Interview with Tyrese Sinclair in Scunthorpe programme
https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/sit ... ressed.pdfOn-loan Scunthorpe United midfielder Tyrese Sinclair believes the team are ‘heading in the right direction, with the Iron preparing to take on Walsall here at the Sands Venue Stadium this evening. Joining temporarily until the end of the season from Mansfield Town, the 20-year-old is a former Blackburn Rovers academy player and moved to the Stags back in 2017 following his release. But with game time limited so far this campaign, Sinclair said the decision to join United was one that required little thought attached to it.
“I have been wanting to get out and games for a while now, then Mansfield finally gave me the go ahead after initially not wanting me to go,” he began. “They made a couple of signings themselves and it freed up the chance for me to get out and play some games. I think my name got about a little and my dad and my agent spoke to Keith Hill from there. It was a no brainer really.”
“I think I’ve settled in fine,” said Sinclair. “The lads as soon as I entered the building have welcomed me and made me feel a part of the team straight away. Obviously there has been lots of new faces also coming in, I think it’s eight new faces so it’s not only me that’s getting to know the lads. It also feels like I have been here for ages now - so I’m the one doing the welcoming with the other new faces now. We’ve all got on really well so far.”
Recording his first 90 minutes in the side’s recent narrow 1-0 defeat against Port Vale, the former Basford United loanee insists the team’s and his own personal displays will hopefully both improve in due course. “It’s obviously not been going the way we have wanted it to recently but I think we are heading in the right direction, each performance is getting better. “That was my first 90 minutes since September so I’m just trying to get back up to speed. I know I have to keep pushing myself every single day in training to try and get back to match fitness. I know Scunthorpe have been struggling this season and I thought I could come here and help them get out of it. The manager likes me and obviously I know I have to work for my game time, I’m not coming here expecting to start every week just because I’m here on loan. I know I have to earn my spot in the team. He trusts me and hopefully I can produce for him.”
With dad Frank a now retired former professional, football is something that has always ran in the family. With Tyrese himself admitting it’s something his father tends to take a back seat on, in order to better allow the Mansfield man to go on and express himself individually.
"He likes to stay out of it and let me get on with it, he’s definitely not one of those dad’s that gets involved in everything. He just leaves it down to me how I do. I’ve been told no a lot in my career so far and I feel I was always a late developer. My dad always said to me that the cream always rises to the top. He says trust the process and I’ve always listened to that. It’s only now starting to kind of all blend together, I just needed that time to develop. I really want to push forward in my career now.”
Opting to represent Jamaica himself, Sinclair hope’s he too can follow in his father’s footsteps, culminating in turning out for the Reggae Boyz in the not so distant future. “In five years hopefully I would like to see myself playing in the higher leagues of English football. The Championship, maybe even the Premier League. Because I am so young and I have played I feel quite a lot of games so far that doesn’t mean it’s not going to come easy for me. I have to keep working hard and hopefully my focus is on maybe getting into that Jamaica squad for the 2026 World Cup over in America.’’