Stoke City ‘fielding transfer calls’ for midfielder from Premier League and Europe
Stoke City’s England youth midfielder Sol Sidibe has always been on the radar of some of the biggest clubs in Europe
Stoke City are reportedly fielding transfer calls about England youth midfielder Sol Sidibe.
Sidibe has always been picked out as a player with huge potential and was courted by clubs including Manchester City while he has come through the ranks at Stoke, where his dad Mama is a promotion-winning hero.
Sky Sports now claim clubs are investigating the 18-year-old midfielder’s availability this summer, with Sidibe away this week on England under-18s international duty ahead of a return to Clayton Wood for what would be his third pre-season with the senior squad.
On the opening day of the 2023/24 season Sidibe became the club’s second youngest player to play in a league match – at the age of 16 years and 176 days – but Alex Neil was then reluctant to accelerate his progress while Stoke were sucked into a battle at the wrong end of the division.
He has then had to prove himself again to Steven Schumacher, Narcis Pelach and Mark Robins in a central position – and he missed the second half of 2024/25 after being diagnosed with a stress fracture in his lower back. He was back fit in the last week of the season and was summoned for England, along with teammate Jaden Dixon.
Sky Sports claim: “Clubs from the Premier League, France, Austria and Germany have approached Stoke City over the signing of Sidibe.
