Summary
THERE are few players quite like James McCarthy, as Ronnie MacDonald proudly points out. Few players who make their first-team debuts aged 15. Few players who head on trial to Liverpool a year later and score from 30 yards past a goalkeeper of Jerzy Dudek's calibre.
Few players who are coveted by a string of top English clubs and both halves of the Old Firm before they've started shaving. And few players who move from a Scottish team to a club in the Barclays Premier League for a sevenfigure sum, as McCarthy did yesterday when he completed his transfer to Wigan Athletic for a fee that could rise to somewhere in the region of GBP3m.See the full content of this document
Extract
Hamilton Happy to Bow to Inevitable As Mccarthy Exits Club's 'Honest' Player Policy Pays Off Handsomely
His situation, a young player looking to move from a relatively small club to bigger club, is not unique, though. In many cases it is all about the timing. When is the right moment for a talented teenager to move on for a fresh challenge?
There is a case to be made for a young player rema...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
