Shushhh, we’re keeping quiet about young Braiden , well at least until next month when he is 17 and hopefully tied down to a 3 year pro deal. He’s been playing in a couple of u17 tournaments as well as 3 or 4 u18 games. Coming off the bench in one of the EFL Trophy games is the only u21 appearance I can remember.
For me he’s easily the best 16 year old we’ve had for years, he looks so accomplished in everything he does. He appears “ ahead of his age” in terms of his thinking , and certainly his fitness and movement is better than you’d expect. I’m wondering if his time at Linfield where he was involved with their first team meant he trained harder than other 16 year olds ,often they take a little bit of time to adjust to full time training, but he’s hit the ground running and scoring.
