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Hammer joins Accrington Stanley

Accrington Stanley have completed the loan signing of West Ham defender Aji Alese until January 2020.

The 18-year-old has been a regular in West Ham’s Under-18s and Under-23s since becoming a full-time scholar in the summer of 2017, by which time he had already made his Under-18 Premier League debut against Norwich City.

Alese has been capped by England at various youth levels, and he is currently a member of the Under-19s squad.

After signing, Alese told the Accrington Stanley website: “I’m very excited, I’ve heard a lot about the club, I’ve done a lot of research and I can’t wait to get started. So far I’ve only played Under-23s football, so I know League One is going to be tough, but if I can go there and do well then it will help me in my career a lot.

“I feel as though I bring pace, I can read the game well and I feel as though I can play with the ball at my feet as well.”

Stanley manager John Coleman said: “He’s a highly-rated prospect at West Ham and he’s been around the England squads. This is the chance for him to make the transition from junior football to senior football, we feel as though he has the attributes to make that step and left-sided centre-backs are quite rare so thats another plus and hopefully he can kickstart his senior career with us.

“Players do benefit from the experience of others here and I’ve had very good reports about his character as well.”

 

About Sean Whetstone

I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball, I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh. Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons! Follow me at @Westhamfootball on twitter

2 comments on “Hammer joins Accrington Stanley

  1. What position does he play Sean?

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