Development/Youth Squads 2024/2025 Thread - U18/U21

[st albans fox]

13 hours ago, Ryy said:

Might be BS but apparently we’ve taken 19 year old UAE Goalkeeper, Abdulla Alhammadi on loan was recently at Everton 

Excellent - we were down to 143 keepers on our books. Need to work back towards 150……….
 

[AjcW]

Obviously not too happy that Everton didn't want him, he'd done a whole post about how great it was to play in the new stadium... nowhere to be seen now  

[Ryy]

 

[AjcW]

5 minutes ago, Ryy said:

 

Interesting! Wonder if he plays on Monday night for the 21's?

[davieG]

https://www.lcfc.com/pages/en/media-article/lcfc-under-18s-to-compete-in-the-2025-generation-adidas-cup?fbclid=IwY2xjawJY11BleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHemZIZZ6Q9mx3RLLAD02P8Oab7n0utYCswkMsyIvNWKkdLDrJoMUGgVKBg_aem_v9YAvljusP5f0ywIbr9EUQ

 

Our Under-18s are set to represent Leicester City in the USA this month as we enter the 2025 Generation Adidas Cup in Bradenton, Florida.
Under-18s to take part in the Generation Adidas Cup in April
Academy tournament to be staged in Bradenton, Florida
City to compete alongside 80 teams from 14 countries
The exciting showcase sees our Under-18s make the trip stateside to compete with 80 teams from across the globe in a tournament-style format during an eight-day camp from 12 April.
The competition, which features Under-18s and Under-16s sides from around the world, includes European clubs such as Inter Milan and FC Bayern Munich, South American side Palmeiras, and academies from Mexico and Major League Soccer (MLS).
The format will see 40 teams in the U18 age group split into 10 groups of four, with the top 16 teams progressing to the knockout stages. All teams are guaranteed to play seven matches during the tournament.
Select matches, including the championship final, will be streamed live on the MLS YouTube channel, with further broadcast details to be announced ahead of the tournament.
2025 International Club Participants (Under-18s Age Group)
Club Bolívar – Bolivia
Daejeon Hana Citizen - South Korea
Inter Milan – Italy
Leicester City – England
CF Monterrey – Mexico
Club Necaxa – Mexico
Independiente de Panama – Panama
Palmeiras – Brazil
Santos Laguna – Mexico
Full 
, including dates and kick-off times, will be released on LCFC.com in due course.

 

[davieG]

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/inside-king-power-stadium-owners-10072002

By

Jordan Blackwell

 

Who has impressed recently

With City not in action over the weekend, there would have been plenty of eyes on Will Alves as he started for Cardiff against Sheffield Wednesday.

And the teenager again managed to make his mark, getting his third assist of his Cardiff loan spell, running down the left wing before cutting inside and laying the ball off to Isaak Davies, who found the bottom corner in the 1-1 draw.

Alves earned a 7 from WalesOnline who said the 19-year-old “really took the game to the Wednesday defenders and formed a good partnership with (Callum) O'Dowda on the left.”

 

Moment missed

Van Nistelrooy called up plenty of the Under-21s to his first-team squad over the international break to fill in the gaps left by those who were away with their nations.

But it seems one man may have stuck around for a little longer. Footage from the club’s training sessions at Seagrave suggested full-back Bade Aluko remained with the first team.

Promoted out of the Under-18s earlier this season, Aluko has started at left-back in all of the Under-21s’ five-game winning streak in Premier League 2.

The 18-year-old already looks the part, and is tall for a full-back, while he appears to carry the ball well too, a surge forward from the back helping to set up Jake Evans’ goal against West Ham last time out.

There are plenty of players to watch at the moment, and Aluko looks to be another.

[AjcW]

It would be very "Us" to finally give minutes to a youngster this season and it be a left back.....  

 

On brand to a T

[AjcW]

Just a reminder that there's around 100 tickets left for our U21 game on the same time as the shit show at the KP on Monday.

Get down there and support our future if you're sacking off Monday night, they're in with a chance of making the end of season play offs with 2 games to go.

[teblin]

Am I right in thinking Jake Evans can sign a professional contract next week?

[Ric Flair]

24 minutes ago, AjcW said:

Just a reminder that there's around 100 tickets left for our U21 game on the same time as the shit show at the KP on Monday.

Get down there and support our future if you're sacking off Monday night, they're in with a chance of making the end of season play offs with 2 games to go.

