Bristol City have confirmed talented duo Seb Palmer-Houlden and Tommy Backwell have agreed new contract extensions with the club until 2024.
On what is expected to be a welcome quiet transfer deadline day for the Robins, City have looked to the future by tying their two top prospects down to contracts for at least another two years.
It was only in May that both Palmer-Houlden and Backwell signed new one-year contracts so extending their stays by an extra year less than four months later only emphasises how highly regarded they are among coaching staff at the club.
Palmer-Houlden, 18, was really impressive with the Under-18s and U23s last season and recently earned a loan move to Chippenham. Although the club activated the 28-day recall option in the deal to bring him back to BS3 on Wednesday.
The Bristol-born towering striker headed with the senior squad to Austria for their pre-season training camp and it remains to be seen what the short-term plan is for the talent going forward. Last month, he scored twice as the Under-21s beat Barnsley in the league before firing in a third in a 4-2 win over Hull.
Backwell was also recently recalled from a short-term loan spell with Bath City and has been featuring for the U21s as they stretched their unbeaten start to the season to four games on Tuesday. He has been at the club since the age of 15 after playing at both Mangotsfield and Southampton.
City have been keen to tie their top talents down to contracts this summer having joined Raph Araoye, Mac Boyd, Jamie Knight-Lebel, Omar Taylor-Clarke and Callum Wood who have all signed professional deals over the last few months.
City manager Nigel Pearson spoke of his continued desire to integrate academy players into his first-team squad in May. He said: "One of our aspirations as a club is to produce home grown talent who make it into our own team.
"The success of some of those youngsters this year coming through into the first team gives us greater impetus with how our Academy is structured because our young players get opportunities if they are good enough.
"I know Tinns (Brian) is very keen for us to be aligned so that people understand what we are trying to produce. It's very important that we do produce homegrown talent and we are on the same page in terms of how we operate as a club so hopefully the future remains very bright for us."
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