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14 youngsters join U18s ahead of upcoming campaign

2023-07-12T16:00:00.000Z

ACADEMY SCHOLARS SIGN ON FOR 2023/24 SEASON

14 youngsters join U18s ahead of upcoming campaign

2023-07-12T16:00:00.000Z

14 youngsters join U18s ahead of upcoming campaign

Burnley Football Club is delighted to confirm that 14 new first-year scholars have been added to the youth team ahead of the upcoming 2023/24 season.

The youngsters have all joined for the next two seasons, putting pen-to-paper on their deals during a celebration at Turf Moor on Friday 30th June.

The new scholars and their parents also enjoyed a Q&A from current U21’s Dan Sassi, Joe Westley and Charlie Casper, in which they reflected on their respective journey’s and gave advice to the U18s.

In the highest number in several years, nine of the 14 players have progressed through the academy from a young age with many having been with the club since Foundation Phase and Pre-Academy.

Amongst those are Zach Johnson and Vernon Masara, with the latter featuring for the U21s side last season.

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Alongside these are Noah Adekoya, Luca Jackson, Frankie McMahon Brown, Logan Carlin and Jack McEvilly, who all joined the Club during their U12 season, with Carlin being Burnley-born and McEvilly already featuring heavily for the U18s.

Adam McCoy and Oliver Pimlott signed with the Clarets in their U15 and U14 season’s respectively, with both already playing for the U18s, the former towards the end of the previous campaign and the latter in Pre-Season almost a year ago.

Defender Marley Leuluai, who has captained New Zealand’s U17 side as part of their run to U17 World Cup Qualification, has joined the Clarets from Manchester City and goalkeeper Felix Chester has signed from Manchester United alongside fellow Red Devils player Adam Abbas.