Manchester United's highly rated forward Ethan Wheatley has become the latest loanee through the door at the Bescot.
The United teenager, who has featured three times in the Premier League for United, arrives at Walsall as a replacement for Nathan Lowe after the free scoring striker was recalled by his club earlier in the window.
Walsall acted quickly to replace Lowe, and have brought in United's England under 19 international.
He made his debut off the bench in the defeat against Bradford on Saturday - and could be in line for his full debut against Fleetwood on Tuesday night.
George Bennett and Jonny Drury discussed Wheatley's arrival on the new episode of the Bescot Beat.
They look at how Wheatley's signing further bolsters Walsall's reputation in the loan market, and shows big Premier League clubs are happy to send their youngsters out to the Saddlers.
The United teenager, who has featured three times in the Premier League for United, arrives at Walsall as a replacement for Nathan Lowe after the free scoring striker was recalled by his club earlier in the window.
Walsall acted quickly to replace Lowe, and have brought in United's England under 19 international.
He made his debut off the bench in the defeat against Bradford on Saturday - and could be in line for his full debut against Fleetwood on Tuesday night.
George Bennett and Jonny Drury discussed Wheatley's arrival on the new episode of the Bescot Beat.
They look at how Wheatley's signing further bolsters Walsall's reputation in the loan market, and shows big Premier League clubs are happy to send their youngsters out to the Saddlers.
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00:00It's brilliant to see Ethan Wheatley come in. You look at Walsall's track record on
00:07the low market with Nathan Lowe, Ada B, Tommy Simpkin, etc. So many examples now. The fact
00:15that Walsall was able to get a youngster of that calibre just shows how much they're building
00:22a track record and a reputation for helping develop and nurture young players. Clubs like
00:27Man Utd want to send their prospects there to grow and develop, which I think is a real
00:32plus. But at the moment we don't necessarily know how good or how effective Ethan Wheatley
00:38is going to be. So we know how important that Jameel Mack can be. So clearly it's going
00:44to be key that he's fit.
00:45Yeah, it certainly is, isn't it? It's an interesting point you make there. And that was the kind
00:51of next thing that I had written down, really, George. Because like you say, Ethan Wheatley
00:56is someone who's coming in from Manchester United. He's made, I think, three substituted
00:59appearances in the league, maybe one in the EFL Cup this season for United. 19 years old.
01:06England under-19 international. Hasn't been out on a senior loan yet. The proof will be
01:13in the pudding on how effective he's going to be. You know, if you look, he's coming
01:18in, he's probably played a few less senior games than Nathan Lowe, maybe had for Stoke
01:22before he came in. But same age, similar build, similar stature. What did you kind
01:28of, the early look at him on Saturday, what did you kind of make of him? And is it kind
01:35of probably too early to tell whether he's going to hit the heights of Lowe? It'd be
01:39very difficult if he does. But if he comes in and scores a handful of goals, then he's
01:43probably done what Walsall probably want and what Man United want as well.
01:46Yeah, well, I mean, I've seen a couple of his cameos for United and just thought he
01:50kind of looked quite proactive, to be honest. But, you know, it was only a sort of small
01:53sample size of what you can maybe expect from him. And yeah, you know, a good record at
02:01youth level, which is which is a really good sign and success with United's youth teams
02:07last season. I think they've won a treble. So, you know, yeah, great pedigree in terms
02:13of his career at youth level. And now he's going to be looking to step up and try and
02:18make a name for himself on the senior stage. And yeah, I mean, the game was already dead
02:24by the time really he'd come on the pitch. But there were some glimpses. I mean, I liked
02:30his energy. There was a few times where he kind of pressed and got down that left hand
02:34side and tried to make things happen in which was a game where, you know, just nothing was
02:40really managing to stick for Walsall. So, yeah, you know, only early signs, only so
02:45much you can really gauge from it. But, you know, I remember I think I've been Nathan
02:49Lowe came on for his debut in a 1-0 defeat at MK Dons, where again, you know, despite
02:54the fact that they hadn't had three goals that passed them, Walsall just really struggled
02:59to offer a great deal going forward. But there were a few glimpses from Lowe in that game
03:03that you know, of what we eventually went on to see from him. And hopefully maybe, you
03:09know, we can we can see the same from from Ethan Wheatley. But yeah, too early to really
03:15gauge anything from that. But yeah, I think I think I think there are a couple of promising
03:20signs, albeit small.