Will Alves - loaned to Cardiff City

[Jazzy_Jeff]

5 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

There's only ever one likely reason for that 

I was more talking severity 

[AjcW]

6 minutes ago, Jazzy_Jeff said:

Any idea why he’s withdrawn from international duty? 

England doctors will have looked at recent issues and panicked, he should never have been called up this soon anyway.

If he's injured while away the FA foot the bill so they'll be playing it safe

[filbertway]

I've never seen someone as desperate for a player to fail than our @Tommy G is about Will Alves

 

It's gotta be up there with my desire to see Rodgers fail at anything.

[Tommy G]

31 minutes ago, filbertway said:

I've never seen someone as desperate for a player to fail than our @Tommy G is about Will Alves

 

It's gotta be up there with my desire to see Rodgers fail at anything.

What? Because I said he's likely to be injured at an England camp? Weird. 

[filbertway]

1 hour ago, Tommy G said:

What? Because I said he's likely to be injured at an England camp? Weird. 

Because you pipe up at the first sign of negativity without fail

 

[Tommy G]

13 minutes ago, filbertway said:

Because you pipe up at the first sign of negativity without fail

 

If you flick back a few pages have a look - plenty have been negative and plenty positive, it's a game of opinions. This forum is generally negative on 90% of stuff, so to single me out for being negative about something is odd 

 

I would think back to your posts but despite 20,000 odd I don't really recognise or recall anything you post. 

 

Have a good one 

 

p.s I'm not taking the crown off @Lako42 for being the king of negativity either 

Edited 20 March by Tommy G

[coolhandfox]

Players pull out of squads all the time, I don't think it's a fresh injury more Cardiff wanting him fit for the league. 

 

I think the player would also recognise he going to benefit more from being fit and ready to go for Cardiff and getting more league minutes. 

Edited 20 March by coolhandfox

[Fox1980]

It’s those monks we need them back. Whole place and anything to do with LCFC has been jinxed 

[davieG]

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/inside-alves-cardiff-loan-spell-10051020

 

Inside Will Alves' Cardiff loan spell as Leicester City future verdict given
The 19-year-old academy graduate is enjoying his first loan spell away and his first proper opportunity at senior level, with hopes rising of a future role in City's first team

ByJordan Blackwell
07:00, 25 MAR 2025

Will Alves celebrates after Cardiff City's win over Blackburn, the Leicester City loanee setting up the winning goal (Image: Barrington Coombs/PA Wire)

Rarely has a loaned-out Leicester City player attracted as much interest as Will Alves has at Cardiff.

After Alves showed his potential with his impressive dribbling and footwork for the academy, after he made his senior City debut aged 16, and after he suffered a serious injury as he neared his breakthrough, fans are desperate for him to succeed.

With City supporters feeling glum over this season’s relegation battle and with many already looking ahead to a campaign in the Championship next term, Alves’ performances have garnered a lot of attention in the hope that he can take his place in the squad.

 

To find out how the teenage attacking midfielder is getting on, LeicestershireLive spoke to WalesOnline’s Cardiff City correspondent Glen Williams about his progress in the Welsh capital so far.

 

What about Alves' game has impressed you?

GW: “I want to say ‘everything’, but appreciate that's probably not the answer you're looking for. In all seriousness, he's impressed me every time I've seen him.

His dribbling, close control and spatial awareness are all impressive traits. He rarely loses the ball, which is rare for a winger who trades on trying to beat people by taking risks.

It's a shame he picked up a little injury midway through his time with Cardiff because I suspect he would have had a say in turning one or two games around.”

 

What does he still need to work on?

GW: “If I'm nit-picking – and I would be nit-picking here – perhaps just that clinical edge in front of goal.

Against Blackburn last weekend, he did brilliantly to round the goalkeeper, but you could almost feel that he had rarely been in that situation and his finishing instincts didn't seem particularly natural. He allowed Aynsley Pears to get back into a position to save his shot, whereas he should have found the back of the net.

“It's a good thing he atoned for that by sticking a lovely cross on top of Yakou Meite's head for the winner, then!”

 

He's played on the left wing and on the right. Where has he looked the bigger threat?

GW: “It really seems to make no difference to him. He's unfazed wherever he's been asked to play. He has a lovely, whipped cross on him and can use that to great effect on either flank.

“On the right, against Plymouth, he swept a lovely, low cross across the face of goal for Yousef Salech to slide on to for the opener.

“Against Blackburn, off the left, he checked back on to his right and clipped an inviting cross for Meite to glance into the far corner.

“Perhaps on the left he is marginally stronger, simply because he seems slightly more comfortable dribbling it inside and outside the full-back on that flank. On the right he definitely prefers skirting past the left-back on his outside.”

 

Is there anything about his game that's surprised you?

GW: “Just how easily he has taken to Championship football. I appreciate Leicester fans were excited about him and hyping him before the move, but my expectations were relatively low given his age, inexperience at senior level and the 'unknown' factor, but he has superseded my expectations.

