Back in April Powell along with fellow team mates Max Clayton, Ben Garratt, Brendan Daniels, and George Ray signed two year professional deals at the club to try and keep the vultures away and with the contracts signed also added extra value to the players.
It's not the first time that one of the Academy kids has been linked with a move to the Premiership prior to ever making a professional debut, Max Clayton was subject to being tapped up by Liverpool last year which resulted Gradi reporting the incident for the illegal approach.