It's just a refreshing watch as well, to see positivity, bravery and we tend to score the occasional goal as well 😂

[AjcW]

15 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

It's just a refreshing watch as well, to see positivity, bravery and we tend to score the occasional goal as well 😂

Sometimes that fella with the Pizza van is there too.... win win  

[moore_94]

Under 18s are currently losing 2-1 at home against Arsenal after 30 mins

 

Goal by Josh King, Luqman Aideed assist

 

1	L. McNab
4	L. Page
6	M. Adedeji
3	W. Daniels
8	B. Akolbire
5	R. Khela
2	A. Diallo
10	L. Hutchinson
11	L. Aideed
9	J. King
7	L. Strachan

 

12	H. Jacklin
13	J. Donohue
16	B. Owusu
15	L. Omobolaji
14	D. Motsi

[Pliskin]

Sell out the U21’s on the 7th! 

[studentofthegame]

U18s Finished 5-3 to Arsenal

Josh King, Louis Page, and Lorenzo Strachan with the goals

 

I don't really know anything about Strachan, doesn't seem to be much about him other than he is still listed on QPR's website for their U18s, so either a trial or a recent signing

Will Daniels got sent off late on too

 

Also of note, highly touted Max Dowman scored a hattrick for Arsenal, 2 of the goals apparently he dribbled from inside his own half to score

[Ric Flair]

4 minutes ago, studentofthegame said:

U18s Finished 5-3 to Arsenal

Josh King, Louis Page, and Lorenzo Strachan with the goals

 

I don't really know anything about Strachan, doesn't seem to be much about him other than he is still listed on QPR's website for their U18s, so either a trial or a recent signing

Will Daniels got sent off late on too

 

Also of note, highly touted Max Dowman scored a hattrick for Arsenal, 2 of the goals apparently he dribbled from inside his own half to score

Dowman is absolutely outrageous. Interesting to see Page and King drop back down to the U18s. I wonder if they'll give Opoku a game for the U21s on Monday for fitness. 

[st albans fox]

45 minutes ago, studentofthegame said:

U18s Finished 5-3 to Arsenal

Josh King, Louis Page, and Lorenzo Strachan with the goals

 

I don't really know anything about Strachan, doesn't seem to be much about him other than he is still listed on QPR's website for their U18s, so either a trial or a recent signing

Will Daniels got sent off late on too

 

Also of note, highly touted Max Dowman scored a hattrick for Arsenal, 2 of the goals apparently he dribbled from inside his own half to score

 

39 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Dowman is absolutely outrageous. Interesting to see Page and King drop back down to the U18s. I wonder if they'll give Opoku a game for the U21s on Monday for fitness. 

Dowman is supposedly going to better than nwanieri 

with lewis-skelley as well that’s hale end really delivering

and they lost a good 16 y o to yanited last summer  

[lanefox]

37 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

 

Dowman is supposedly going to better than nwanieri 

with lewis-skelley as well that’s hale end really delivering

and they lost a good 16 y o to yanited last summer  

They lost Heaven and the Swedish striker whose name escapes me to yanited

[st albans fox]

1 minute ago, lanefox said:

They lost Heaven and the Swedish striker whose name escapes me to yanited

Obi-Martin (danish) 

[Parker Pen]

On 01/04/2025 at 11:52, AjcW said:

Interesting! Wonder if he plays on Monday night for the 21's?

Good to see him back training, he looked quite promising at Leuven before his injury.

[Salieri]

5 hours ago, studentofthegame said:

U18s Finished 5-3 to Arsenal

Josh King, Louis Page, and Lorenzo Strachan with the goals

 

I don't really know anything about Strachan, doesn't seem to be much about him other than he is still listed on QPR's website for their U18s, so either a trial or a recent signing

Will Daniels got sent off late on too

 

Also of note, highly touted Max Dowman scored a hattrick for Arsenal, 2 of the goals apparently he dribbled from inside his own half to score

Lorenzo Strachan, what a name 😮‍💨

[Ryy]

Anyone who’s gone know the team?

[Tommy Fresh]

Didn't realise Odhiambo and Yussuf were involved with the academy 

[honeybradger]

The club are going to give Monga his first team debut tonight to spite anyone who chose to watch the u21s instead by the way.

[AjcW]

2 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said:

Didn't realise Odhiambo and Yussuf were involved with the academy 

Are you new to “jobs for the boys fc”???  (in all seriousness I do like clubs looking after those who quit young) 

[AjcW]

Just now, honeybradger said:

The club are going to give Monga his first team debut tonight to spite anyone who chose to watch the u21s instead by the way.

No no… they’ll leave him on the bench