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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Brian Flynn on January 08, 2016, 03:02:52 PM
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FROM THE OFFICIAL CLUB WEBSITE
Altrincham have made an exciting breakthrough in their quest for new recruits after completing a loan deal for flying Burnley winger Josh Ginnelly
The 18-year old right-sided midfielder is joining the Robins on an initial one-month agreement and arrives with impressive credentials after taking the eye at Shrewsbury and joining Burnley for an undisclosed six-figure fee last August.
It is a timely development for manager Lee Sinnott, with the need for reinforcements becoming all the more acute after Shaun Densmore was booked in for an operation on his knee and forced to accept his season is over.
Though naturally disappointed at having to delay his comeback plans, the Alty skipper was at least consoled by an assurance from his specialist that surgery would resolve the problem and enable him to return fully fit at the start of next season.
While Densmore will play no further part in the current campaign, there are high hopes that, free-scoring winger, Ginnelly will make a positive impact on Alty's fortunes after having his temporary transfer rubber stamped on Friday and coming into contention for an immediate debut against Gateshead at The J.Davidson Stadium on Saturday.
Nuneaton-born, the 5ft 8in wide man spent seven years at Aston Villa's Academy before moving to Shrewsbury and earning himself rapid promotion to the senior squad with some scintillating performances for the youth and reserve teams.
Sky Sports' online scout feature monitored him during the 2014-15 season, in which he scored a remarkable 24 goals from the right flank for the youth and reserve sides, and gave him rave reviews, describing him as 'an exceptional talent .. very much one to watch and someone who already has Premier League and Championship clubs tracking him.'
Rating various aspects of his game, they awarded him nine out of 10 for pace and estimated his potential transfer market value at £6million.
Many of his goals that season were from set-pieces, and one is currently being shown on YouTube, a stunning 20-yard effort that curled over the wall and into the top corner in a Development League game against Wrexham.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENqNVNoIsf0
Shrewsbury manager Micky Mellon did his utmost to upgrade the youngster to a professional contract but eventually lost out to Burnley, who paid a six-figure sum for his services and put him on a three-year deal.
There was no bitterness from Mellon, though, who said: 'I just felt he would be better served staying at a club who care for him and with a manager who knows him, because he still has some developing to do. But the two clubs have come to an agreement after a long-drawn-out process, and I wish Josh well at Burnley.
'I hope he goes on to become a huge success there and shows everyone the potential he has. He is a lad of great promise, with fantastic potential, and there's no doubt in my mind he can go right to the very top.'
Densmore, meanwhile, was able to cast a positive light on his latest setback, after being booked in for surgery on January 28.
'It’s a blow, but I was half-expecting it after the medial ligament injury failed to clear up as we hoped,' he said. 'The surgeon said three to four months, so we are looking at pre-season and making sure I have a really good summer to ensure I’m back in peak condition for the start of the next campaign.
'Evidently, we all have two medial ligaments, and one of them runs near the cartilage, which makes sense because initially we thought this injury may be a cartilage. It explains a lot really, because when I came back from the last one, I wasn’t in any pain but there did seem to be a weakness in that area.
'That’s because the fibres had not re-attached properly, but this operation will sort that out by pinning the ligament firmly to where it should be. That’s the one good thing - the surgery is a reconstruction, rather than just a clean-up, so there’s every reason to believe I’ll be back as good as new and a lot more confident about the knee withstanding the demands of a long, hard season. In a way, I’m almost relieved we may finally be close to sorting it out once and for all.'
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Sounds exciting, gutted for Shaun though but sounds like the right decision if he is not fit.
Hopefully see Josh in action soon.
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Ermagherd, a new player!
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I would like to be the first to thank il capitano for getting his cheque book out and making this all possible.
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Thank God for that. I was beginning to think we'd actually died! Is it too much to ask for one or two more? Good luck to Josh anyway.
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....and even better luck to our injured captain. Hope it all goes right for him this time. Let's make sure he returns to action against someone like Tranmere next season, rather than Curzon Ashton.
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I would like to be the first to thank il capitano for getting his cheque book out and making this all possible.
You're welcome!
Special mention to the @havealtysigned team for providing informative coverage during these last few days.
Sounds like a very promising signing and just what we need on the wing, welcome to Altrincham.
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The lesser-spotted, some would say mythical, right winger. I really hope he adds something, good luck.
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Sounds a very exciting prospect and he will hopefully be a valuable addition to the squad.
Welcome to Alty! :)
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I remember being excited about previous loanee right wingers Junior Smickel and Joe Mwasile. Hoping for better.
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I remember being excited about previous loanee right wingers Junior Smickel and Joe Mwasile. Hoping for better.
If only Smikle had merely been a loan instead of a fully fledged signing.
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I remember being excited about previous loanee right wingers Junior Smickel and Joe Mwasile. Hoping for better.
Wes Baynes, Carlos Roca... We've had some absolute garbage on that right wing in recent memory. Some would say its a cursed position. Watmore being the exception.
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"the 5ft 8in wide man" - let's hope he gets in shape quickly.
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"the 5ft 8in wide man" - let's hope he gets in shape quickly.
Hamiltonesque
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Good luck lad. Hope Gino really is his nickname. I feel a dexys chant coming on.
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I nearly fainted when i heard this news.
At least we are having a go and it shows we can actually sign a player mid season to plug a very obvious gap.
Well done lee for giving us something to get excited about as im sure lots like me were losing the will to live.
If it doesnt work at least we gave it a go.
If lawrie is on the right wing saturday i may implode.
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I nearly fainted when i heard this news.
At least we are having a go and it shows we can actually sign a player mid season to plug a very obvious gap.
Well done lee for giving us something to get excited about as im sure lots like me were losing the will to live.
If it doesnt work at least we gave it a go.
If lawrie is on the right wing saturday i may implode.
I agree
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Let's just hope the pitch is playable.
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Good luck lad
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Why on earth is the club bringing in loan players which we have to pay for when we are about to enter the winter break. We will get one game from him at most.
Yet again the club shows itself as being amateur.
Oh welcome and good luck, if you as well as a certain Ryan Shotton we had on loan you will be remembered for a very long time.
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Good luck lad. Hope Gino really is his nickname. I feel a dexys chant coming on.
I will dust off my trumpet
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Good luck lad. Hope Gino really is his nickname. I feel a dexys chant coming on.
I will dust off my trumpet
get banned for this sort of thing
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Welcome and good luck
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Great news , couple more to come hopefully .
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Welcome and good luck.
At least 2 more needed asap
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"the 5ft 8in wide man" - let's hope he gets in shape quickly.
Hamiltonesque
:D
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Welcome and good luck.
At least 2 more needed asap
Indeed!
Welcome Josh, sounds like what we need, you should have a good chance to show what you can do. Good luck lad.
Now a couple of others would be nice.
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To be fair it sounds like we have got a player here of higher quality than we were asking for on other threads, well done to the board and lets hope Josh shows us what he can do.
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If we intend to play him on Tuesday, can we check eligibility criteria? We have been caught out in cup competitions in the past with players needing to be registered at the date of the original fixture.
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At this rate he'll be back at Burnley without kicking a ball for Alty!
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If we intend to play him on Tuesday, can we check eligibility criteria? We have been caught out in cup competitions in the past with players needing to be registered at the date of the original fixture.
He isn't eligible to play v Leamington (whenever that game is played) but should be OK for any subsequent rounds - the club has to have specific written approval from the lender club for him to play in the Trophy, and must ensure that the FA get a copy thereof by noon this Friday, but I'm assured this will have been done.
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We can always extend loan period
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at this rate his loan deal will be up,before we get to play a game