Im almost 100% certain this lad is not and never has been a kopite. He is a massive, massive Evertonian from what I have heard. I've followed him on twitter for quite a while and there is nothing to suggest he has ever been anything other than a huge Evertonian, much like Ross Barkley. Similarly with Barkley, you always hear rumours that they were boyhood reds and whatever but as I say, I'm pretty much certain he is a huge Blue.
As for his footballing ability, I went to both the youth cup games at Goodison this season and he definitely looks a player. Interestingly enough, he actually seems like the kind of player who has become a bit of a dying breed in recent modern football in the sense that he is very good all-round. Nowadays you often get midfielders who are more specialised; deep-lying playmakers whose strength is passing, holding players whose strength is tackling/positioning or attacking-midfielders whose strength is getting between the lines and threading balls through to strikers. Ryan Ledson on the other hand looks as though can do a bit of everything and seems to be pretty decent at all of those facets. I think he is definitely more of a CM than a CAM though. He seems like he could be well suited to being one of the midfield three in a 4-3-3. I hate to make the comparison but the best comparison I can think of in terms of his style of play is Jordan Henderson (this season only, not the past few seasons when he's been utter [Poor language removed]). He has a very good engine, is good at passing and his tackling is fairly decent as well. Very excited to see the youngsters coming through in the near future!