Evan Ferguson - Top Irish Prospect

Goal for Evan, his first for the Republic of Ireland!


Bojan Djordjic said:
He said Ferguson was the most complete forward he'd worked with. He also said the best kid he'd worked with was Andrew Moran who is promising but still to break through despite being older.
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I go to almost every U23’s home fixture and have seen a lot of Moran. He is creative and skilful, and has made the bench a few times this season for the first team.

At the moment, however, he is quite visibly lacking in the physical attributes needed to play in the Premier League. He is a long way off presently and I feel a loan would be the obvious next step forward for him.

He looks a little lightweight right now; Ferguson is a specimen and Andrew comparatively can look like a boy in a men’s team at times, even in a young development side.
 
Looks very promising. I think it's a bit soon for us. We need the ready made, full package this summer. He'd be great in addition but that's probably not realistic as I think Brighton would always want huge money for this lad. They're not going to cash in on him for cheap when they know down the line he'll be worth a fortune.
 
What I think sticks out so clearly with this kid is the importance having been brought up in an environment that is somewhat similar to how we play under ETH.

The kid is big, fast and very talented. But it’s not like he is Haaland two. He got a fairly long way to go before he could be labeled as elite.

But he is also really smart with the ball. Always looking for ways to make plays to retain possession. He is very aware of the time and space he got. Where his teammates are. There is no way he would have been so good in this areas has he played for West Ham or Everton or the likes.

This would make integrating him to our team so much easier than it would have been otherwise. It’s the opposite of a McTominay, who definitely has a lot of skill besides all physical attributes — but just don’t got the rhythm of ETH ball in him at all.
 
UTAretro said:
Goal for Evan, his first for the Republic of Ireland!




I go to almost every U23’s home fixture and have seen a lot of Moran. He is creative and skilful, and has made the bench a few times this season for the first team.

At the moment, however, he is quite visibly lacking in the physical attributes needed to play in the Premier League. He is a long way off presently and I feel a loan would be the obvious next step forward for him.

He looks a little lightweight right now; Ferguson is a specimen and Andrew comparatively can look like a boy in a men’s team at times, even in a young development side.
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Yeah, not my own view but he is a lovely player so I hope he makes it. A lot less physically mature to Ferguson but that's not unusual and I fully agree that he could probably do with a loan (Belgium might be good).

To be fair, it also wasn't clear from the coaches tweets whether he meant best in terms of quality or best as in good lad, does what he's told, eager to learn etc. He also seems to be a natural no 10 which isn't ideal in the modern game unless you're top tier. Ireland are missing creativity in midfield though so I'm very invested in his development.
 
Bojan Djordjic said:
Yeah but its probably too late for that already. We say we should take punts on the 5-10mn players because they're free hits. What you would pay for Ferguson would be a big chunk of your transfer budget and he's nowhere near a guarantee as good as he looks.
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Well it depends, he's only 18 as he's not a starter for them having less than 500 minutes in EPL. I think this is just the time surely if we go for him he'll be delighted and will push for the move as well.

I get the point about taking punts for 5-10M, but we do that as well. For example we did that with Mejbri, Garnacho, Pellistri, Amad (around 20M but still), etc . It doesnt always pay out and we can't buy every single youngster.
 
United fan too. Sign him up. Send our very own Ferguson to try and get him to sign.
And If Darren isn't able to convince him, get Sir Alex on board.
 
Looks a player, no point comparing him with Rooney or anyone else at that age, calmness on the ball and not panicking in front of goal, that what i would look for first in a striker, he definitely shows a bit of both, i would definitely say worth a punt but cant understand why Chelsea didnt after playing against them a few years ago
 
Makes sense if we get kane otherwise if we go for the more youthful option aka Victor it would make no long term sense and even potentially hamper his development.
 
next_number_seven said:
Have a look at his highlights for his debut at 14 versus Chelsea. It's remarkable
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I remember watching that game at the time but I don't remember any mention of a literal child coming off the bench. His strength was really impressive, holding his own pretty easily against Zouma.

 
WeePat said:
I remember watching that game at the time but I don't remember any mention of a literal child coming off the bench. His strength was really impressive, holding his own pretty easily against Zouma.

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How the hell didn't Chelsea sign him off the back of that highlight real, he looked amazing against men at 14 years of age.
 
