I was told about this last week so it's definitely true, although I don't know how much he has been offered. The 18's that have been offered their pro contract have only been offered 1 year deals at £200 per week apparently, so for him not to accept the offer from stoke is pretty risky if he is...
They ruined Dan Smith by playing him on the wing.His scared to shoot now and would rather lay it off to someone else than have ago himself. Whether thats confidence or what his been told to do i dont know.
Sorry it was worded badly, I meant two of the under 18's were told they wouldn't be getting professional contracts. And its the two you doubted in your post
Apparently everton offered bas 3000pw so quite alot more than cov have offered him. Football future wise he should stay but I suppose offering a 18 year old kid 3000 a week there's only going to be one outcome
pretty sure the 2nd year u18's are on £110 a week with a £20 win bonus, so 700pw is a massive jump. especially with the chance of actually getting first team football