Ampadu rejected by England

[mazadona10]

Cos he took "too few touches" for England's liking, and besides that, they already had another 12 players of the same age who were better than him

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45479077

Is love to know who those 12 players are and where they are now

[qccfc]

Its Understandable, you would imagine at the the English FA would be mainly focusing on under 14 at the top academies of the countries, and a phone call from a manager in league 2 would not be hot on a list of priorities. I would have imagined that the attitude would have been if he is good enough we will pick him up when he goes to a top academy.

On the flip side Wales doesnt have that luxury and put in the hard work to identify the player at a younger age, and get him involved early, and that is extremely well done to Wales.

When Ampadu then signed for Chelsea at 16 England were very interested. In fact he played a game for England under 16. However Wales had done the work on him by then.

Im not a fan of these stories really Clubs and International sides will always miss players, and on a phone in show the Manager (Tisdale in this case), is always looking for the sensational headline and publicity.

[Wales-Bales]

Its Understandable, you would imagine at the the English FA would be mainly focusing on under 14 at the top academies of the countries, and a phone call from a manager in league 2 would not be hot on a list of priorities. I would have imagined that the attitude would have been if he is good enough we will pick him up when he goes to a top academy.

On the flip side Wales doesnt have that luxury and put in the hard work to identify the player at a younger age, and get him involved early, and that is extremely well done to Wales.

When Ampadu then signed for Chelsea at 16 England were very interested. In fact he played a game for England under 16. However Wales had done the work on him by then.

Im not a fan of these stories really Clubs and International sides will always miss players, and on a phone in show the Manager (Tisdale in this case), is always looking for the sensational headline and publicity.

You must admit it was quite amusing though, the bloke on the other end of the phone sounds like a bit of a dickhead saying stuff like that

[goats]

It just goes to show that players can change a lot from 15-18. I bet half of those supp better are now without clubs even.