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In recent years the Albion have very rarely publicised that 1st-year scholars have signed their first professional contracts. Joe Belmont, Zane Albarus, Evan Ferguson, Casper Nilsson, Marcus Ifill, Todd Miller, Antef Tsoungui - ALL of them signed pro during their first scholar year and the...

The other point here is that contracts run until June 30 (apart from short-term contracts offered to players, often youngsters, who are essentially trying to prove their worth). That is another interesting aspect of this situation - why was he no longer registered as an Albion player as of...

We would be due training compensation anyway, but the fact that he was no longer registered as an Albion player as of the end of the January 2022 transfer window, and he didn't sign with United until March 2022, has me wondering if United even needed to agree a deal with us or whether he was a...

We'll never know, but I don't think I've EVER heard of a club offering a player who they take on as a scholar, a deal that includes a professional contract that is only two years in total (ie one-year scholar plus one-year pro). A three-year deal is pretty common (either one-year scholar plus...

I have no idea what went on but it is really quite bizarre. He was a 1st-year scholar in 2020-21 but signed a professional contract during that season (as evidenced by the PL retained list at the end of the campaign). He couldn't have signed before Jan 3 2021 as you can't register a player as a...

You make it sound like we were more than happy for him to move on. I doubt very much that was the case. But if a young player is determined to move, there isn't a whole lot the club can do.

Ah great - did his move go to a tribunal, or did the clubs agree a deal?

As far as I know, it didn't go to a tribunal (as I think we would have heard about it, as in the Sturge/Mheuka case). So, the clubs probably came to an agreement on a deal. No idea what that deal was though.

Named on the bench for the first team for the first time today in their defeat at home to Fulham. (Tee hee!).