Newcastle United have added Theo Benjamin to their youth ranks following an impressive trial period, with Charlton talent Lesecond Yeutembip also sealing a move to the North East.
Theo is the son of former Leicester, Brighton and Crystal Palace forward Trevor Benjamin and has signed a two-year deal on Tyneside, becoming the latest addition to our U15s alongside Yeutembip; who previously captained youth side Barking & Dagenham.
Yeutembip is a 14-year-old centre-back who comes from Charlton’s highly-regarded Academy. The rangy defender has traveled with the U15s to Japan this week and featured in a defeat to a J-League youth side in Tokyo today.
Benjamin and Yeutembip are two of several new faces to join our much-improved U15 set up over the last 12 months, with Newcastle recently recruiting 14-year-old midfielder CJ Afumuzor from Portsmouth, as we exclusively revealed back in June.
Trevor Benjamin – the father of new recruit Theo – scored 15 goals in 81 appearances for the Foxes between 2000 and 2005 and has helped coach both of his sons Theo and Zac, with the latter previously landing a trial at Burnley after impressing Ammers Academy in Yorkshire.
A number of other U15 additions arrived last summer, with Sam Alabi (Oldham), Michael Mills (Port Vale), Sam Pinnington (Luton Town) and Kacey Wooster (Southend).
Theo Benjamin (left) during trial period and Lesecond Yeutembip (right) at Barking & Dagenham
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Author : Olly Hawkins
Publish date : 2024-08-02 15:15:09
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