An ‘assist machine’ with ‘shades of Rafael Leao’ – Who is Juventus' English starlet Samuel Iling-Junior?

There are objectively few things more exciting for fans of English football than young players been given a chance abroad. For so long English players barely ventured outside of the Premier League until the likes of Jadon Sancho started to break down barriers — and now players like Jude Bellingham, Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham are thriving abroad. Ad And given how hard it still is for talented young players to be given a chance at big Premier League clubs, it’s still very exciting to see them flourishing in Europe.

Serie APogba in tears after suffering injury in first start in over a year14/05/2023 AT 19:50 A perfect example of this is former Chelsea player Samuel Iling-Junior, who has become a surprisingly important player for Italian giants Juventus in the past few weeks. The 19-year-old has become more and more trusted by Juve manager Max Allegri, either from the start of more often as a potential game-changer off the bench. Ahead of the Old Lady’s return leg against Sevilla in the Europa League semi-finals we get in touch with Michele Neri from Eurosport Italy for more information about the latest rising English star.

We start by asking what kind of player is Iling-Junior? “Iling Junior is a very quick player, who loves to take on opposing full-backs and attack the vertical spaces, in a very direct way,” Neri explains. “He is a left winger who can also play as a right winger if needed. “He has a great sense for dribbling and a speed from a standing start that other Juventus players do not have.