“Even his calmness with the ball and his ability to ride defenders, who are famously sharp-elbowed at this level, given his comparatively light frame is impressive. Put it this way, he's not had a bad game yet.”

 

Based on what you've seen, do you think he could start for a team challenging for Championship promotion next season?

GW: “I see no reason why not. He would at least be well in the conversation. Expectations are higher for teams challenging at the other end of the table, so the margins for error will likely be smaller, but this spell in south Wales will have done him a world of good.

“He has eight games to help Cardiff stay in this division and if he can grab a goal or two, or set another couple up, it will catapult him to the forefront of the Leicester boss's mind for next season, I suspect.”

[Suzie the Fox]

Great to see the lad is getting alot of praise, especially from non-LCFC biased sources. Certainly see him playing for us next season

[ClaphamFox]

44 minutes ago, davieG said:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/inside-alves-cardiff-loan-spell-10051020

 

Inside Will Alves' Cardiff loan spell as Leicester City future verdict given
The 19-year-old academy graduate is enjoying his first loan spell away and his first proper opportunity at senior level, with hopes rising of a future role in City's first team

ByJordan Blackwell
07:00, 25 MAR 2025

Will Alves celebrates after Cardiff City's win over Blackburn, the Leicester City loanee setting up the winning goal (Image: Barrington Coombs/PA Wire)

Rarely has a loaned-out Leicester City player attracted as much interest as Will Alves has at Cardiff.

After Alves showed his potential with his impressive dribbling and footwork for the academy, after he made his senior City debut aged 16, and after he suffered a serious injury as he neared his breakthrough, fans are desperate for him to succeed.

With City supporters feeling glum over this season’s relegation battle and with many already looking ahead to a campaign in the Championship next term, Alves’ performances have garnered a lot of attention in the hope that he can take his place in the squad.

 

To find out how the teenage attacking midfielder is getting on, LeicestershireLive spoke to WalesOnline’s Cardiff City correspondent Glen Williams about his progress in the Welsh capital so far.

 

What about Alves' game has impressed you?

GW: “I want to say ‘everything’, but appreciate that's probably not the answer you're looking for. In all seriousness, he's impressed me every time I've seen him.

His dribbling, close control and spatial awareness are all impressive traits. He rarely loses the ball, which is rare for a winger who trades on trying to beat people by taking risks.

It's a shame he picked up a little injury midway through his time with Cardiff because I suspect he would have had a say in turning one or two games around.”

 

What does he still need to work on?

GW: “If I'm nit-picking – and I would be nit-picking here – perhaps just that clinical edge in front of goal.

Against Blackburn last weekend, he did brilliantly to round the goalkeeper, but you could almost feel that he had rarely been in that situation and his finishing instincts didn't seem particularly natural. He allowed Aynsley Pears to get back into a position to save his shot, whereas he should have found the back of the net.

“It's a good thing he atoned for that by sticking a lovely cross on top of Yakou Meite's head for the winner, then!”

 

He's played on the left wing and on the right. Where has he looked the bigger threat?

GW: “It really seems to make no difference to him. He's unfazed wherever he's been asked to play. He has a lovely, whipped cross on him and can use that to great effect on either flank.

“On the right, against Plymouth, he swept a lovely, low cross across the face of goal for Yousef Salech to slide on to for the opener.

“Against Blackburn, off the left, he checked back on to his right and clipped an inviting cross for Meite to glance into the far corner.

“Perhaps on the left he is marginally stronger, simply because he seems slightly more comfortable dribbling it inside and outside the full-back on that flank. On the right he definitely prefers skirting past the left-back on his outside.”

 

Is there anything about his game that's surprised you?

GW: “Just how easily he has taken to Championship football. I appreciate Leicester fans were excited about him and hyping him before the move, but my expectations were relatively low given his age, inexperience at senior level and the 'unknown' factor, but he has superseded my expectations.

“Even his calmness with the ball and his ability to ride defenders, who are famously sharp-elbowed at this level, given his comparatively light frame is impressive. Put it this way, he's not had a bad game yet.”

 

Based on what you've seen, do you think he could start for a team challenging for Championship promotion next season?

GW: “I see no reason why not. He would at least be well in the conversation. Expectations are higher for teams challenging at the other end of the table, so the margins for error will likely be smaller, but this spell in south Wales will have done him a world of good.

“He has eight games to help Cardiff stay in this division and if he can grab a goal or two, or set another couple up, it will catapult him to the forefront of the Leicester boss's mind for next season, I suspect.”

Great read. Hopefully if things continue to go well for him he'll be able to save enough up to buy some hair conditioner. 

[messerschmitt]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

Based on what you've seen, do you think he could start for a team challenging for Championship promotion next season?

I hope not. I'd like to think he stays at Leicester.

