Lee Carsley has an embarrassment of riches at his disposal as England U21 boss.

To name just a few: Liverpool's Harvey Elliott, Bayer Leverkusen's Jarell Quansah, Manchester City's James McAtee and Arsenal wonderkid Ethan Nwaneri.

So while the achievement of retaining the U21 European Championship at the end of June - after a gripping 3-2 win over Germany after extra-time - was a tremendous achievement, it was perhaps not completely unexpected.

Between the sticks in the team was Brighton's James Beadle, the current first-choice goalkeeper for the Young Lions, who has taken the mantle from Burnley's James Trafford within the last year.

The 20-year-old has played just shy of 100 senior games through loan spells at Crewe, Oxford and, most recently, Sheffield Wednesday. A summer loan to Birmingham was mooted throughout June and completed on July 2.

With input from Fred Barber - Beadle's goalkeeper coach at Crewe - BBC Radio Sheffield's Andy Giddings and The Argus' Brighton reporter Brian Owen, we take a look at the goalkeeper's journey so far, and what the future may hold.

Beadle's loan to Crewe in January 2023 gave him his first taste of senior men's football.

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