Guy Branston

FORMER FOOTBALL LEAGUE DEFENDER AND LEICESTER CITY LOANS MANAGER

The best young player I’ve seen in the EFL this season is Conor Bradley, a 19-yearold full-back who is on loan at Bolton from Liverpool.
He’s a Northern Ireland international, a fantastic athlete. He’s going to play for Liverpool at some point, and I mean regularly.

He can go forward. He can defend. He can join in and play as a winger, or be a proper stopper at the back. He likes to tackle, likes to clear balls, likes to head it. He can pass out from the back and waltz past people.

He’s so elegant and when ...