Juventus attacker Samuel Iling-Junior has claimed that Levi Colwill is definitely an exciting Chelsea youngster coming through to watch out for.
Iling-Junior, who spent several years in Chelsea’s academy, is a 19-year-old talent now playing in the Juventus first team.
The London-born forward played alongside a number of rising stars still on the books for the Blues. In particular, Colwill.
Both 19, Iling-Junior and Colwill are two talented youngsters that have gone different ways with their developments.
Iling-Junior is now enjoying senior minutes at Juventus after making the brave step to Italy. In contrast, Colwill is still a Chelsea-owned player and is maturing this season out on loan at Brighton in the Premier League.
Levi Colwill praise
Iling-Junior has named his former Chelsea youth teammate as a rising star to keep an eye on.
The Juventus man thinks Colwill is a fantastic ball-playing centre-back with extreme confidence and “swagger”.
“Levi Colwill is definitely someone to watch for years to come. He’s just solid. He’s always had that quality left foot and that swagger about him when he’s making those passes and steps out from the back,” Iling-Junior told The Athletic.
“We played three at the back and he was on the left of the defence. I played in front of him as the wing-back and he didn’t really like it when I’d go off and dribble because he liked to overlap.”
Colwill’s made just 11 Brighton appearances so far this season due to a mixture of injuries and team selection, but he’s clearly shown he already belongs on the Premier League stage.
The left-footed centre-half was superb during his time in the Championship last season on loan at Huddersfield Town. The step up to Brighton has been fairly seamless, too.
Football London claimed last month that Chelsea have already started preliminary talks with Colwill about a new contract at Stamford Bridge.
Hopefully, the academy graduate can force his way into Graham Potter’s plans sooner rather than later.
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