Crystal Palace set to hand youngster Premier League debut in final three matches of the season

Crystal Palace are set to hand Under-18s star Tayo Adaramola his Premier League debut during the final three games of the season, manager Patrick Vieira has revealed.

The 18-year-old left-back made his first-team debut in the FA Cup this season against Hartlepool and started the fifth round win against Stoke City at Selhurst Park. He has also received international recognition with Ireland Under-19s and, on Tuesday night, was voted Palace’s Under-18 player of the season at their awards night in Croydon.

He is one of several academy players to have impressed this season and has joined Under-23s winger Jesurun Rak-Sakyi in training with Vieira and the first team on several occasions already. Rak-Sakyi has already made his Premier League debut off the bench on the opening day of the campaign against Chelsea while Adaramola was an unused substitute against the same opposition during the reverse fixture at Selhurst Park in February.

The pair have both been involved in sessions since their respective seasons came to an end and are now set to get a chance to impress at some point in the last three games. It will also be a good chance for Vieira to see how they can perform under pressure in the top-flight and to see how they are integrating with the first team.

“I think [this] is important as it is part of their development,” the Frenchman told . “It’s good to see them around the first team and to see their personality and how they conduct themselves in training and in the dressing room with the other players. That will allow me to learn more about them.

“We have Jes and Tayo with us who have been training with us since the academy has been closed. They will be around the first team for the next three games and for some of the