Stoke have plenty of young talent, says former defender Wilkinson
Former Stoke City fan favourite Andy Wilkinson believes the Potters are on the verge of bringing through an excellent crop of young home-grown players.
The ex-Potters defender, 32, is the only youth player to make more than 70 appearances for the Stoke first team in the last decade.
Stoke are currently ninth in the Premier League, with 32 points from 25 matches, and face a trip to Tottenham Hotspur next Sunday.
Young Belgian Julien Ngoy, 19, made his debut for the Potters in December and has featured regularly in Mark Hughes’ match day squad in recent weeks.

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And Wilkinson believes players like Ngoy are the start of an exciting period of young players coming through for Stoke.
“There are a few more coming through now and a few really good players that I’ve seen when I’ve been to watch training or matches in the academy,” he said.
“You can see how much money they’ve put into it and they are producing some good players so the young lad who’s coming in, Julien Ngoy is a proper good player.
“There are more like him who just need a chance and I know Eddie (Niedzwiecki) and the gaffer bring them up to train with the first team quite often so they are building experience.”