Stoke Metropolis full-back Junior Tchamadeu has a “large ceiling” that might see him poached away from the bet365 Stadium and into the Premier League.
That’s if the Potters are usually not promoted this season, podcast co-host Ben Rowley believes.
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Tchamadeu, 21, joined Stoke from League Two Colchester United in 2023, and after an injury-hit debut marketing campaign remained an everyday all through the 2024-25 season regardless of the membership’s managerial turmoil.
This time period, Tchamadeu has began at right-back in each Championship match for which he has been out there underneath Mark Robins, together with final weekend’s – a sport wherein he scored what he stated is aim of his profession, and arrange the opener for hat-trick hero Divin Mubama.
Analysing the win which took Stoke as much as third, simply 4 factors shy of desk toppers Coventry Metropolis, on his podcast, Rowley stated: “I feel we noticed the nice and the dangerous of him at this time; there have been a few instances early on with some free passes from the again, petulantly nudging the ball away to get himself a yellow card, and people kinds of yellow playing cards are a disgrace as a result of we would like him out there.
“However for me, he was my man of the match regardless of Mubama getting the hat-trick.
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“He was all the pieces you need from a Stoke Metropolis full-back – highly effective, good within the sort out, sensational work fee, pacey, creating possibilities for his team-mates, and that aim.”
Of Tchamadeu’s rising credentials, Rowley added that the Cameroon worldwide is “changing into amongst the league’s greatest full-backs”, and he was a part of the Championship’s greatest defence.
“It is unbelievable that he can present these offensive contributions when the defence is so stable,” Rowley added.
“He is received an enormous ceiling. If we do not go up, he is received somebody like a Crystal Palace written throughout him, sadly. If we do not benefit from this season, he’ll completely not be right here subsequent season as a result of his expertise is there for all to see now.”
Subsequent up for Robins’ facet is a visit to 18th-placed on Tuesday adopted by Saturday’s house sport with .