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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Sport
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Who is Shadrach Ekiugbo? Liverpool's exciting centre-back sensation
It's time to introduce the next generation at Liverpool and chiefly among them Shadrach Ekiugbo. We've written about the exciting up and coming talent at the academy. The likes of Joshua Abe and Erik Farkas are both U16 players, but they have been promoted to the U18s this summer to continue their development at a higher level. 🔴 Shop the LFC 2025/26 adidas home range 🚨2025/26 LFC x adidas range🚨 LFC x adidas Shop the home range today! LFC x adidas Shop the goalkeeper range today LFC x adidas Shop the new adidas range today! 🔴 Behind them in the same age group is the talented Vincent Joseph, who has been catching the eye not just for Liverpool but for Germany's U15 and U16 side as well. Because of his eligibility for England and Germany, Joseph has been likened to Jamal Musiala. An attacking midfielder, who can make really intelligent runs into the box and score goals, he too, just like Abe and Farkas are worth keeping an eye on. The other player who should be on fans' radar is Ekiugbo. Recently, Liverpool's U16 side travelled to Tokyo, at the same time as the first team. They travelled to play two exhibition matches against the select. Liverpool lost both games (1-0 and 2-0) but there were some promising individual performances. Among the stand-out performers in both games was Ekiugbo. He's a different player to Joseph, Farkas and Abe. Primarily because he is not an attacker but a defender. What stood out about him in the games against the select is his reading of the game and how cool and composed he was. On top of that, he was brilliant on the ball, sending through balls and long passes that broke opposition lines. Ekiugbo was always looking to play the ball forward and instigate attacks. So, it's clear that he's a promising defender. And one name to keep an eye on. It's also important to note that he's been at the academy for a long time. He signed his first contract with the club as an U9 player, just like Abe and Joseph. As per the club's official website, Trent Alexander-Arnold was present on that special day. Ekiugbo has progressed through the ranks impressively ever since. He's now also an England U15 international, making his debut earlier this year against Turkey. In the two games, Ekiugbo caught the eye on both occasions. He played one half in each game and won four out of his six duels, winning eight out of 12 duels in total over the course of just over 90 minutes. He also won two out of three aerial duels and showcased his passing ability completing 45 of his 53 attempted passes and completing two out of three dribble attempts, which are impressive numbers for a centre-back in just 90 minutes. The next step for Ekiugbo is to break into the U18 side and earn that promotion just like Abe and Farkas have. He's got every chance if he continues to perform like he did at international level and in Tokyo.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Not just Florian Wirtz - Liverpool have ANOTHER exciting German wonderkid
And there's another lesser known youngster at the club who is following in their footsteps at the moment and will hope to follow in their footsteps of Wirtz, too, having been likened to Jamal Musiala. His name is Vincent Joseph and he plays for Liverpool's U16 team and Germany's U15 national team. Advertisement Many in Germany have likened him to Musiala due to his playing style and the fact that he grew up in England and could play for the Three Lions as well but has opted to represent Germany at the moment. The 15-year-old has been catching the eye at academy level this season. An attacking midfielder, who can also play as a no.10 and out wide and even as a striker, Joseph has been at the club since U9 level, penning his first contract in the presence of Trent Alexander-Arnold almost seven years ago as per Liverpool's official website. He captained Liverpool at Bayern Munich's U15 Elite Cup last year and has been regularly playing for the club's U16 team this season. A goal-scorer, who can take players on one vs one and play comfortably with his back to goal, Joseph scored hat-tricks against the likes of Everton and Stockport already this season. Advertisement He's been catching the eye in youth tournaments across Europe, just take a look at this rabona assist he made in a tournament in Poland earlier this year in the video above. Joseph comes from a footballing family. His older brother, Valentin, plays for Blackburn Rovers' U18 team and is also an exciting prospect with 14 goal contributions in 19 matches - close to a goal or assist every 92 minutes in the U18 Premier League this season - including three goal contributions in two matches against Liverpool. He's an exciting prospect with a lot of potential. After so many years of not having exciting German players in the team, ironically while playing under the most successful German manager in recent history, Liverpool could now have two of Germany's brightest prospects.
The Hindu
17-05-2025
- The Hindu
Nidhi to be handed over to her parents soon
The Ernakulam Child Welfare Committee (CWC) has taken an in-principle decision to restore the custody of Nidhi, a toddler who was abandoned on delivery at the Ernakulam General Hospital nearly four months ago, to her parents from Jharkhand based on a report from the Jharkhand CWC that the parents have the capacity to take care of the child notwithstanding their financial constraints. The Ernakulam CWC had written to their counterparts in Jharkhand after the parents returned to the city after the Kochi city police managed to track them down with the help of a police contingent from Jharkhand who came to the city to take part in a national-level police badminton tournament hosted by the city in April. The parents were booked by the Ernakulam Town North police under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 93 (exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parents or person having care of it) and 3(5) (when a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all) and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act Section 75 (cruelty to child) after they abandoned the child on her delivery. However, the police have also given a report to the CWC favouring the handing over of the toddler to her parents who agreed to take care of her. 'Since the Jharkhand CWC and the Kochi city police have given favourable reports, we will initiate the procedures to hand over the custody of the child. Our officials will escort the child and supervise the handover in the presence of the Jharkhand officials. The formalities would be completed in a week,' said Vincent Joseph, chairperson of Ernakulam CWC. Though Nidhi's parents were in the city last month, they had to return back to Jharkhand before meeting their child who remains at a child care institute in the city. Before coming to the city, they, however, managed to see their child virtually thanks to a videoconference arranged by the police. Nidhi was shifted from Ernakulam General Hospital (GH) to the child care institute after being deemed healthy enough in April. Her mother gave birth to her prematurely, at just 28 weeks into the pregnancy, at GH, and then went missing shortly afterwards on January 29. Since then, she has transformed from an anaemic baby weighing only 950 grams to a relatively healthy one weighing more than 2.50 kilograms. Nidhi's mother was rushed to GH after developing labour pain when the train reached Ernakulam on January 29, while she and her husband were on their way to Jharkhand. They worked at a fish farm in Kottayam. Shortly after the delivery, the baby was transferred to a private hospital in the city for specialised care. However, the parents went missing soon after the mother was discharged. The baby was then shifted back to GH.
