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EVANS CAN STILL LOOK UP ABOVE

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The LeaguePaper Team
20 September 2026

TOM Cleverley says age is no barrier for late bloomer Will Evans – and is backing the 29-year-old to follow former Pilgrim Lorent Tolaj into the Championship.
By Chris Dunlavy

Tolaj, 24, has enjoyed a quickfire rise to the second tier, with this summer’s £4m switch from Plymouth to Bristol City coming just two years after he was playing in the National League for Aldershot.
Evans’ own journey to Home Park has been rather more circuitous. The striker spent six years in the Welsh Premier League whilst studying for a degree and had enrolled on a teacher training co...

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