As it is international football he is playing one year up (with the cut-off being Dec 31 rather than Aug 31 for club football). But yes, he is the second-youngest in the squad.
The 2025 UEFA European U-19 Championships have commenced today in Romania. It is an 8-team tournament so smaller than other competitions. Albion are represented this year by new signing Tommy Watson, fresh from his heroics in the Championship play-off final at Wembley, who has been called up for...
I listened to that last night. The bit I didn't enjoy was when he spoke about the possibility of Mitoma going to Arsenal.
Let's hope he is more informed about Greek transfers than English ones.
On the same day as that Guardian article there was one on the club website (penned by our own @Not Andy Naylor). These quotes really stood out for me - from Yankuba Minteh:-
I completely disagree with that.
Presumably if he played he would have taken the place of one of Elliot Anderson, Alex Scott, Harvey Elliott or Tino Livramento. They all have significantly more experience than Hinshelwood does.
Can't help but feel there's some blue-and-white tinted spectacle...
He hasn't been overlooked, he's in the squad.
I don't find it particularly surprising that he isn't starting tonight; he only made his debut for the U-21s last September and only started ONE (out of ten) of the qualifying matches for this tournament.
He'll still be eligible to play in the next...