Sheffield Wednesday’s goalkeeper, Pierce Charles, is set to join the Owls’ preseason camp in Germany tonight. The young keeper, who just turned 19, has been competing in the U19 European Championship with Northern Ireland. Despite their efforts, Northern Ireland was eliminated from the tournament over the weekend.

Charles won’t get much of a break as he heads directly from the UK to reunite with his Wednesday teammates in preparation for their match against Werder Bremen on Friday evening. The team’s head coach, Danny Röhl, currently faces a shortage of goalkeepers due to an injury to Ben Hamer. Hamer’s hand injury will keep him out of the upcoming friendlies, leaving only James Beadle and Jack Hall as the professional goalkeepers available. As a result, George Shelvey has been brought in on trial.

Röhl explained the situation to the media in Germany, stating, “Ben has an injury with his hand, his finger. How long it takes to recover we’ll have to see. Hopefully it’s not so long, but with the next friendly games he will not be available. We have James, and Pierce will join us tonight, which is good. We’ll see what we can do in the market as well. We want a number one, an experienced one, and a goalkeeper with high potential. But with goalkeepers, it’s about minutes and playing time, so we’ll wait and see at the end of the transfer window what we will and won’t do.”

Sheffield Wednesday will face Werder Bremen on Friday afternoon at Parkstadion in Zell am Ziller.