Jamal Alioui – Pierre Sage’s assistant – certainly isn’t afraid to share his feelings with the Crystal Palace squad.
Brennan Johnson felt the Frenchman’s wrath during Sage’s first training session, as the Wales international was strongly told “you never look” during a drill focused on finding space and playing quick passes.
Now, after Crystal Palace released a short video of the latest training session at Copers Cope on Instagram, Alioui could be heard telling Tayo Adaramola to step it up.
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Tayo Adaramola told to show “more quality”
The Republic of Ireland international is a talented left-back who rose through the youth ranks at Crystal Palace, making his full senior debut in an FA Cup clash against Stoke back in March 2022 under Patrick Vieira.
However, six loan spells to Coventry, RWD Molenbeek, Stockport, Bradford, Leyton Orient and Sheffield Wednesday have failed to push Adaramola any closer to becoming a first-team regular.
The Irishman struggled in the 5-1 friendly win over Swindon Town last time out, often running into trouble with the ball and losing it in dangerous areas.
Now, that appears to be something Alioui wants to help Adaramola improve, as Sage’s assistant could be heard shouting “more quality Tayo” during a passing drill.
We hope Sage and the new coaching staff can help the 22-year-old develop, as there is no reason why he cannot take Borna Sosa’s spot in the squad going forward and deputise for Tyrick Mitchell.
Adaramola is rapid across the ground, loves to overlap and be involved in the attack, and is strong in the tackle as well.
In a 3-4-3 system as the left wing-back under Sage, the man born in Dublin could prove to be pretty useful if he can keep developing and impress in training.
Considering several top academy talents have already walked away like Jesse Derry – and another could soon follow as Arsenal push to sign Mylo Bernard – promoting Adaramola would also be a timely way of reminding our best talents that there is a realistic pathway to the senior side.
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