Everton Youth Teams Thread

[Marcus Kendall]

It appears to me that we’ve broadened our scouting network in recent years away from local scouts to more national/ international coverage and are now fishing in a more diverse pond. Whether that’s a result of fewer local scouts , fewer talented “ local” players or both I don’t know.

The end result is an external influx of potentially decent players in both age groups. At u21 - Gomez , Nigeria; Boakye Ghana; Benjamin Arsenal,; Tamen last season from Burton. And an even bigger external influx at U18s with Akarakiri, Clarke, Graham, Loney , Freedman, Matos, Poland. And we’ve still brought or are bringing longer term players through the ranks like Armstrong, Foster, Thomas, Olayiwola , Robert, Moses etc and four u21s in the Palace squad.

We know they won’t all make it, but I find it refreshing and exciting seeing these newcomers coming in along side local players.

Gomez is Gambian which is a popular surname over there (the other lots Joe Gomez is also of Gambian descent)