Clyne captures Young Player prize
442 Staff - Sunday 14 March 2010, 23:29
Crystal Palace starlet Nathaniel Clyne been named the FourFourTwo Young Player of the Year.
The announcement was made at the 2010 Football League Awards incorporating FourFourTwo’s
Top 50 Football League Players at Grosvenor House, Park Lane on Sunday
March 14 in front of more than 850 attendees from clubs, sponsors and
representatives of the football industry.
The 18-year-old defender is ranked 17th in FourFourTwo’s
Top 50 Football League Players list, making him the highest under-21
representative ahead of Nottingham Forest's Paul Anderson and
Southampton midfielder Adam Lallana.
Past winners of the award include Fabian Delph, Michael Kightly, Gareth Bale and David Nugent.
The Stockwell-born attacking full-back continues to shine at Selhurst
Park in a season blighted by off-field frustrations for the South
London side.
A product of the club’s youth system after arriving from Tottenham
Hotspur, Clyne has since made 45 league appearances for the Eagles,
scoring once in a 4-2 win at Reading in December.
“It is very pleasing as there are a lot of young players out there
playing first-team football. I’m very happy,” Clyne – who reportedly
rejected a move to Wolverhampton Wanderers last month – says in the
April issue of FourFourTwo magazine, in shops Monday.
And the England U19 international, who has represented his country on
three occasions, paid tribute to former manager Neil Warnock – now at
QPR following Palace’s move into administration – for handing him the
opportunity to perform on the big stage.
“He gave me my first-team debut and I owe a lot for that opportunity.
He gave me a lot of confidence to perform out on the field.”
The full interview with Clyne, plus additional exclusive one-on-ones
with Kevin Nolan, Graham Dorrans, Jermaine Beckford, Craig Dawson, Lee
Camp, Robbie Savage, Lee Hughes, Grant Holt and Rickie Lambert and the
full rundown of the Top 50 Football League Players can be found in the
April issue of FourFourTwo magazine – out Monday.
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