Northern Ireland's record goalscorer David Healy mentoring West Ham hot shot

Callum Marshall hopes to marque it with West Ham and the Northern Ireland youngster remembers the tips David Healy gave him astatine Linfield

West Ham young weapon Callum Marshall says helium learnt from Northern Ireland’s grounds goalscorer David Healy.

Healy is Northern Ireland’s all-time starring marksman with 36 goals and Marshall says helium picked up pointers from him erstwhile helium played nether him astatine Linfield successful the 2nd fractional of 2021. He joined West Ham’s academy successful January 2022 and has scored his archetypal 2 elder goals connected indebtedness astatine Huddersfield this season.

Marshall, 19, claims those fewer months moving with Healy were priceless and helium says property had not dulled his finishing instincts. “I didn’t person that agelong successful the archetypal squad astatine Linfield,” helium said. “I had a fewer months though and helium was large with me. He would articulation successful finishing drills and helium inactive had it. His method kicking the ball, you could archer helium was a large finisher.

“There were days helium would support you down aft grooming and spell done antithetic movements similar bouncing disconnected defenders truthful it was bully for maine having him astatine that signifier successful my career.”

Marshall is excessively young to retrieve Healy successful his pomp scoring a hat-trick against Spain successful 2006 oregon his celebrated victor against England successful 2005, but has seen each the footage of him.

“To beryllium fair, I’ve seen clips of his goals against teams similar Spain, but I was excessively young to person watched his games,” helium said. “You evidently knew the sanction increasing up. I’ve seen the mode helium played and helium was class.”

Marshall was lone 11 erstwhile Northern Ireland reached Euro 2016 and remembers being a shot lad astatine their past lucifer astatine Windsor Park successful May 2016, erstwhile they bushed Belarus 3-0, earlier heading to France.

“I was shot lad successful the past crippled astatine Windsor,” helium said. “I retrieve Ollie Norwood gave maine his boots aft the game. Before the crippled the shot boys were told ‘under nary circumstances are you to inquire players for photographs oregon shirts’, but consecutive aft the crippled each the shot boys ran into the mediate of the transportation to effort and get shirts and photos.”

Marshall sees his aboriginal astatine West Ham and helium hopes to interruption into the first-team squad adjacent play aft excelling for their under-age sides. “They emotion maine astatine West Ham,” helium said. “I person truly bully relationships with each the unit astir the Under-21s and get connected good with Mark Noble.

“I person different 3 years connected my declaration truthful hopefully astatine the extremity of this season, I spell backmost having had a batch much acquisition of league shot and playing against men. Hopefully that volition springiness maine a bully accidental to propulsion connected with them.

“We had a large younker team, truthful they already cognize what I’m astir with my finishing and my ability. As a youngster you request to play men’s shot regularly and get utilized to that. That’s the plan.”

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