, or central in the same position as Coutinho. He is one to watch!"
Wilson seems to agree with Aldo's assessment of his positional flexibility. In a recent interview, he noted:
"Since Brendan Rodgers took over, the youth team plays to the shape of the first team. We go with a 4-3-3, with me playing as one of the top wide players. I'm left-footed, but can play on either side of that formation"
Liverpool are seemingly blessed with a huge array of quality young players, and with the likes of Wilson, Ibe et al al making good progress - and Sterling/Flanagan setting a great example to follow - the Reds will hopefully unearth one or two more first-team gems over the next year or so.
Wilson turns 17 in a few weeks, and given the fact Raheen Sterling made his debut for the club at the same age, it's not beyond the realm of possibility that Wilson could follow suit.
Coleman's decision to play Wilson probably had more to do with ensuring the youngster is tied to Wales than anything else, but one person who's thanking the Wales boss right now is Wilson's grandfather, who collected £125K after placing a £50 bet on Wilson becoming an international footballer. Nice!
Being a Welsh winger, Wilson is obviously compared to Gareth Bale, but the youngster models his game on several other top-class players:
"Ryan Giggs was an obvious hero when I was a kid. These days I look a lot to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. I'm attack-minded and love getting forward."
Sounds good to me. Put him in the team :-)
Author: Jaimie K
Speaking to LFC TV over the weekend, Aldo insisted that Wilson 'could be could be the next one to make the breakthrough to the first team', and hailed the youngster's burgeoning ability. He raved:
"He [Wilson] has so much pace. He’s just as quick with the ball as he is without it, and that is a fantastic skill to have.
"Brendan Rodgers will be looking [him] because he is perfect in any position in that front three: wide right, left, or central in the same position as Coutinho. He is one to watch!"
Wilson seems to agree with Aldo's assessment of his positional flexibility. In a recent interview, he noted:
"Since Brendan Rodgers took over, the youth team plays to the shape of the first team. We go with a 4-3-3, with me playing as one of the top wide players. I'm left-footed, but can play on either side of that formation"
Liverpool are seemingly blessed with a huge array of quality young players, and with the likes of Wilson, Ibe et al al making good progress - and Sterling/Flanagan setting a great example to follow - the Reds will hopefully unearth one or two more first-team gems over the next year or so.
Wilson turns 17 in a few weeks, and given the fact Raheen Sterling made his debut for the club at the same age, it's not beyond the realm of possibility that Wilson could follow suit.
Coleman's decision to play Wilson probably had more to do with ensuring the youngster is tied to Wales than anything else, but one person who's thanking the Wales boss right now is Wilson's grandfather, who collected £125K after placing a £50 bet on Wilson becoming an international footballer. Nice!
Being a Welsh winger, Wilson is obviously compared to Gareth Bale, but the youngster models his game on several other top-class players:
"Ryan Giggs was an obvious hero when I was a kid. These days I look a lot to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. I'm attack-minded and love getting forward."
Sounds good to me. Put him in the team :-)
Author: Jaimie K
Btw jaimie. When I open this site on my android a pop up opens for a app to clean the device. This happens with no other site as far as I can see. Thought you should know
ReplyDeleteLet him enjoy playing youth team football without to much pressure and to big expectations. Then maybe, if he develops as we all hope, in the 2016-2017 season, he can have a sniff to first team football - much like Ibe this season, maybe get a loan. He does have a long long way to go i believe. But with the talent to do it.
ReplyDeleteAnd he really have to put on some muscle i belive - before being put out amongst senior players. Irresponsible by Wales to play him, no matter how little time he where on the pitch. Bellamy agree. So i must be right.
ReplyDeleteReally looks a talent! Our academy is like a conveyor belt for exciting,attack minded footballers and Brendan is only too willing to give them a chance. Fantastic to see! Liverpool seem to be coaching them the right way,with the emphasis being on ability and technique,rather than the muscle bound freak approach that the english fa have been pushing onto kids for years! Our young players have a genuine chance and i've no doubt that will attract more talent to our academy. I'm very optimistic for the future,at the end of a storm is a golden sky...YNWA
ReplyDeleteWhen viewing on my iPad it consistently opens appstore application. Also unique to this site
ReplyDeleteLet's keep the conveyor belt going. It will save us a lot of money in the future and strengthen the finances of the club. Happy times ahead. YNWA!
ReplyDeleteThe kids we have coming through at moment are real qaulity we're blessed at minute. I was just reading about this clause pepe reina has in his cotract of 4'million. Ian ayre is putting these stupid clauses in theses contracts remember dirk kyut had one to for 1'million. Why on earth are we letting players go for peanuts. Every other big team put massive clauses in there players contracts. Ian ayre I think you need to give all us liverpool fans an explanation, pepe reina is worth at least 10'million and we could've got at least 6 to 7'million for dirk kyut when he left. Get you're friggin act togather its you that handles theses things, is it any wonder we liverpool fans have no faith in you. Everything to do with transfers or contracts you just make a shambles of it, stick to the commercial side of things at the club and let someone else deal with transfers and contracts for heavens sake. Ynwa
ReplyDeleteI experience this a lot as well!! mobigene!
ReplyDeleteDon't trust JK! He's trying to hack your devices so he can assume your identities and make anti Suarez posts.
ReplyDeleteNice plan Jaimie, too bad I rumbled you.
Christ, I'm good.
I agree Ian Ayre is great on the commercial side!!!.
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ReplyDeleteso true...just red that pero has a release clause of 125 million...and compare tht to suarez supoosedly 70 million clause. we always seem to sell our players for much cheaper than they are. shelvey, adam,...and a 4 million clause for reina????
ReplyDeleteIt makes me sad that probably one out of the players you've mentioned will make it here. I would love a team full of academy raised players.
ReplyDeleteSame here. I want a stronger British core to the team. Aspas and Alberto? Why can't some youth players who probably have more determination replace them? Money saved too.
ReplyDeleteLike that fools anyone. You're Jaimie as well. Tripple bluff :)
ReplyDeleteMore than one will make it, don't worry about that.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys. I'm looking into this. I thought this was fixed already, but obviously not. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteI don't know whether Ayre is any good or not. I saw a piece the other day from him explaining how their strategy was on target. The problem was it did not really outline the strategy or how it was being met it just talked in general around the subject. There is a real lack of clarity around the club which leads to many supporters either unquestioningly supporting those in charge or always criticising them in any controversies.
ReplyDeleteThe official site does not help as it usually avoids any controversies and sticks to articles where one player praises another, he returns the favour and they then both praise BR. They have a section on the website reporting what is in the papers but it avoids any hint of controversy and for example did not show any of the many articles dealing with JH's comments on the Suarez contract clause or the story about De Boer being offered the manager's job.
This issue of contract clauses might well have some sound commercial reasoning behind it (as you'd hope given the money involved) but we will never know because the club won't tell us.
I can understand personal and commercial confidences would prevent full details being disclosed about internal club matters but they could talk abut the principles. It seems strange that JH can make quite inopportune comments via twitter but useful explanations of policy are overlooked
Simon - could you possibly provide some more details about the Ipad issue. Is the appstore thing an app, or is the appstore actually opening up on your screen? Thanks.
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The more talented kids there are,the higher the bar is set,which in turn means that only the very best get in the first team. A lot of these talented lads play in similar positions,so they will be in direct competition with each other. If our academy gives us 1 or 2 top players a season, that becomes first team regulars,then that is a great return. We have been managing to do that over these last few seasons and it has been having an impact on our first team.
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