Speaking with the Palace v Leeds matchday programme, Schlupp discusses how his position has changed over the years and which traits of his make him the versatile, driven player he is.
“There were a few times pre-season where for some reason we only had one left-back in the team,” he remembers of his time at Leicester. “As a young boy aged 16 or 17, you just fill in wherever you’re put.
“There were a couple of games when we went away in Sweden, where there were supposed to be two players for every position and they would play a half each. But one position, left-back, there was only one.
“I played the first-half up-front, and then the second-half at left-back – they were like: ‘Yeah, put the young boy there.’ Somehow I got Man of the Match and they soon realised I could do a job there.”
Alongside Schlupp, the Leeds programme contains columns from Patrick Vieira, Steve Parish and Luka Milivojević on the recent Wembley visit, an interview with Scott Banks, Sophie McLean and a look at our earliest years.
Club historian Ian King recalls Vince Hilaire’s time in south London and Paddy McCarthy reflects on another positive season for the Under-23s.
