West Bromwich Albion
Daniels joined West Bromwich Albion in 2009 from Reading and quickly made himself a regular in Albion's FA Premier Academy League Under-18s side before moving into the Under-21s and captaining them. [3] Developing through the academy, Daniels was awarded with first professional contract, which keep him until 2013. [3] Not only that, Daniels ended up being awarded the Baggies’ 2011–12 Young Player of the Year Award. [4]
After his loan spell at West Brom came to an end, the club opted to take up their option of a contract extension on Daniels to stay for another season. [5] After Daniels skippered Albion to victory in the Birmingham Senior Cup final against Tamworth in 2014, [6] the club, again, opted to take up their option of a contract extension on Daniels to stay for another season. [7] Daniels had his contract extended for another season. [8]
In the 2012–13 season, Daniels joined Tranmere Rovers on 22 November 2012, on loan. [9] He made his debut on 21 December, in a heavy 5–0 defeat away to Swindon Town. [10] His five appearances with Tranmere Rovers led Daniels to have a loan extension for further month, before it was extended until the end of the season. [11] [12] On 19 February 2013, Daniels scored his first senior goal, in a 3–1 defeat against Swindon. [13] After making thirteen appearances and scoring once, Daniels returned to his parent club after being recalled. [14]
On 25 November 2013, Daniels joined Gillingham on loan until 3 January 2014 [15] and he played the following evening against Stevenage, where he scored in the 52nd minute on his debut in a 3–2 home victory for Gillingham. [16] After making three appearances and scoring once, Daniels returned to his parent club. [17]
On 1 August 2014, he joined Blackpool on a 28-day youth loan. [18] He made his debut for the club on 9 August, losing 2–0 to Nottingham Forest in the opening game of the season. [19] Daniels loan spell with Blackpool was soon extended until 2 January 2015. [20]
In November 2014, Blackpool were fined £30,000 for playing Daniels after his youth loan had expired. He had played against Millwall on 30 August 2014. [21] Daniels then scored his first goal for the club on 18 October 2014, in a 4–2 loss against Huddersfield Town. [22] By the end of November, Daniels missed four matches over "rules prevent clubs naming more than five loan players in their team". [23] Daniels made his return on his last appearance on 26 December 2014, in a 1–0 loss against Sheffield Wednesday. [24] The loan spell came to an end in December. [25]
On 27 January 2015 he joined Aberdeen on loan until the end of the season. [26] He scored on his debut for Aberdeen on 31 January 2015, against Dundee United in the semi-final of the Scottish League Cup, but Aberdeen went on to lose the match 2–1. [27] Daniels went on to make nine appearances for the club.
Wigan Athletic
On 30 June 2015, Daniels signed for Wigan Athletic on a three-year-deal. [28] On 19 August 2015, Daniels scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 home victory against Scunthorpe United. [29] After a successful first season with the club injury blighted his second, ruling him out for the majority of the 2016–17 season. [30]
On 31 August 2017, Daniels signed for Rochdale on a season-long loan. [31]
He was released by Wigan at the end of the 2017–18 season. [32]
Crewe Alexandra
On 27 August 2020, Daniels signed a two-year deal with newly promoted Crewe Alexandra after leaving Luton Town, [36] making his debut the following month in the EFL Trophy against Newcastle United's Under-21 team. [37] He made his first league start for Crewe on 10 October 2020 against former club Wigan at Gresty Road, but was substituted after an injury early in the first half. [38] He eventually returned to the first team in February 2021, but, on just his fourth league appearance for Crewe, suffered another injury in a 1-1 draw at former club Blackpool on 2 March 2021. [39] After a two-week absence, he returned to the side, playing in Crewe's final 11 games of the season.