[Pliskin]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/inside-alves-cardiff-loan-spell-10051020

 

Inside Will Alves' Cardiff loan spell as Leicester City future verdict given
The 19-year-old academy graduate is enjoying his first loan spell away and his first proper opportunity at senior level, with hopes rising of a future role in City's first team

ByJordan Blackwell
07:00, 25 MAR 2025

Will Alves celebrates after Cardiff City's win over Blackburn, the Leicester City loanee setting up the winning goal (Image: Barrington Coombs/PA Wire)

Rarely has a loaned-out Leicester City player attracted as much interest as Will Alves has at Cardiff.

After Alves showed his potential with his impressive dribbling and footwork for the academy, after he made his senior City debut aged 16, and after he suffered a serious injury as he neared his breakthrough, fans are desperate for him to succeed.

With City supporters feeling glum over this season’s relegation battle and with many already looking ahead to a campaign in the Championship next term, Alves’ performances have garnered a lot of attention in the hope that he can take his place in the squad.

 

To find out how the teenage attacking midfielder is getting on, LeicestershireLive spoke to WalesOnline’s Cardiff City correspondent Glen Williams about his progress in the Welsh capital so far.

 

What about Alves' game has impressed you?

GW: “I want to say ‘everything’, but appreciate that's probably not the answer you're looking for. In all seriousness, he's impressed me every time I've seen him.

His dribbling, close control and spatial awareness are all impressive traits. He rarely loses the ball, which is rare for a winger who trades on trying to beat people by taking risks.

It's a shame he picked up a little injury midway through his time with Cardiff because I suspect he would have had a say in turning one or two games around.”

 

What does he still need to work on?

GW: “If I'm nit-picking – and I would be nit-picking here – perhaps just that clinical edge in front of goal.

Against Blackburn last weekend, he did brilliantly to round the goalkeeper, but you could almost feel that he had rarely been in that situation and his finishing instincts didn't seem particularly natural. He allowed Aynsley Pears to get back into a position to save his shot, whereas he should have found the back of the net.

“It's a good thing he atoned for that by sticking a lovely cross on top of Yakou Meite's head for the winner, then!”

 

He's played on the left wing and on the right. Where has he looked the bigger threat?

GW: “It really seems to make no difference to him. He's unfazed wherever he's been asked to play. He has a lovely, whipped cross on him and can use that to great effect on either flank.

“On the right, against Plymouth, he swept a lovely, low cross across the face of goal for Yousef Salech to slide on to for the opener.

“Against Blackburn, off the left, he checked back on to his right and clipped an inviting cross for Meite to glance into the far corner.

“Perhaps on the left he is marginally stronger, simply because he seems slightly more comfortable dribbling it inside and outside the full-back on that flank. On the right he definitely prefers skirting past the left-back on his outside.”

 

Is there anything about his game that's surprised you?

GW: “Just how easily he has taken to Championship football. I appreciate Leicester fans were excited about him and hyping him before the move, but my expectations were relatively low given his age, inexperience at senior level and the 'unknown' factor, but he has superseded my expectations.

“Even his calmness with the ball and his ability to ride defenders, who are famously sharp-elbowed at this level, given his comparatively light frame is impressive. Put it this way, he's not had a bad game yet.”

 

Based on what you've seen, do you think he could start for a team challenging for Championship promotion next season?

GW: “I see no reason why not. He would at least be well in the conversation. Expectations are higher for teams challenging at the other end of the table, so the margins for error will likely be smaller, but this spell in south Wales will have done him a world of good.

“He has eight games to help Cardiff stay in this division and if he can grab a goal or two, or set another couple up, it will catapult him to the forefront of the Leicester boss's mind for next season, I suspect.”

Presumptuous of the interviewer to suggest we be fighting for promotion 😂 

[honeybradger]

Was withdrawn from international duty over concerns about an injury. Any word on whether it was precautionary or not?

[moore_94]

 

[moore_94]

 

[Noahfence]

Can feel a goal today 

[Ric Flair]

21 minutes ago, Noahfence said:

Can feel a goal today 

Having the same thoughts which quickly developed in to it being the start of a massive love story between Alves and Danny Rohl who'll look back as today when he decided to build his entire side around Alves next season when he takes over from Ruud in the summer.

[Finnegan]

12 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Having the same thoughts which quickly developed in to it being the start of a massive love story between Alves and Danny Rohl who'll look back as today when he decided to build his entire side around Alves next season when he takes over from Ruud in the summer.

 

What I admire about you Ric is you always stay grounded and never let your imagination run away with you 

[LcFc_Smiv]

28 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Having the same thoughts which quickly developed in to it being the start of a massive love story between Alves and Danny Rohl who'll look back as today when he decided to build his entire side around Alves next season when he takes over from Ruud in the summer.

So he's signing for the Saints? 

[K789]

Alves assist 

[moore_94]

Alves assist!

[Noahfence]

Alves assist. He’s been very positive so far 

[coolhandfox]

Nice run for the goal and another assist in the bag.

 

Nice turn of pace.

Edited 29 March by coolhandfox

[winteriscoming]

Just wait for the summer when we sell him for 1m and make Ayew captain.