Spurs track Coventry starlet
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Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Liverpool and Manchester City are all scouting Coventry City prospect James Maddison.
Maddison is 18-years-old and Coventry are expecting bids from a host of Premier League clubs this window in an effort to secure him, with the Coventry Telegraph suggesting that Spurs are leading the chase.
James Maddison Fact File
Name: James Daniel Maddison
Date of birth: Nov 23, 1996
Place of birth: Coventry, England
Age: 18
Height: 1.79m (5ft 10 1/2in)
Nationality: English
Position: Midfield
In the team since: Nov 24, 2014
Contract until: 30.06.2018
The young midfielder has a three-and-a-half year contract at Coventry that he only signed in November and manager Steven Pressley does not want to see him leave, although he appreciates there are going to be offers.
The problem Coventry face is not only player ambition but the fact they played league leaders Swindon Town at home and pulled in a record low attendance and without the income from gate receipts the club finances will come under pressure. That usually involves player sales to balance the books, unfortunately for them the life of a lower league club.
The Coventry Telegraph say there is little Coventry can do if a premier League club comes calling and rate Maddison as the hottest prospect they have had at Coventry since Chris Kirkland in 2001, who went to Liverpool for £6 million ($9.08m - €7.88m).
Reading up about him he has set himself goals which is demonstration of the right mentality and has a confidence in his own ability that some call cockiness.
Maddison is 18-years-old and Coventry are expecting bids from a host of Premier League clubs this window in an effort to secure him, with the Coventry Telegraph suggesting that Spurs are leading the chase.
James Maddison Fact File
Name: James Daniel Maddison
Date of birth: Nov 23, 1996
Place of birth: Coventry, England
Age: 18
Height: 1.79m (5ft 10 1/2in)
Nationality: English
Position: Midfield
In the team since: Nov 24, 2014
Contract until: 30.06.2018
The young midfielder has a three-and-a-half year contract at Coventry that he only signed in November and manager Steven Pressley does not want to see him leave, although he appreciates there are going to be offers.
“This boy is going to be a star – I’ve got no doubts about that. That’s the nature of the industry but we have put a huge emphasis on our young players and in order for us to be successful we have to keep them, and I know that.
“Certainly the ones who are in the team at this moment in time we have no intentions of selling them and we’re under no pressure to sell them at all. And they have to be part of the team moving forward.
“But as a team and a club, we’ve also got a responsibility that if we want to keep them we’ve got to progress so that our very best young players – in order for us to retain them – we will have to move through the leagues.
“So we have a responsibility as well, but we have no intention of selling the young ones in the team just now.
“I have got no doubts that over the next couple of years we’ll receive good offers on certain players but we’ve got to resist those offers and build a really good Coventry side.”
The problem Coventry face is not only player ambition but the fact they played league leaders Swindon Town at home and pulled in a record low attendance and without the income from gate receipts the club finances will come under pressure. That usually involves player sales to balance the books, unfortunately for them the life of a lower league club.
The Coventry Telegraph say there is little Coventry can do if a premier League club comes calling and rate Maddison as the hottest prospect they have had at Coventry since Chris Kirkland in 2001, who went to Liverpool for £6 million ($9.08m - €7.88m).
Reading up about him he has set himself goals which is demonstration of the right mentality and has a confidence in his own ability that some call cockiness.
“I like to have a lot of the ball at my feet, dribble with it, take players on, draw them in. That’s how I earn a lot of fouls I think. Big strong defenders think, 'I’m just going to show him what I’m all about’ and I’ll nick it away and win a free-kick. I have confidence in my own ability, I think I’m quite good at dead-ball situations whether that’s corners, fee-kicks, penalties."
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