kacbru 458 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Reign said: He parents are both doctors, so he has intelligence and hard work built into him. Couple that with his insane physical ability and the kid could do things. At 17 he has a 4% body fat. He is very raw, and wherever he ends up they will have the chance to develop him how they see fit. Will be interesting to see where he lands. That settles it. At least for the short term, the most important criteria in deciding to call him up. Link to post Share on other sites
differstig 0 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 52 minutes ago, Kent said: Do we know for sure he is actually eligible though? Born in England, and transfermarkt doesn't mention Canadian citizenship. Davies for example wasn't eligible until right before the 2019 Gold Cup despite coming over at about the same age, and I believe he played U17 friendlies before being eligible for competitive games. It could be that Pepple isn't eligible yet either, I believe his youth team call up was just for friendlies that he maybe didn't even feature in (I can't find evidence that he played on transfermarkt, wikipedia, or CanadaSoccer). If he's not eligible, that would make his exclusion from the WC team a lot less inexplicable. I'm about 90% sure he does have a Canadian citizenship and as such he should be eligible to play. He was in the U17 WC training camp and was cut from the final squad in the last round of cuts in Brazil. Link to post Share on other sites
Ansem 8,332 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 (edited) Good news! Edited October 20, 2020 by Ansem Nate3322, johnyb, Ivan and 7 others 10 Link to post Share on other sites
hamiltonfan 255 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Interesting, I’m wondering why Sheffield let him walk without getting a deal done though...”Feedback from Sheffield was good” sounds a bit soft Link to post Share on other sites
deschamp86 704 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 10 minutes ago, hamiltonfan said: Interesting, I’m wondering why Sheffield let him walk without getting a deal done though...”Feedback from Sheffield was good” sounds a bit soft Could be he had another trial already set up. If there are multiple clubs interested, price could be driven up Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Marc 422 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Maybe they didn't offer him a deal. hamiltonfan 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Shway 2,954 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 any contracts given, one would have to assume it's for the youth teams. Right? hamiltonfan 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hamiltonfan 255 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, The Real Marc said: Maybe they didn't offer him a deal. Unfortunately that’s what I’m thinking. A club will know if they want a player after two weeks of training. If they do want him, I doubt they let him go on to train with other clubs before offering him a contract. if they did offer a contract, I highly doubt Pepple ask them to hold tight until he is done his tour. hopefully I am wrong and he lands with one of the two clubs. Edited October 20, 2020 by hamiltonfan Link to post Share on other sites
toontownman 2,821 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Depends entirely on what was arranged and his prior commitments. Pretty common players going round a few clubs before signing somewhere. Agents hedge their bets for greater leverage in negotiations. Great experience for him either way. shamrock 1 Link to post Share on other sites
shamrock 1,899 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 10 hours ago, toontownman said: Depends entirely on what was arranged and his prior commitments. Pretty common players going round a few clubs before signing somewhere. Agents hedge their bets for greater leverage in negotiations. Great experience for him either way. Clubs and managers want to know players, could be for a later moment in time. toontownman 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Reign 328 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 As far as I know he was committed to multiple trials. So Sheffield may have very well known that, and have to wait on Pepple. Link to post Share on other sites
Dominic94 615 Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 So a bit of a bump as his Leicester trial is ending, he actually has a younger brother who is a part of the WhiteCaps U-15, and my research has learned that they have both been on trial with Leicester before, about 6 years ago. https://northerntribune.ca/leicester-city-aribim-pepple-trial/ no idea if his brother is also on trial with him now but I would think that is the case. I’m guessing the trial is a follow up of sorts as clearly Leicester has known of them for some time, so not a bad thing they didn’t sign at Sheffield johnyb, Trois Reds and toontownman 3 Link to post Share on other sites
jordan 3,273 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Looks like he’s moved on to Spain for more trials. Not sure the club Dominic94, Strait Red and Obinna 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
toontownman 2,821 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Fantastic experience for him. Whatever happens he is coming out of this with much he has been exposed to, hopefully learnt from and can take forward in his game. Link to post Share on other sites
Unnamed Trialist 5,635 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 2 hours ago, jordan said: Looks like he’s moved on to Spain for more trials. Not sure the club Any hints as to where he might be, please? Link to post Share on other sites
Stryker911 1,691 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 27 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Any hints as to where he might be, please? I hear that Barcelona is crap. They need all th 17 year olds they can get. Ansem, El Hombre, Trois Reds and 8 others 5 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Dominic94 615 Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 I was literally wondering what happened. Wheeldon did say he has lots of options, im guessing he’s doing the tour of the most appealing ones and he’ll go from there. A young man from Canada did this a few years ago, he was actually cut by Red Bill Leipzig if my facts are right. He eventually wound up at club called KAA Gent.... h coach, Nate3322 and sebdeserio 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Unnamed Trialist 5,635 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 6 hours ago, Stryker911 said: I hear that Barcelona is crap. They need all th 17 year olds they can get. You got it. We played a ton of these kids tonight, 5 teens, including 2 Americans, and won 0-4. If you are rebuilding it is the only way to get satisfaction out of the experience of not even trying to win a trophy. Pepple: it is not common for teams in Spain to accept trials, they are simply not done. So I don't have too much hope for him, unless he can get onto a B or u-19 team of a Liga club. Link to post Share on other sites
jordan 3,273 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 8 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Any hints as to where he might be, please? I’ll let you know when in no! Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jordan 3,273 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 On 11/24/2020 at 1:06 PM, Unnamed Trialist said: Any hints as to where he might be, please? Was at Getafe Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dominic94 615 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 24 minutes ago, jordan said: Was at Getafe Any offers ? Where is he now ? It’s time for a spotted Pepple thread. is the brother with him on these trials ? Link to post Share on other sites
Bison44 5,951 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Just now, Dominic94 said: Any offers ? Where is he now ? It’s time for a spotted Pepple thread. is the brother with him on these trials ? Wheres Rollins on this..get him to leak some stuff on things where there arent going to be press releases in an hour. NVsoccer and Nate3322 2 Link to post Share on other sites
differstig 0 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 He posted today about a thing with some Getafe B team members today Link to post Share on other sites
Floortom 1,277 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 If any of these clubs were impressed and really wanted him wouldn’t he have received a great offer by now ? The Real Marc 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Nate3322 438 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 1 minute ago, Floortom said: If any of these clubs were impressed and really wanted him wouldn’t he have received a great offer by now ? I figure that he's going to trial with every club who's interested and then pick the one that's the best fit for him. Link to post Share on other sites
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