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WILL ADDS TO GUY’S TOP TIPS

by
The LeaguePaper Team
16 August 2026

FLP COLUMNIST ON THE BALL
WILL Lankshear is already earning rave reviews after making a blockbuster £10m switch from Tottenham Hotspur to Middlesbrough.
By Chris Dunlavy

And one man who isn’t surprised to see the 21-year-old flourishing is our resident talent-spotter Guy Branston.
The former Sheffield Wednesday and Rotherham centre-back pens a monthly column for The FLP, and this time last year tipped Lank-shear to shine following a loan move to Oxford United.
“This kid is dynamite,” wrote Branston, who now works as an agent. “Even at 20, he’...

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