Tottenham Hotspur have made a real name for themselves in recent years on the youth transfer front.
For instance, Spurs signed Pape Matar Sarr and Destiny Udogie, who arrived at N17 as relative unknowns but have become Premier League stars.
This year, Tottenham brought the likes of Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall and Wilson Odobert to the club, and Yang Min-hyuk is set to arrive next year.
Of those, Gray is the most high-profile signing, having made a name for himself as one of England’s most talented youngsters while at Leeds United.
This week, Tottenham spoke to Gray in their latest Driving Home With episode, in which Ben Haines drives a Spurs player home from training and interviews him.
Gray revealed how his family – in particular his grandfather, his great-uncle and his father, all of whom were professional footballers – reacted when they found out he was N17-bound.
Archie Gray says his family was buzzing over his move to Tottenham
Gray said his family was “really excited” that he was moving to Spurs, who are currently being managed by former Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou.
Haines showed Gray a number of AI-generated ‘facts’ about him and he went on to confirm and deny whether these were true.
One of those claims was that “Gray grew up a big Celtic fan and is excited to face Rangers in the Europa League.”
The Tottenham gem replied: “My family, Eddie, they’re all from Glasgow, and they all support Celtic so I always follow them and I’m definitely very excited to play Rangers.
Haines then asked Gray what his family made of his move to a club managed by the former Hoops boss, and whether they said ‘yes please’.
“Yeah,” laughed Gray. “And all my family were like that as well, especially Eddie and Frank and my dad (Andy), they were really excited that I’ve got the opportunity to work under him.”
Gray’s father, Andy Gray, was a striker and winger whose professional career spanned from 1995 to 2014.
The 46-year-old played for the likes of Leeds, Nottingham Forest, Bradford, Sheffield United, Sunderland, Burnley, Charlton and Barnsley. He also won two caps for Scotland.
Frank Gray, the Spurs gem’s grandfather, won 32 caps for Scotland and played for the likes of Leeds, Forest, Sunderland and Darlington between 1972 and 1992.
Eddie Gray, the Tottenham player’s great uncle, is known for being one of Leeds’ greatest ever players, making over 450 appearances for them between 1966 and 1983.
He won two league titles and a League Cup whilst at Elland Road, and he also had two stints managing the Whites, on top of winning 12 caps for Scotland.
Tottenham’s stance towards Gray ahead of January transfer window
TBR Football understands that Tottenham are not planning to let Gray leave on loan.
Indeed, Spurs have not even talked about possible plans for their summer signing to leave in January.
Ange Postecoglou sees Gray as an important part of the squad, who is learning every day from training with the current squad.
Likewise, Gray has shown no desire to push for a move away from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.