As he continues to develop through the champions' youth academy, just as his 22-year-old brother did before securing a move to Manchester City in 2018, the goalkeeper has been involved in and around the Rovers first team since last summer.
The Hoops boss revealed that the Transition Year student was at a crossroads 18 months ago when considering his future in the game, and praised parents Green and Cara for not putting any pressure on the young goalkeeper, especially as they had a high score. profile brother.
“Todd is with us a lot. He attends school and trains with us every morning. He is one of the youngsters who will be under discussion over professional contracts in the next two months. He is doing very well, very well,” said Bradley, ahead of Shamrock Rovers' clash with Premier Division leaders Shelbourne tomorrow evening (8.0).
“Todd is his own man. He is very, very talented. He has his own path, he will write his own story, but if he stays focused and continues to work hard, you will see him in the near future.
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Bradley also praised the academy's prospects of staying focused on themselves and not getting caught up in the fact that his older brother is an established Republic of Ireland international but is also Southampton's number one with the club currently one match away of a return to the Prime Minister. Competition.
'He doesn't want to be honest. I don't think they are the type of family to believe in this nonsense. Gavin is Gavin, but you talk to his mom and dad, and they talk about Todd the way they talk about Gavin, they don't look at it any differently,” Bradley added.
“They never pressured Todd. Todd was at a crossroads 18 months ago about whether he wanted to play or not, and they just left him alone.
“He's the one who joined. He wants it for him and nothing else. They don't think that way and neither does Todd. Clearly not Gavin. He is working hard at the moment, but has real potential.”
Ahead of tomorrow's match at the Tallaght Stadium against Damien Duff's Shelbourne, who Rovers are six points behind, Bradley said the fitness of Lee Grace, Dylan Watts and Richie Towell will be assessed today after the trio all completed the 1-0 win missed out on Monday at Derry City.