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Mat Sadler hails his Walsall starlet Joe Foulkes

Walsall boss Mat Sadler insists the club have a brilliant young right-back in Joe Foulkes.

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Salford City's Connor McLennon and Walsall's Joe Foulkes battle for the ball

Foulkes returned to the starting XI in Walsall’s 2-1 comeback victory over Salford, after Tom Knowles missed out with food poisoning.

The 20-year-old – who spent last season on loan at Kidderminster Harriers – was involved in the build-up for Oisin McEntee’s winner, and Sadler lauded him as a pivotal game changer.