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BBC News
3 days ago
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- BBC News
Leicester midfielder Dyke to join QPR
Leicester City midfielder Kaleb Dyke will move to QPR at the start of 18-year-old will join up fully with the Rs after a successful trial will join centre-back Timothy Akindileni, who completed his move from Aberdeen on Monday, in the development squad."For me, the right club is the one with the pathway, the pathway into the first team," he told the QPR website, external. "And then it's the facilities and the overall feeling of the club."The feeling for me here was very positive from the start – the pathway's amazing, you can see players going into the first team, so it was a no-brainer."
Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Aberdeen 'finding it increasingly difficult' to keep youngsters
Aberdeen say they are "finding it increasingly difficult" to hold on to young talent after confirming teenage defender Timothy Akindileni has left to join Queens Park Rangers for an undisclosed fee. The Pittodrie side say they made "prolonged attempts to persuade" the 17-year-old to stay, but the youngster has opted to join QPR's development squad. Advertisement The centre-back impressed in the Dons youth set-up but never played a first-team game for the club. "We are, of course, disappointed to be losing Timi as we had high hopes for him," said Aberdeen director of football Steven Gunn. "We made numerous attempts to convince him to stay with Aberdeen, but similar to the issues faced by so many Scottish clubs in recent years, we are finding it increasingly difficult to hold on to our young players." Gunn adds that Aberdeen have "negotiated a significant deal" that will provide "future protection" if Akindileni develops "into the player we hoped he could be".
BBC News
4 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Aberdeen 'finding it increasingly difficult' to keep youngsters
Aberdeen say they are "finding it increasingly difficult" to hold on to young talent after confirming teenage defender Timothy Akindileni has left to join Queens Park Rangers for an undisclosed Pittodrie side say they made "prolonged attempts to persuade" the 17-year-old to stay, but the youngster has opted to join QPR's development centre-back impressed in the Dons youth set-up but never played a first-team game for the club."We are, of course, disappointed to be losing Timi as we had high hopes for him," said Aberdeen director of football Steven Gunn."We made numerous attempts to convince him to stay with Aberdeen, but similar to the issues faced by so many Scottish clubs in recent years, we are finding it increasingly difficult to hold on to our young players."Gunn adds that Aberdeen have "negotiated a significant deal" that will provide "future protection" if Akindileni develops "into the player we hoped he could be".
