Alfie Devine

[mawspurs]

I still don’t get why CCV has never been deemed worthy of a chance with the senior squad.

i agree he has looked Ok each time I’ve seen him.

 

[Rosco1984]

i agree he has looked Ok each time I’ve seen him.

I'm from Bedfordshire so lots of Luton fans here who all say carter Vickers was unreal for them last year big part of them staying up...

 

[mawspurs]

I'm from Bedfordshire so lots of Luton fans here who all say carter Vickers was unreal for them last year big part of them staying up...

yeah I’d read that, they were hoping to get him back for this season.

 

[SpursTillIDie1882]

He's not 'white' and is London born, but beyond that I have no idea if he's of mixed ethnicity. I can see a variety of African and Dravidian traits, and Mathurin is a French name, so I would lean towards South East Indian as that's also where you can find the afro-textured hair too, which I guess is British Asian. Roshaun is an African-American based name though, so a bit of a curve-ball when making a guess.

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Hopefully no one is somehow offended by that analysis (you never know) but I find it interesting. India has such a diverse genetic basis beyond what I think people would normally identify.

He is not indian i can verify that, however at spurs we do have one player of indian descent that has played through most of our youth teams and is now in u23, he is Dilan Markanday.

 

[IfiHadTheWings]

He is not indian i can verify that, however at spurs we do have one player of indian descent that has played through most of our youth teams and is now in u23, he is Dilan Markanday.

After seeing that Wolves lad i was just going to say you really don’t see that many South Asian footballers coming through or really playing in the European leagues, i’m actually struggling to think of many other than Hamza Choudhury who is mixed South Asian/West Indian.

 

[GioW]

Trent would have been their only prospect for that age group, maybe Dhanda so easy pick for them. I'll be honest as good and promising as CCV was, Edwards was light years our most talented player. I assume CCV got the spot as he would've gone to the u20 World Cup that year at 17 and I think made someones TOTT. So If they don't actually watch players and look at what's on paper then I can see why CCV would've made the cut. He was and is a very good CB

Yeah to be fair I got that wrong it was

2014 - CCV
2015 - Edwards
2016 - Oakley Booth
2017 - Skipp
2018 - Harvey White
2019 - Durmi Lusala
2020 - Devine

 

[HodisGawd]

Alfie is listed by the Guardian as one to watch....

Next Generation 2020: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs

We pick the best young players at each club born between 1 September 2003 and 31 August 2004, an age band known as first-year scholars

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Arsenal are incredible at finding these youngsters with huge potential.

 

[kmk]

After seeing that Wolves lad i was just going to say you really don’t see that many South Asian footballers coming through or really playing in the European leagues, i’m actually struggling to think of many other than Hamza Choudhury who is mixed South Asian/West Indian.

Apart from our own Dilan Markanday, there was Yann Dhanda at Liverpool who is now at Swansea. There is also Hamza Choudhury at Leicester.

There have been a small number of footballers with mixed British and South Asian heritage including Michael Chopra, Neil Taylor and Danny Baath (Ex Wolves).

Bayern have a young New Zealand international Sarpreet Singh who has been loaned to Nuremberg.

 

[SpursTillIDie1882]

Apart from our own Dilan Markanday, there was Yann Dhanda at Liverpool who is now at Swansea. There is also Hamza Choudhury at Leicester.

There have been a small number of footballers with mixed British and South Asian heritage including Michael Chopra, Neil Taylor and Danny Baath (Ex Wolves).

Bayern have a young New Zealand international Sarpreet Singh who has been loaned to Nuremberg.

I think your spot on there wit the names, there was a lad that played from Bury not so long along, the name escapes me right now. The chap you mentioned last is probably one that could make it at a decent level.

Anyway back on topic, Alfie i think has a very good chance, we plucked him from up north potentially a coup you could say we got him, he is a lad that really could break through in a few years, i do hope he changes his hair cut though lol ?

 

[IGSpur]

I still don’t get why CCV has never been deemed worthy of a chance with the senior squad.

My opinion is always that he is an academy player so isn't seen as valuable or written off sooner. He's the same age as Foyth and played in the same u20 World Cup tournament we spotted Foyth at. That would've been CCV's second u20 world cup.

We then gave Foyth 'more chanes' and CCV was essentially written off after a game where he was outmuscled by Akinfenwa.

I also don't think he's ability on the ball was seen a reliable enough which Foyth was better at but I always saw CCV as a fairly sturdy defender. Deserved more chances but there you go

 

[IGSpur]

He is not indian i can verify that, however at spurs we do have one player of indian descent that has played through most of our youth teams and is now in u23, he is Dilan Markanday.

We've had 4 asian boys in our academy at the same time recently in age order Dylan Duncan (99), Dilan Markanday(01), Dillon Desilva(02) now at QPR and Dhillon Sandhu-Nelson (04) who is an u16 but I haven't heard about him in a while so he may have left. Yes, I think we are looking to exhaust all variations of the first name before we move onto another.

Apart from our own Dilan Markanday, there was Yann Dhanda at Liverpool who is now at Swansea. There is also Hamza Choudhury at Leicester.

There have been a small number of footballers with mixed British and South Asian heritage including Michael Chopra, Neil Taylor and Danny Baath (Ex Wolves).

Bayern have a young New Zealand international Sarpreet Singh who has been loaned to Nuremberg.

Easah Suliman who played for England with Edwards has also followed him to Vitoria and seems to be doing well there.

 

[Cult of Ange High Priest]

We've had 4 asian boys in our academy at the same time recently in age order Dylan Duncan (99), Dilan Markanday(01), Dillon Desilva(02) now at QPR and Dhillon Sandhu-Nelson (04) who is an u16 but I haven't heard about him in a while so he may have left. Yes, I think we are looking to exhaust all variations of the first name before we move onto another.



Easah Suliman who played for England with Edwards has also followed him to Vitoria and seems to be doing well there.