Source: TheGuardian
Adam Wharton’s England call-up is a credit to Crystal Palace’s progression
The young midfielder is one of four players from soaring Eagles in Gareth Southgate’s provisional squad for Euro 2024Adam Wharton could hardly have picked a more difficult moment to make his Premier League debut at the start of February. With Crystal Palace trailing 1-0 against their arch-rivals Brighton, a knee injury to the captain, Marc Guéhi, forced Roy Hodgson to throw in the 19-year-old, who had signed 48 hours earlier from Blackburn.Roberto De Zerbi’s side doubled their lead within five minutes, and seven seconds after Palace kicked off again a moment arrived that must have been replayed in Wharton’s mind countless times. Receiving the ball midway in his own half, he turned and attempted to pass to Tyrick Mitchell but was surprised by Pascal Gross and ended up losing possession. Wharton pounded the turf in frustration after making a futile late lunge to try to prevent Facundo Buonanotte from curling past Dean Henderson to make it 3-0 as Brighton went on to record their biggest win over Palace since January 1956. Continue reading......read full article
