Tottenham Hotspur signed a number of youngsters in the summer months, and it appears as if it’s already starting to pay off for Ange Postecoglou.
The Lilywhites’ transfer approach appears to be heading in the direction of younger players under Ange Postecoglou.
Wilson Odobert, Lucas Bergvall, Archie Gray and Yang Min-hyeok all put pen to paper on deals at Tottenham, though the latter won’t join until January.
It’s been claimed that Bergvall and Gray could get a fair bit of game time in the months to come, and from what we’ve seen of them already it certainly looks like they can handle the pressure.
Jon Dahl Tomasson has predicted that Bergvall would have a big future with his national side after his performance during the international break.
But, it was the turn of another youngster to catch the eye last night for his country…
£30m Spurs talent catches the eye with international display
Archie Gray has already been tipped for big things by Harry Redknapp at Tottenham after joining for around £30 million in the summer.
And, England fans were blessed with an eye-catching performance from him last night for the Under-21 side as they drew 0-0 with Northern Ireland.
The 18-year-old started as a right wing-back almost, which is a position that he has played in before.
He had 101 touches, won 4/4 of his duels, had a 90% pass success rate and completed both of his dribbles in a very accomplished display.
What does Ange Postecoglou think of Archie Gray?
It didn’t take long for Ange Postecoglou to praise Archie Gray in pre-season as he said this after his performance against Hearts.
“Yeah no Archie did well and yeah look him, Skipp and Jamie probably weren’t expecting to be starting in our back four.
“But, that’s okay, you know, it’s about guys like Archie getting accustomed to how we play and how we train.
“He’s an intelligent kid and he coped with it okay today and like I say it’s just about letting him and Lucas settle into things.
“But I thought he was good today, Archie really good today, you know, he did things we know he can do today.
“He’s adapting to the intensity and tempo, so yeah he did well.”