The 18-year-old attacking player has returned to fitness after a pre-season disrupted by a groin injury
Tegan Finn during Argyle's League One game against Stockport County at Home Park on 15 August 2026 - Photo: Dave Rowntree/PPAUK
Tegan Finn during Argyle's League One game against Stockport County at Home Park on 15 August 2026 - Photo: Dave Rowntree/PPAUK
View 2 Images
Tegan Finn is being lined up to start for Plymouth Argyle in the Carabao Cup second round tie against Premier League newcomers Coventry City at Home Park next Tuesday.
The Pilgrims' academy product had his pre-season disrupted by a groin injury but he returned to action for the under-18s in an EFL Youth Alliance game away to Stevenage on Tuesday and had a goal and an assist in a 4-0 win.
Finn will be in Argyle's squad for the League One match at Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday and head coach Tom Cleverley has indicated the talented teenage attacker could then be in the team against Frank Lampard's Coventry.
Read More: Brendan Wiredu poised to leave Argyle for Salford
Read More: Argyle injury latest with Alex Mitchell issue 'to manage'
Cleverley said: "Tegan was one of those guys who didn't have many pre-season minutes at all. He played a couple of the games where we were 45 minutes each and then he got a small injury.
"It meant he had the lowest of the group in terms of pre-season minutes so nothing that Tegan has done wrong to land back in the under-18s for Tuesday other than it was our only opportunity to get him some minutes before Coventry, a game he could potentially start in.
"He will be in the squad Saturday and he has got a high chance of playing on Tuesday."
While pre-season did not go smoothly for Finn, 20-year-old Freddie Issaka did make a positive impression on Cleverley, both in training and the games, after loan spells with Bristol Rovers and Truro City last term.
Freddie Issaka of Plymouth Argyle on the break during the pre-season match against Bath City at Twerton Park on 18 July 2026. Photo: Phil Mingo/PPAUK
Freddie Issaka of Plymouth Argyle on the break during the pre-season match against Bath City at Twerton Park on 18 July 2026. Photo: Phil Mingo/PPAUK
View 2 Images
Issaka also came up with an assist as he played as a late substitute in the 2-0 Carabao Cup first round win at home to Exeter City on August 10, only to then suffer a groin strain.
Cleverley said: "Really unfortunate for Freddie. I thought he was good against Exeter. He has had a good pre-season, he looks stronger, he looks like he has got a bit more edge about him.
"These are the things you pick up from going out on loan. It's always a development process for these guys who we do send out on loan.
"Unfortunately, after certainly his biggest moment in an Argyle shirt under myself, he picked up a slight groin strain in the training week after that. It's a minimal injury so it's two or three weeks, and we have covered about 10 days of that now. "
On whether Issaka would be loaned out again once he was fit, Cleverley said: "Freddie can make the decision for me and he certainly made a good impression in his minutes in pre-season and against Exeter."
You can read more of our Argyle stories from Plymouth Live by clicking HERE