Crystal Palace: £25m star has 'developed' significantly at Selhurst Park

Crystal Palace defender Tyrick Mitchell may have “benefited” from making his debut for the club during lockdown, according to The Sun journalist Tom Barclay.

Mitchell has made rapid progress at Selhurst Park, becoming a first-team regular under Patrick Vieira this season.

Having made his Premier League debut for Palace in June 2020, Mitchell has gone from strength to strength ever since.

In 2020/21, he made 19 top-flight appearances as he battled with Patrick van Aanholt to establish himself as the side’s first-choice left-back.

This term, he has made the role his own, featuring in Palace’s first 32 league games.

His impressive performances led to him making his England debut in March in a friendly against Switzerland.

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Barclay believes Mitchell has excelled this season after a testing campaign which has seen him play a high number of minutes for a 22-year-old.

He has revealed that he spoke to a source earlier this season who suggested that Mitchell may have been able to progress so quickly due to making his Palace bow during lockdown, which could have allowed him to play with more freedom in the infancy stage of his career.

Talking about Mitchell, Barclay told GIVEMESPORT: “It’s been a long season. He’s played consistently very, very well. You sort of forget that he’s a young player.

“I did a piece on him earlier this season when I was speaking to someone about his development, and it was interesting, the feedback was that he really benefited from making his debut during lockdown. In the sense that, he was pretty raw, and he got to make a lot of his mistakes without any fans getting on his back.”

As Barclay alluded to, Mitchell has risen