davieG Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10868309/Manchester-City-monitor-18-year-old-Leicester-centre-Ben-Nelson.html Manchester City are monitoring highly-rated Leicester City centre-back Ben Nelson. The 18-year-old has been included in first team squads over the past year under Brendan Rodgers and is tipped to make a breakthrough this season. A tall and physical defender, Nelson, who has been capped previously by Scotland at international youth level, is due to travel with England U18s this week as they take on Wales, Austria and Croatia in Zagreb. Manchester City, like many of the Premier League's elite clubs, are looking to bolster their ranks with top homegrown talent in the wake of Brexit and new recruitment guidelines. Their scouts have noted Nelson's progress and are continuing to check his development as they consider a potential move. Nelson played in pre-season games last summer and has been a regular in the club's U23s on the back of being the academy player of the year in 20/21. Leicester are willing to offload Jannik Vestergaard this summer, as reported by Sportsmail, and that could open the first team window of opportunity for Nelson as he looks to compete with Jonny Evans, Wesley Fofana and Caglar Soyuncu. The young centre back is thought to be extremely highly rated within the game Should Premier League champions City firm up their interest, the prospect of a pathway to Leicester's first team would likely prove a telling factor in any decision the teenager makes. City have been sending their younger players out on loan to sister clubs and others who share a similar philosophy to manager Pep Guardiola. Taylor Harwood-Bellis, their 20-year-old centre-back for example, is a potential loan target for Burnley where Vincent Kompany is poised to become manager and Celtic. Harwood-Bellis has previously had spells at Anderlecht, Blackburn and Stoke. City are also understood to have looked at Everton's 19-year-old left-sided centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post st albans fox Posted 30 May 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 30 May 2022 Just now, davieG said: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10868309/Manchester-City-monitor-18-year-old-Leicester-centre-Ben-Nelson.html Manchester City are monitoring highly-rated Leicester City centre-back Ben Nelson. The 18-year-old has been included in first team squads over the past year under Brendan Rodgers and is tipped to make a breakthrough this season. A tall and physical defender, Nelson, who has been capped previously by Scotland at international youth level, is due to travel with England U18s this week as they take on Wales, Austria and Croatia in Zagreb. Manchester City, like many of the Premier League's elite clubs, are looking to bolster their ranks with top homegrown talent in the wake of Brexit and new recruitment guidelines. F off pep. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxed Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 Does he support Leicester? Doesn’t he play for Scotland’s youth? Does he support a club north of the border? I’d hate to see us lose another successful, or at least likely successful, youth centre back to another club. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 2 minutes ago, Foxxed said: Does he support Leicester? Doesn’t he play for Scotland’s youth? Does he support a club north of the border? I’d hate to see us lose another successful, or at least likely successful, youth centre back to another club. Plays for England Under 18s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFox99 Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 3 minutes ago, Foxxed said: Does he support Leicester? Doesn’t he play for Scotland’s youth? Does he support a club north of the border? I’d hate to see us lose another successful, or at least likely successful, youth centre back to another club. Called up for England U18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxed Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=549317&lid=13 He’s having it both ways. I wonder if he’sa Leicester fan or Celtic or whoever through a parent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Foxxed said: https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=549317&lid=13 He’s having it both ways. I wonder if he’sa Leicester fan or Celtic or whoever through a parent Hasn't played for the Scotland youth for a while, been with England youth since at least November last year It happens quite a lot with youth players switching between youth teams He was also born in Northampton Edited 30 May 2022 by moore_94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post moore_94 Posted 30 May 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 30 May 2022 (edited) Signed onto a pro deal in Feb so they can't poach him either I think if they were truly interested in him they would've gone for him before that Edited 30 May 2022 by moore_94 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 Steve Clark should cap him in our up coming nations league games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 1 hour ago, Foxxed said: Does he support Leicester? Doesn’t he play for Scotland’s youth? Does he support a club north of the border? I’d hate to see us lose another successful, or at least likely successful, youth centre back to another club. He used to represent Scotland youth teams but moved to England U17 and U18's over a year ago and has made a number of appearances. Hopefully this is his agent trying to apply a bit of pressure to us to give him a chance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbylcfc Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 90 million PEP that’ll boost our transfer kitty up nicely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesta Legend Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 Just now, Ric Flair said: He used to represent Scotland youth teams but moved to England U17 and U18's over a year ago and has made a number of appearances. Hopefully this is his agent trying to apply a bit of pressure to us to give him a chance. Yeah would make sense, this could be a nudge to the club to show him a path to the first team, he’s gone off the radar slightly with Brunt emerging as the most likely youth CB to be with BR plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox on the Rox Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 To be fair to BR, Brunt will be 22 this year and Nelson's not long turned 18. It's easy to forget how young Nelson is as he's been in the 23's (and around the first team) since he was 16. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 Is it interest, or just like all the other youth rumours, his agents going that instead of signing new CB replacements he should be utilised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brookfox Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 1 hour ago, moore_94 said: Signed onto a pro deal in Feb so they can't poach him either I think if they were truly interested in him they would've gone for him before that Any idea how long he signed for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 2 minutes ago, brookfox said: Any idea how long he signed for? At the time he would've signed it he would've been 17 so I think at the point the longest it can be is 3 years 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Oxlong Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 54 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: He used to represent Scotland youth teams but moved to England U17 and U18's over a year ago and has made a number of appearances. Hopefully this is his agent trying to apply a bit of pressure to us to give him a chance. Aka a promotion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 10 minutes ago, UniFox21 said: Is it interest, or just like all the other youth rumours, his agents going that instead of signing new CB replacements he should be utilised Probably a bit of both. I assume other clubs are interested in a talent like Nelson. We’ve had quite a few scouts from big clubs at our youth games recently, for example Dortmund have been watching Braybrooke (they have scouts living in England who follow the youth leagues). Nelson’s agents can use this interest as leverage in future negotiations I guess. One key issue to Nelson progressing here will be his lack of pace, which could leave him exposed in a high line. However, he is an intelligent player with decent positional awareness so it’s possible he could adapt. Hopefully he goes out on loan. Definitely not one to throw into the first team squad right now, despite our frailties at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Horibbly Wrong Posted 30 May 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 30 May 2022 If he got into our first team he would be the first Ben we've ever had in the starting 11 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 he was in first team squads but was clearly never getting used under any circumstances, really should have gotten a go when we had all the injuries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc sheff Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 Just now, Horibbly Wrong said: If he got into our first team he would be the first Ben we've ever had in the starting 11 I won’t bite! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 (edited) need to get him to sign a deal and go on loan Edited 30 May 2022 by Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambert09 Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 sounds a bit like that time hamza was linked to barca before getting a new contract and some promises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebfromgrebland Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 The downside of a great academy is that players could leave before they have any value whine we do all the work in developing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted 30 May 2022 Share Posted 30 May 2022 Remember when Barcelona scouts were apparently following Choudhury…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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