Will Alves

[Frank Large's Black Book]

The future's bright

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/54349348

[Finnegan]

Whoever that presenter is needs to be fired in to the sun immediately for the good of humanity. 

[AKCJ]

Christ almighty that presenter want to be any more of a weirdo? 

[urban.spaceman]

Has he liked us on Instagram yet?

[sdb]

Serious footwork! He does look impressive. 

 

No doubt we'll never hear of him again! 

[norwichfox]

The boy looks good, hope he progresses well.

[ALC Fox]

Look out Madders!

[Adster]

Absolute aids

[Kopic]

Baller.

[An Away Move]

Will Alves is the son of an old friend of mine. He's got amazing skills. He won a national MOTD football skills competition a while back too. I really hope he comes through to the first team. I think he has all the potential to do just that. I'd also be delighted for his dad who is wonderfully supportive dad and top bloke.

[ThingsCouldGetMessi]

Already has more skill than Afonso Alves 

[An Away Move]

This is from 2018: https://brookvalegroby.com/will-alves-was-crowned-the-uks-best-young-technical-freestyle-footballer/

[frany104]

He looks a serious talent! Lets hope we can develop him further and bring him through in a few years.

[Haywood_6]

Just watched this - got some bloody quick feet on him. Could be one to keep an eye on

[Ted Maul]

Freestyle football doesn't always translate onto the pitch but he looks class for his age.

[outfoxed77]

1 hour ago, SydenhamFox said:

Will Alves is the son of an old friend of mine. He's got amazing skills. He won a national MOTD football skills competition a while back too. I really hope he comes through to the first team. I think he has all the potential to do just that. I'd also be delighted for his dad who is wonderfully supportive dad and top bloke.

I used to work with Phil, nice bloke, rubbish at football though so I don't know where Will gets his skills from 

[wardyfox86]

Can't believe none of you have heard of him!? Call yourselves fans? 

[Ric Flair]

I was told last year there were 2 Portuguese lads in our U16's that were unreal. Not sure If Will Alves is one of them as he's evidently got a Leicester accent but is of Portuguese heritage. Looks very skilfull anyway, Flair prospect.

[Pliskin]

Chelsea have made a £50m bid apparently. 

[norwichfox]

1 minute ago, Pliskin said:

Chelsea have made a £50m bid apparently. 

Loan fee for 1 season?

[jeffschlupp]

8 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I was told last year there were 2 Portuguese lads in our U16's that were unreal. Not sure If Will Alves is one of them as he's evidently got a Leicester accent but is of Portuguese heritage. Looks very skilfull anyway, Flair prospect.

I think someone said that Marcal-Madivadua has a younger brother who's with us, the other one might well be him.

[Ric Flair]

4 minutes ago, jeffschlupp said:

I think someone said that Marcal-Madivadua has a younger brother who's with us, the other one might well be him.

Yes that's likely to be them! Be interesting to see how they develop, likewise Kian Pennant who at 16 seems to be way ahead of his age groups. 

[An Away Move]

55 minutes ago, outfoxed77 said:

I used to work with Phil, nice bloke, rubbish at football though so I don't know where Will gets his skills from 

Your cruelty made me chuckle! I met Phil down Olympia gym back in the early 90s. He may have been crap at football but he had great genetics and was an impressively muscly teen. Will looks like he's filling out a bit. It's going to be great seeing how he develops over the next few years. Brilliant that he's in the England squad for his age group. 

[An Away Move]

2 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

I was told last year there were 2 Portuguese lads in our U16's that were unreal. Not sure If Will Alves is one of them as he's evidently got a Leicester accent but is of Portuguese heritage. Looks very skilfull anyway, Flair prospect.

No-one I knew ever called his dad 'Al-ves'. It was also pronounced like it rhymed with Elves. That may have been how sheltered and unworldly we were back then though. I remember when I was at secondary school and being shocked when my Maths teacher told our class we had accents. It was news to me! I thought, being from Brentford, that he had one, but not us, we were 'neutral'. He laughed when I told him that. That's when I found out Leicester wasn't the centre of the world. I was shocked!  

[Marshall Cockney Fox]

Got some skills that lad. Will keep an eye out on how it unfolds for him.