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Development/Youth Squads 2022/2023 Thread - U18/U21

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Former Leicester City starlet Sidnei Tavares is set to return to the club for the first time today since his surprise move to Porto.

Tavares left City on a free transfer in the summer of 2021 and was involved in a whirlwind of deadline day confusion. Reports from Italy had said Parma had signed Tavares on a four-year deal, with the Serie B club's president even confirming the imminent arrival of a Portuguese player. Such a player never arrived, and it was soon after that Tavares was confirmed as a Porto player.

The midfielder had a contract offer on the table from Leicester, which is understood to have been above the level City would ordinarily offer a teenager in his position. He rejected it, though, and the club backed down from the talks.

 

Having moved to Leicester from Portugal with his family aged nine months, Tavares played for City since he was nine years old. His mother returned to Portugal just before he turned two, so his father Marco raised him alone. With such a backstory, it would have been hard to begrudge the young midfielder a move to Porto - the team his whole family, including cousin Nani, supports.


Bizarrely, Tavares didn't arrive at Porto for six months and it is not publicly clear why. He was then in and out of their B team - who play in the second division of Portugese football - throughout the second half of last season season, growing into the side as he went.

After making cameo appearances in the first five games of this season, he has become a regular and has completed a full 90 minutes in six of their last eight. He is yet to score for them, but goals have never been a part of his game.

"He definitely has talent and can improve a lot," a source close to Porto, who follows their B team games, tells LeicestershireLive. "Sometimes he does great, sometimes it seems that he doesn't want to play. I think he needs time.

"It will be hard for him to play in the first team because we have two great youth players training with the first team and playing with the secondary team, but you never know. It's up to him if he wants to achieve great things or not."

Tavares now returns to Leicester for the first time, as his Porto team travel to Seagrave in Premier League International Cup action. While Tavares will no doubt enjoy catching up with old teammates and coaches, he may also get a taste of what could had been if he stayed with the club he grew up at.

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1 hour ago, davieG said:

"Sometimes he does great, sometimes it seems that he doesn't want to play. I think he needs time."

That's the saddest part. It seems like his head is easily turned. Too many young players go down this path. He has the talent to be a really good player, as proved in a pretty decent performance for us in the Premier League. It seems like he just needs some focus.

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Think we could be in for a bit of a battering this evening. Alves isn’t playing he’s off MK Dons tomorrow night and let’s hope not just to warm the bench! Hearing Braybrooke, Brunt and possibly Wormleighton also travelling tomorrow. So the main spine of the team could be out tonight against a half decent Porto youth side

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2 hours ago, Burbagefox89 said:

Think we could be in for a bit of a battering this evening. Alves isn’t playing he’s off MK Dons tomorrow night and let’s hope not just to warm the bench! Hearing Braybrooke, Brunt and possibly Wormleighton also travelling tomorrow. So the main spine of the team could be out tonight against a half decent Porto youth side

Hopefully give Trey Nyoni a game against them.

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https://www.lcfc.com/news/2988063/citys-youngsters-settle-for-cup-draw-against-10-men-porto?fbclid=IwAR1LRjb4Oz4ApsckNqUnfZuJcpqk3o5UsjFWmIw-fhKnET_ENo5fdQXM6ZM

 

Leicester City's Development Squad were held to a goalless draw with FC Porto B at LCFC Training Ground on Monday, after the travelling side saw red 15 minutes from time.

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Latest Leicester City transfer news as young defender Deniche Hill signs a professional contract following his impressive pre-season outings

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Leicester City have signed young defender Deniche Hill to a professional contract.

The 18-year-old full-back, who can also play as a winger, has put pen to paper after impressing since arriving in pre-season. He featured for the first team in a pre-season outing against Notts County over the summer, and also played several games for the under-21s.

Hill has now confirmed on his Instagram page that he has signed his first professional contract with the club. "Proud to have signed my first professional contract with @lcfc," the Bermuda under-20 international wrote on Instagram. "Big thanks to all the parties involved in the process. God's Plan."

 

After initially arriving in pre-season and training with the first team, Hill has stayed with the club and has been training with the under-21s. He played 30 minutes for the seniors in their recent friendly against Patrick Kisnorbo's Troyes at Seagrave.

City picked Hill up from Market Harborough's Brooke House College, who run a highly-regarded, full-time football academy programme. Hill was in his third year at the school before being picked up by Leicester over the summer.

Former Leicester boss Micky Adams is technical director for the college's football programme, and remains close to City thanks to his two-decade professional relationships with director of football Jon Rudkin and other long-standing staff.

Hill's father Corey, himself a former Bermuda international, works as a recruitment agent for the college and is also a UK scout for the Bermuda FA.

Meanwhile, young City defender Tom Wilson-Brown, 18, has also put pen to paper on a professional contract with the club.

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