Joe Hugill is the name in the frame for this transfer rumour that emanates from Alan Nixon who (as I’ve mentioned before) knows his stuff. As for who this lad is and what he can offer anyone, there simply isn’t enough information about a U18 player online.
What I did find was a game Sunderland lost 4-0 to Liverpool’s under 18’s back in January – so that lad’s stats from that are going to tell us nothing, other than he did make himself busy.
Nixon believes that Hugill, who is just 16, plays well above his age group and is rated as good as any of his type of forward for his age.
Once football fights its way past this wretched virus and returns, many clubs are going to be looking further down the footballing food chain than normal, in the search for value. Hugill is poised to trade for six figures, and with many months of fan-free football ahead of us, that’s an appealing neighbourhood to be shopping in.
Maybe no bad thing, the Liverpool of the seventies plundered the lower division’s for the likes of Keegan and Phil Neal.
Utd will be the player’s first choice, Jose doesn’t play kids for a start. Why would you ever go to a club managed by Maureen if you were a kid hopeful of a break in the first team?