Goalkeeper Aaron Maguire has been in the Spurs Academy set-up for a number of years. Born in Whipps Cross and brought up in Chingford, Maguire has represented England up until Under 17 level, and the Republic of Ireland up until Under 19 level, at international level. A good communicator from his penalty area, Aaron would make five league appearances for the Spurs Under 18 side in 2020/21, as a first year scholar, before missing quite a bit of the start of the following season through injury. However, the goalkeeper still made some good progress during that season at Under 18 level for Spurs, and he would also start for a Spurs Under 17 side in the final of that season’s Under 17 Premier League Cup final, against Manchester City. Manchester City convincingly beat Spurs in that final, but Maguire was one of Spurs’ best players. In the same season Aaron had fine games against the likes of Fulham, Birmingham City and Arsenal, in the Under 18 Premier League South.

Aaron Maguire started the season just gone (2022/23) by competing with summer signing Josh Keeley and Adam Hayton (now of Barnsley) for a starting place in the Spurs Under 21 side. He would make four Premier League 2 appearances for the Spurs Under 21 side, and it was on his competitive debut at that level, in a league game against Manchester City, that he had his very best game at that level, so far. Making a series of very good saves in that game at Manchester City’s Academy Stadium, Maguire had an excellent game, making some really good decisions against a top Manchester City side. The game finished 0-0, with Aaron keeping a clean-sheet, and he would start the next three league games for Spurs’ Under 21 side after that. He wouldn’t play again in a competitive match for the Spurs Under 21 side after September, but he would make one appearance for the Spurs Under 19 side in a UEFA Youth League with Sporting Lisbon at Hotspur Way, before then keeping a clean-sheet in an Under 18 Premier League South game with Norwich City, in April.

A very alert goalkeeper who is good at rushing out of his goal, Aaron Maguire is good at closing down the angles, and as a goalkeeper he has great reflexes. He has demonstrated that he has good distribution, and the tall goalkeeper is a reliable goalkeeper, whose handling of the ball is also good. Next season in 2023/24, Aaron Maguire will be competing with Josh Keeley and Luca Gunter for a starting place in the Spurs Under 21 side, and he will be hoping to make even more appearances for that side, than he did in the previous 2022/23 season.