Tottenham might not have been in action this weekend but their loan players made up for that with plenty of minutes on pitches across Europe.
Ange Postecoglou's Spurs are out of the FA Cup so that meant a weekend off and an eight-day gap between the Premier League defeat to Manchester City and the Europa League round of 16 first leg clash at AZ Alkmaar on Thursday night. Tottenham currently have 13 loan players out across clubs in the Football League as well as Scotland, Spain and Belgium as well as Luka Vuskovic, who will join the north London club this summer.
So how exactly did the 14 Tottenham players fare for their respective clubs in the past week? football.london takes a look below.
Alfie Devine and Luka Vuskovic (Westerlo)
Alfie Devine is still out with his hamstring injury but Luka Vuskovic, who turned 18 last week, was named man of the match for Westerlo as he helped the Belgian side secure their first clean sheet in the Jupiler Pro League since November.
The Croatian has been a force at both ends of the pitch, with seven goals to his name and one assist from his 26 appearances for the Belgium club. The teenager is technically on loan there from Hajduk Split but will join Spurs this summer with plenty of excitement about his arrival.
Belgian media outlet Sporza said of the draw at the weekend: "Westerlo managed to keep a clean sheet once more, and that was partly thanks to Luka Vuskovic. The 18-year-old loanee stood firm on an attempt by Mijatovic and also showed himself to be dangerous up front with a header now and then."
Yang Min-hyeok (QPR)
Yang Min-hyeok made his second start for QPR at the weekend as he played 66 minutes of their 2-1 defeat at home to Championship high-flyers Sheffield United.
It continued the 18-year-old's run of six straight appearances since making the move across London and was another educational day for him in the English game as he was involved in the opponents' first goal after he lost the ball. However, he did offer plenty of threat for the hosts.
In West London Sport's player ratings, Yang was handed a six with the review: "Prone to being nudged off the ball, which is understandable given his size and inexperience, and the first goal came after he was robbed. He did look lively going forward though."
London World's ratings were even more effusive in their praise for the South Korean starlet, handing him an eight with the write-up: "The potential here is crazy. Bullied off the ball for the Sheffield United opener, but that goal was not solely his fault with unconvincing defending. Looked a threat every time the ball landed at his feet. Would have had his first QPR goal if found by Morgan."
Bryan Gil (Girona)
Bryan Gil played 84 minutes as Girona drew 2-2 at home against Celta Vigao in La Liga on Saturday afternoon.
The 24-year-old had a 96% pass success rate, misplacing only one of his 25 attempts and he created one chance on the day with a shot on target. Gil played three passes into the final third, went on one successful dribble, put in two crosses that found their target and one accurate long ball.
The winger was not dispossessed at all during the game and helped out defensively with four ball recoveries and won five of his eight ground duels.
The Spaniard has now played 31 times this season for Girona with four goals and three assists.
Alejo Veliz (Espanyol)
Alejo Veliz will be hoping to get some minutes on Monday evening as Espanyol travel to Villarreal in La Liga.
The 21-year-old striker's run of eight straight appearances came to an end last time out with an unused bench role in the 1-0 win at Alaves.
Veliz has made 22 appearances in all this season for Espanyol, scoring four times with one of those coming in La Liga.
Manor Solomon (Leeds United)
Manor Solomon and Leeds kept their recent unbeaten run in the Championship going on Saturday with a 1-1 draw at Elland Road against West Brom.
Solomon came across fellow Spurs team-mate Will Lankshear, who plays for the Baggies, on the day and played 79 minutes of the encounter.
The 25-year-old received a seven in Leeds Live's player ratings from the game with the review: "Had a few nice touches and fired in a few efforts, albeit most were blocked for waiting half a second too long. Linked up play well but left the pitch a frustrated man."
It was Solomon's 30th appearance of the season for Leeds and he has managed seven goals and eight assists in those games during a successful loan spell.
Will Lankshear (West Bromwich Albion)
Will Lankshear was an unused substitute in West Brom's draw at Leeds on Saturday.
After some early positive cameos and his first start against Millwall, the 19-year-old striker has had to remain patient for game time and Saturday brought his first match without minutes as the Baggies travelled to the Championship leaders.
Lankshear will be hoping to get some game time against Yang on Saturday as West Brom host QPR in the league before a trip to Burnley on the Tuesday evening.
Ashley Phillips (Stoke City)
Ashley Phillips continues to play every minute going for Stoke City and helped them pick up their first clean sheet in a while with a big point at home thanks to a goalless draw against promotion-chasing Watford.
However, the 19-year-old was adjudged to have got away with it slightly during his performance, judging by Stoke-on-Trent Live's player ratings, in which he was awarded a six.
"Got lucky twice after panicking when he had to deal with long straight balls which can undo the other 89-odd minutes," they read.
Phillips has played 28 times for Stoke this season, scoring one lovely goal with a back flick in the Carabao Cup earlier in the campaign.
Jamie Donley and Josh Keeley (Leyton Orient)
Leyton Orient's winning run in League One is well and truly behind them at the moment following a string of three consecutive defeats in tough matches against fellow promotion chasers Bolton, leaders Birmingham and now Charlton on Saturday.
Orient fell to a 2-1 defeat at home to Charlton with Jamie Donley getting 86 minutes under his belt during the encounter and goalkeeper Josh Keeley playing the full game and getting the man of the match award, only to suffer a late disaster.
After a brave save in the first half of the game on his goalline, Keeley made a great double save in the second half and on 90 minutes it was announced that he was man of the match.
However, added time disaster struck when first the 21-year-old slipped when coming out for one corner and then was blocked from getting the ball for another and Charlton took full advantage of both with two last-gasp headers back past him to turn the game on its head.
Alfie Dorrington (Aberdeen)
Alfie Dorrington came on in the first half of Aberdeen's 2-2 draw at home against Dundee United in the Scottish Premiership on Sunday.
With Kristers Tobers needing to come off injured five minutes before the break, the 19-year-old Spurs defender was thrust into the action and was involved as Aberdeen came from two goals down to take a point from the encounter.
After a couple of games unused on the bench, Dorrington has now come off the bench in the past two matches, including 28 minutes in the 5-1 defeat at Celtic, making it six appearances for the Scottish side since arriving in the winter window.
Matthew Craig (Mansfield Town)
Matthew Craig was not in the squad for Mansfield's 1-1 draw on Saturday at Burton Albion in League One.
The 21-year-old had been back on the bench for Town the previous weekend after missing their past seven league games with a back issue. However, he was not involved again this time around.
George Abbott (Notts County)
George Abbott's great loan spell at Notts County continued with a goal and an assist as they drew 2-2 at Fleetwood on Saturday afternoon.
The 19-year-old has had a loan to remember with the League Two club and he produced a calm finish after seizing on a defensive mistake to open the scoring on 16 minutes. It looked like County had thrown it away as they conceded two goals in three minutes in the second half but up popped Abbott in the 89th minute with a lovely run and bit of control before driving the ball across the face of goal for Alassana Jatta to slide home and net a late leveller.
Abbott has played 30 times for County this season, chipping in with five goals and five assists.
Luca Gunter (Wealdstone)
Luca Gunter had a weekend off for Wealdstone but the 19-year-old goalkeeper will be back in action in the National League as they travel to Spurs' FA Cup third round opponents Tamworth on Tuesday evening.
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