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.
