And Bloxham for spurs, with Maguire a sub
And Bloxham for spurs, with Maguire a sub
Taking stock of the season so far for our lads in Italy:
Festy with bit part minutes, slowly getting more exposure, I would definitely include him in next squad. James Abankwah appears to be in no man’s land, making bench every week for senior team without playing, and has only played 7 primavera games this year, what is going on here?
Unfortunate season ending injury for Kerrigan.
Great to see McJannet straight into starting two games for Lecce u19 who are leading the primavera, John Ryan seems to be playing away for Sassuolo u19 who are midtable.
Zefi doing well for the Inter u18s, some bit part minutes for their u19s. He’s 18 now though. I know they’re “managing his game time” but surely he should be established in their u19s by now? Heffernan appears to be doing well for Milan u18s, although didn’t start in their recent derby game vs Inter. Hard to know where he is.
Am I missing anyone? Thoughts?
At this point I don't think any of them are particularly benefitting from being in Italy relative to anything they might have achieved in England (I appreciate some were restricted from going to England). For Festy in particular this just feels like a bit of a wasted season so far.
It's disappointing that the go to place for Irish players outside the UK has become Italy, thanks to a few agents I think, who are no doubt lining their own pockets. Would much rather see us have a group coming through in France or Germany than there, as those leagues seem to provide more opportunities to young players.
Deji Sotona and Glory Nzingo both went to France, and Billy Vance had a trial at Lyon in January
Ed McJannet, for Lecce, came up against James Abankwah, for Udinese, in the Italian Primavera this morning
https://www.uslecce.it/news/30557749...ce-1-udinese-0
Had a look...he's playing with their u19 team anyway and started their last mactch a week ago, so hopefully he's doing ok:
https://www.fff.fr/competition/match...-de-reims.html
Theres a bit of chatter online about Kevin Zefi moving to Hellas Verona instead of Newcastle. There would be more 1st team opportunities there so on the face of it, it could be an exciting move. Id love to find out sooner than later if this lad is the real deal, have my doubts about him, but hes definitely talented so if he gets 1st team football in Serie A he immediately becomes viable for an International call up
Its really not that complicated!!!
He'd likely be signed and put into their U19s team. Verona only avoided relegation by the skin of their teeth and doubt they'd be looking towards Zefi as someone that could make an impact in the first team. Otherwise don't think Inter would be looking to move him on.
If he's leaving Inter would like him to leave Italy altogether. Would be more likely to get senior football somewhere like Austria or Switzerland. Get some senior experience and might get himself a move back to Italy.
John Ryan has left Sassuolo and is currently on trial with Reading. Only signed a one year deal when he joined Sassuolo.
John Fallon reporting that Cathal Heffernan could also be joing Verona.
Saw that on Twitter. Have never heard that first name before....
Some accounts already backtracking on the move.
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