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Travis Patterson: Villa’s next Ramsey?
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Aston Villa might unearth their subsequent Jacob Ramsey in Travis Patterson.
The 16-year-old attacking midfielder was named within the Guardian’s ‘Next Generation 2022’ list that profiles up-and-coming stars throughout the Premier League.
Incomes recognition from a nationwide newspaper so early in your profession is actually an encouraging signal of what could lie forward, significantly because the likes of Aaron Ramsey (2019) and Ben Chrisene (2020) had been all named on this thrilling listing up to now.
Patterson could possibly be the subsequent teenager to make the breakthrough at Bodymoor Heath.
Will Travis Patterson make it at Villa?
{The teenager} is described by journalist Ben Fisher as an ‘athletic and decided’ playmaker, able to enjoying as a no.8 and at full-back, and such a capability has already seen him characteristic for the U23 set-up at such a younger age.
‘He’s a dynamic, versatile participant who’s technically proficient and fluid in possession,’ the reporter added, incomes some likeness to Ramsey – the previous academy graduate now an enormous a part of the primary crew.
Having signed a scholarship solely in July, the Wolverhampton-born Patterson is enjoying effectively past his years, racking up eight appearances within the Premier League 2, in addition to one outing within the EFL Trophy, up to now.
Based on Football Insider, the 16-year-old has additionally attracted curiosity from Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur in current months too, so his performances aren’t simply making soundwaves in Birmingham.
Birmingham Mail author John Townley has prompt that the Villa gem has been “excelling” by way of the ranks at Bodymoor Heath, solely including to his unimaginable potential for the membership and perhaps someday quickly, it’ll catch the attention of first-team boss Steven Gerrard.
In Patterson, the Villans supervisor might effectively uncover the membership’s subsequent Ramsey and while such recognition could enhance the stress on such a youthful expertise, his versatile means is evidently an enormous constructive proper now.
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