Young Birmingham City striker Ben Wodskou has been the latest product of the Championship side’s academy to join Yeovil Town on a season-long loan.
The 18-year-old, who was a trialist in the 1-0 pre-season friendly defeat at Weston-super-Mare last Saturday, joins fellow Blues’ Under-21s team-mate, defender Byron Pendleton, at Huish Park for the upcoming campaign.
He came off the bench on the hour mark in north Somerset at the weekend, replacing Josh Sims.
Wodskou spent the second half of last season on loan at Rushall Olympic in National League North, scoring twice in six appearances as the Midlands side were relegated to the Northern League.
In a statement on Monday morning, Yeovil manager Mark Cooper said:“Ben is a young striker with huge potential. He’s already shown he can handle the physicality of men’s football and has the hunger to make an impact. We’re excited to work with him this season.”
Wodskou signed a two-year professional contract at St Andrews in the summer of 2024. He joins a Yeovil forward line which includes Aaron Jarvis and Tavhon Campbell as recognised strikers with Harvey Greenslade another contender for the forward line, albeit often played in a wide position.
Speaking after the defeat at Weston, Cooper said he hoped to bring more “ammunition” in to his attack before the opening game of the National League season against Hartlepool United on Saturday. The Glovers were finished last season as the joint third lowest scorers in the Premier Division with 51 goals in their 46 matches.
The manager said: “We always said we were going to be late in our recruitment, we were not able to start recruiting until the middle of June (following the takeover). We have recruited a few (in Tahvon Campbell, James Daly and Kyle Ferguson) and hopefully next week we will have some more ammunition coming in and some players at the top of the pitch which can really effect the goal.”
In pre-season, Greenslade has two goals to his name, a brace in the 3-2 win at Chippenham Town, whilst Jarvis and Campbell have one goal each.
He knew he needed proven goalscorers, & we end up with this!
Pathetic!
We are playing Hartlepool again this season, and we are into the new season still with no strikers, we lost 1-0 last season, and we will be beaten again this season, again no striker, we won’t be going forward this season unless Mark Cooper get strikers who can hit 20 goals, not midfield or defenders, we need a manger who knows more about football, should have replaced Mark Cooper not Hiellier. Cooper is the problem.. All we can see is a relegation fight.
Welcome to Somerset, Ben! Good luck, kid.