It will be an absolute miracle if Morgan Gibbs-White hasn’t caught the eye of Gareth Southgate by now. The versatile 18-year-old won the man of the match award for his heroics against Chelsea on Wednesday evening and he’s starting to look like an accomplished Premier League star at Molineux.
Last night @Morgangibbs27 became the youngest player to start a @premierleague game for Wolves!
How impressed were you with that performance? #OneOfOurOwn
— Wolves (@Wolves) 6 December 2018
Most young players don’t get a sniff of senior football at a Premier League club at the age of 18, however, Gibbs-White is made of different stuff. The classy young midfielder has made an impressive nine appearances for his club this season in the league, although last night was his first start for them. Nuno Espirito Santo obviously rates the youngster very highly, and when he’s winning the man of the match award against Chelsea who can blame him.
The win over Maurizio Sarri’s side has ended what was a six-game winless run for the Wolves supporters, and it lifted Molineux in a way you couldn’t have imagined. It was another young England star with a double-barrelled surname who got the ball rolling n the clash, as Ruben Loftus-Cheek put Chelsea 1-0 up, but a quick second-half turn around saw Raul Jimenez and Diogo Jota score within four minutes of each other to give Nuno’s side the win, and the supporters were in raptures with the performance of Gibbs-White throughout.
You can see what they had to say about the youngster’s performance here:
He’s going to be a
— Kate Wright (@Wrightgal80) 6 December 2018
A wonderful display from @Morgangibbs27 ! I hope Nuno retains faith with him on Sunday.
— Peter Bates (@pkbates49) December 6, 2018
Not many players have the world at their feet and are still so grounded
— Benjamin Middleton (@benjamiddleton) 6 December 2018
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Tip of the iceberg #stayhumble #oneofourown
— Paul Stretton (@paul__stretton) December 6, 2018
It was a stellar performance. He’s brilliant.
— Julie (@julie_cooling) 6 December 2018
Absolute class act. Current and future star for the gold and black #fwaw #wwfc
— Daniel Thorne (@Thorney88) December 6, 2018
Unbelievable, stepped up in a big game YET AGAIN, this boy has a bright future at this club. Where does his talent end?
— Callum (@Cal_Wood1990) December 6, 2018
Wolves fans everywhere absolutely love their 18-year-old maestro and will be desperate to see him keep his place on Sunday.
