England make Evan Ferguson plea as Southgate outlines plan for Brighton starlet
England supervisor Gareth Southgate has hailed the skills of Evan Ferguson and indicated he could be thinking about making an attempt to persuade him to modify worldwide allegiance from the Republic of Ireland. Ferguson has emerged as one of many brightest abilities within the English recreation after breaking into Brighton’s first group final season, and he has caught the attention of Southgate with a string of spectacular performances.
The 18-year-old has already scored 4 targets within the Premier League this season together with a hat-trick within the 3-1 win over Newcastle, changing into the fourth-youngest participant to attain a treble within the prime flight.
Comparisons have been made to Alan Shearer, Erling Haaland and Harry Kane, whereas Manchester City reportedly keeping a close eye on his progress on the Amex Stadium. Brighton worth the towering striker at round £150million after hypothesis linked him with Tottenham earlier in the summertime.
Ferguson is already a fully-fledged Republic of Ireland worldwide, although, and Southgate is not hopeful of luring him to hitch their ranks after being met with some reluctance from the teen.
“I think Ferguson’s played too many games at senior level, I think he’s got eight caps now,” the England boss told reporters.
“I’m not exactly sure on whether he definitely can’t, but I think he’s made it very clear he feels he was born in Ireland. I think he’s a bloody good player. We have to respect him, I don’t think he’s given any inkling that would be any different.
“At the same time, we were looking at Haaland and wishing that he might have been available as well. But we’ve got a pretty good number nine and we’re very happy with him!”
Several Premier League stars have made the change from Ireland to characterize England at senior worldwide degree lately, with Jack Grealish and Declan Rice essentially the most high-profile examples. The pair each performed for Ireland in youth classes however opted to modify to the nation of their delivery.
Newcastle midfielder Elliott Anderson, one other teen who caught the attention within the recreation on the South Coast, could possibly be swayed after pulling out of the Scotland squad earlier this week. And Southgate confirmed he’s on their radar, hinting they might be thinking about luring him to the Three Lions camp.
“We like Anderson, we do like him. We think he’s a player that’s doing really well,” Southgate added. “Obviously, he was called into their squad earlier in the week and I don’t know what the position is at the moment.
“I saw he’s pulled out [of the squad]. Let’s see, that’s something that our organisation will be picking up. He’s definitely a player we like.”