Rising star Abankwah's best position is at right-back believes Jim Crawford

"I'll be looking at him playing right-back,” said Jim Crawford as he named James Abankwah as one of six graduates from last season’s U19 squad.
Rising star Abankwah's best position is at right-back believes Jim Crawford

SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT: Ireland U21 Head Coach Jim Crawford names his squad for next week friendlies and believes rising star James Abandwah best position is at right-back.

Ireland Under-21 boss Jim Crawford considers rising star James Abankwah’s best position as right-back.

Longford native Abankwah, still only 19, only his first Serie A start on Sunday when Udinese started him in defence against European giants Juventus.

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