All-round skills are catching eye of elite

Player Profile: Hull City defender Jacob Greaves
By Chris Dunlavy

Jacob Greaves was 18 and yet to play a single minute of competitive football but Grant McCann had already seen enough.
“The kid is going to be special, it’s as simple as that,” said the former Northern Ireland midfielder, who was managing Hull when local boy Greaves emerged from the club’s youth system. “He has all the capabilities to go on and have a tremendous career.”
Four-and-a-half years on, Greaves is living up to the hype and will almost certainly spend next season playing at a higher level, irrespective of whether H...

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