A report in The People this morning, suggests that Sir Alex Ferguson will add to his burgeoning squad of young players with the signing of Charlton Athletic defender Carl Jenkinson.
The 17-year-old is believed to be worth around £500,000, with Charlton in need of the funds after they were relegated from the Championship to League One.
Jenkinson, who has recovered from a serious knee injury, is a centre back by trade but can also play on the right hand side.
According to the official Charlton Athletic website, "Jenkinson likes to get forward with the ball" and "the Football Association is continuing to monitor" his progress after a serious injury.
I offer no opinion as I've never seen him play.
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I've seen him once, when we lost to Spurs in the youth cup. Played centre back, not as physical as Mambo, but more comfortable on the ball. Run with the ball out of defence a couple of times.
Looked more like a right back to me, I think that's where he'll break through at whatever level he's playing.
He's another decent player coming through, if he stays, we might not see him make much impact at first team level for a while, but I do feel it's again showing we have improved the quality we have at youth team level. They might not all play for us, but they should have decent careers, even if it's just at League Two or Conference level. If you look over the old handbooks from 6-8 years ago, most of the youth team players in there don't appear to be in football any more. If they are, it's at a very low level.
Half of them were playing for the oppo, but still.
as Kap says a 17 yr old is potential. As long as any deal had sufficient clauses for future success the maybe it is a case of needs must. He wouldn't be in contention for us next season whereas 500k could buy us a player to make a immediate difference. I'm not in general happy to sell off our youngsters but beggers can't be choosers.
Bye bye Jonjo too right? ;o)
Would he ever make the same impact as Shelvey? If not, would be happy to take the money and for someone other than parky to identify a good signing.
I can't see Man U paying that kind of money for a player who isn't on a pro-contract and who apparently has just recovered from a serious knee-injury. If he goes to Man U it'll be for a lot less with the usual add-ons.
If we can screw half-a-million for a player who will not become part of Charlton's first team for the next couple of years, that's a great deal. And, if it makes it less likely that we have to get rid of a first-teamer, even better.
Would Zheng Zhi stay at Charlton for a couple more years for half-a-mill?
Must 17 year old's are pretty skinny.
But even the big lumps like Rambo Mambo are evidently not quite ready.
Players like Miichael Turner weren't either, at that age.
But look at Turner now.
Exactly.
And that's what Parky has been doing with the highly rated youth team players.
Especially as there's no competitive reserve team for them to step up to.
Promising player but just how good we'll have to wait and see. As ledge said he reads the game and is comfortable on the ball, rather than being big and strong. Only seen him once I think, but looked more like a right back to me.
He's still young, I expect he'll get at least a years pro contract. A loan will do him good, as I said he's promising, but most 17/18 year olds aren't ready for first team football. Wagstaff made his debut at 18 and it turned out he was probably thrown in too soon.
There's also probably more harm throwing in a young defender than a striker (e.g. Tuna in the Carling Cup), if he gives away a goal it could ruin his confidence. That's what happened to Wagstaff and it took a while for him to get it back.
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Also does TT play for Turkish U18s?
As for Tuna I know he can't speak Turkish (well maybe he can a bit now?). He has played with the Turkish u19 team.
Think this thread needs to change the titled aswell, bit outdated now
Still ours. old thread.