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As you may know @FIVE__YARDS are running a big poll this week to allow the public to decide which Championship player should go up onto their platform. To try and inform as many people as possible about Callum Styles I have written this short profile on the young star...
Callum Styles has already racked up 88 appearances in the EFL and the predominantly left-footed central midfielder, who is just 20 years old is already established as one of the top performing young players in The Championship...
It comes as no surprise to those who watch Styles regularly to hear that he is being eyed up by a number of Premier League clubs for a move in the not too distant future...
Having initially joined Barnsley in August 2018, Styles was immediately loaned back out to parent club Bury FC until January but returned to play his part in The Reds’ successful promotion charge from League One...
Though mainly used as a substitute during the first part of 2019/20, by the latter stages Styles had firmly established himself in Gerhard Struber’s first XI, scoring the opener against Brentford in a 2-1 win that ultimately kept both clubs in The Championship on the final day...
2020/21 has been Styles’ break-out season. Barnsley’s new Head Coach Valerien Ismael is a keen admirer of Styles’ qualities at both ends of the pitch, which were epitomised in his performance in the fourth round of The FA Cup win over Norwich...
Styles scored the only goal of the game with his weaker right foot and made a goal-line clearance at the other end, of The Canaries’ only shot on target...
His seemingly effortless close control and slick passing are key qualities that most supporters would like to see used in a central midfield role, but it is at left-wing back that Styles has enjoyed the most success so far...
4 goals and 2 assists this season might not sound like much, but when you look at the fact that with 2.9 tackles won per game from 23 league appearances, only Omar Richards of Reading can boast of more than the Barnsley-man, you begin to see his value at both ends of the pitch...
Speaking of goals, they’ve each been of very high quality, particularly his goal against Nottingham Forest - a testament to his impeccably clean technique when striking the ball.
Styles is the youngest Championship player to win 4 or more @WhoScored Man of the Match ratings in 2020/21 whilst proving in a compact schedule that he has the engine to complete full matches in Ismael’s ruthless pressing machine with ease and aplomb.