Devil81 said:
How the hell didn't Chelsea sign him off the back of that highlight real, he looked amazing against men at 14 years of age.
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No idea, but seeing how he's developed since, it's a good thing we didn't.
 
Devil81 said:
How the hell didn't Chelsea sign him off the back of that highlight real, he looked amazing against men at 14 years of age.
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I think he turned down a few clubs to sign for Brighton as it offered an easier path to the first team.
It's possible Chris Hughton was manager also.
Chelsea was a graveyard for young players
 
croadyman said:
Who is better out of him and this Hojlund
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The two look like very different players and Evan Ferguson is two years younger with very limited minutes played so hard to judge them. The one thing that jumps out about Ferguson though is his efficiency on the ball. He makes really good decisions and doesn't run around like a headless chicken to get noticed like a lot of younger lads tend to do. Hjolund looks really good too though and is getting a lot of minutes for a twenty year old which is a good sign in terms of how highly he's rated. Would be in the back of my mind as to why Copenhagen let him go so easily though but they wouldn't be the first club to let a gem slide between their fingers so can't judge too harshly on that.
 
Hojlund looks better, the more rounded player. But Ferguson is plenty good too. Just a year and half between them. Certainly two to watch. Won't mind one of them for the future.
 
Okey said:
Hojlund looks better, the more rounded player. But Ferguson is plenty good too. Just a year and half between them. Certainly two to watch. Won't mind one of them for the future.
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At their age, that extra year and a half of experience could be a monumental advantage.
 
next_number_seven said:
I wonder what price they'd accept. Everyone has a price.

Maybe 70m
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Maybe, nowadays 70m buy you a young player with potential, see Antony 90m. World class players now going for around 120 to 150m.

But personally I think young players with high potential should be around 30 to 40m with add on tie to his performance to maybe maximum 60m.
 
Isak went for 70m and he has over 4 years of european experience at the highest level. Realistically he's around 40-50m but Brighton would probably rather not sell at all.
 
Yakuza_devils said:
Maybe, nowadays 70m buy you a young player with potential, see Antony 90m. World class players now going for around 120 to 150m.

But personally I think young players with high potential should be around 30 to 40m with add on tie to his performance to maybe maximum 60m.
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He might have double figures for Brighton and a couple of more goals for Ireland by the summer.

He's true value is probably more like 30m but I guess his age and potential are inflating it.

An ex coach of his at under 18 said he's the best he's seen at that age, so the potential is definitely there.

What's attractive about him is that he seems to have a bit of everything. He's not as quick as Haaland but is better technically definitely.

To me Greenwood and Rashford looked better at that age cos of their pace and Greenwoods finishing off either foot.
 
If we switched from Martial and Weghorst to Osimhen and Ferguson we’d be in dreamland. Amadou Onana and Bella-Kotchap are also other young talents we need to sign this summer.
 
The sort of lad Fergie would be demanding the club sign. There's no way he'd let a young PL striker like this that is so well rounded at a young age go anywhere else.

Unfortunately it's a bit more complex these days. Lots of genuine competition and clubs like Brighton are relatively powerful. Aside from dictating high fees for relatively unproven talent they can also afford to convince the player his development is best served by remaining. They'd have a good and convincing argument too given their performances and style.
 
Will be very interesting to see how he gets on tonight in a game where he’ll get limited service and up against top bracket defenders.
 
Oddly I see more of a United player in him than Kane.

But that’s entirely based of a feeling so is borderline pointless to even say.
 
RuudTom83 said:
Oddly I see more of a United player in him than Kane.

But that’s entirely based of a feeling so is borderline pointless to even say.
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It’s the Irish connection. It’s been too long since we had an Irish player with at least an important role in the squad. We’ve only flirted with a few Irish youth prospects in our academy since O’Shea.
 
red.knight said:
If we switched from Martial and Weghorst to Osimhen and Ferguson we’d be in dreamland. Amadou Onana and Bella-Kotchap are also other young talents we need to sign this summer.
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Bella Kotchap is another talent I would like us to snap, he isnt good enough to be starting but only 21 with bundesliga and premier league experience he's a good call to be a rotation player. Having the potential to be a starter in the mid future. Would take him any day above Maguire and Lindelof.
 
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