Luton Town loanee shares considerations before Blackpool move as he shares targets
Reuell Walters made a Deadline Day loan move to Blackpool from Luton Town.
Reuell Walters states he had a feeling Blackpool would be the right place for him before making the Deadline Day switch to Bloomfield Road.
The 21-year-old joined the Seasiders on loan from Luton Town earlier this month, and has become a regular in Ian Evatt’s starting XI.
Since making his debut away to Huddersfield Town, the wing-back has featured four times - matching the total number of League One appearances he made for the Hatters during the entirety of the first half of the campaign.
Walters admits he’s enjoyed life on the Fylde Coast so far, and believes he’s benefitted from the past month in Tangerine.
“I can’t say a bad word about anything here so far,” he said.
“As soon as you get the stuff off the pitch settled, it makes being on the pitch a lot easier because you don’t have that in the back of your head.
“When I come into training, I try to separate that. When I’m here, I focus on my football, and outside I can think about other things.
“If I didn’t think it was the right move, then I would’ve stayed at Luton, but sometimes you have a feeling about certain places, and I had a feeling about this club.
“I just needed game time, it was as simple as that. I wasn’t getting the game time I felt like I needed (at Luton), so we had to look at options elsewhere.”
During the past month, Blackpool have been on the end of a 4-0 home defeat to Plymouth Argyle, but have managed to pick up five points in the games either side of that.
“I don’t take the highs too high or the lows too low,” Walters added.
“The fans have been great from my experience so far. I don’t expect them to be cheering us when we’re losing 4-0, but from what I’ve seen, it’s been really enjoyable to play in front of them.
“It’s getting easier and easier to know what certain players want in certain scenerios. The more I train and the more I play - the more courage you’ll see from on the pitch.
“I want to get up and down the wing as much as possible, putting crosses into the box, running inside myself and taking shots, and doing stuff at the other end of the pitch.”
Ex-Arsenal man once left impressed by Blackpool wing-back
As a youngster, Walters spent time with Arsenal, and once received public praise from ex-Gunners defender Oleksandr Zinchenko.
"I like so much centre-back Reuell," the Ukraine international told Rio Ferdinand’s YouTube channel back in 2023.
"I think the qualities he has, he is aggressive. I swear to God, one time he pushed Gabriel Jesus in a shoulder-to-shoulder.
"It is not easy to push Gabriel because he is very strong, and he was confident on the ball afterwards, he kept the ball well and passed. Wow. He impresses me, I think the most."
Walters admits he takes all feedback equally, no matter who it’s from.
“You have to take it like it’s anyone else,” he stated.
“I’ve always been told by my parents to treat everyone with the same respect. Whether they have 50million followers on Instagram or it’s someone serving my drink at Starbucks, you treat everyone the same way.
“That’s one of the best ways that’s going to help me translate what I want to do on the pitch.”
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