Alex Scott was integral to England’s triumph at last year’s European U19 Championships in Slovakia, scoring in the semi-final against Italy and starting in the final against Israel. Since then, the Channel Islander has not looked back.
Already established in the Bristol City team, he has grown in stature and embraced more responsibility, and in an FA Cup tie against Manchester City shared his fine progress with a mainstream audience on terrestrial television.
Nice words from Pep Guardiola only fuelled the notion that this 19-year-old might be a very special talent.
Southampton’s academy released Scott at the age of 12 and, after a brief connection with Bournemouth, he returned to his native Guernsey, where he played at Guernsey FC, making his debut in the Isthmian League at 16, in August 2019.