Kevin Betsy admits Crawley had “no proper” to signal a participant of James Balagizi’s high quality after the Liverpool loanee helped humiliate Premier League Fulham within the Carabao Cup.
Reds boss Betsy satisfied 18-year-old Balagizi to swap Anfield for a season in Sky Wager League Two having labored with him at youth stage with England.
The proficient midfielder shone in Tuesday night’s 2-0 second-round victory over the Cottagers, claiming his aspect’s second purpose and inflicting fixed issues for Marco Silva’s embarrassed guests.
“I’ve recognized James a very long time, I labored with him with England when he was 15, so I do know the household,” stated Betsy, who coached England at Underneath-15, 16, 17 and 18 stage.
“These are the issues when your connections are capable of deliver a participant like him to the soccer membership. We had no proper actually to be signing a participant of his high quality.
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“However the relationship that we now have and the belief Liverpool have in us as coaches to offer their gamers to us and permit them to flourish and progress speaks volumes for what we all know we will do with younger gamers.
“James, hopefully he’s going to have a implausible profession going ahead, and that is the early steps of understanding males’s soccer and he’s doing a very good job.”
England Underneath-19 worldwide Balagizi now has three objectives for the season after including to captain Tom Nichols’ opener on a memorable night time at Broadfield Stadium.
Victory over the Cottagers was Crawley’s third Premier League scalp in 4 seasons following cup victories over Norwich and Leeds and gives a much-needed increase after a winless begin to their league marketing campaign.
