Jude Soonsup-Bell joined Spurs from Chelsea earlier this year (in January), and he would go on to feature for the Spurs Under 21 side on seven competitive occasions last season (2022/23), scoring two goals from those appearances for the club. A centre-forward, Jude is a strong player who has good skill on the ball. He started his career with the Swindon Town Academy, before later moving to Chelsea’s Academy set-up. From Chippenham, Soonsup-Bell impressed greatly with Chelsea’s Under 18 side, in his first season as a scholar with the club, scoring 14 Premier League South goals from 16 appearances during the 2020/21 season. An England youth international, Jude also featured for the then Chelsea Under 23 side on occasions during the same season. Having seen him play for Chelsea’s Academy set-up on occasions prior to joining Spurs’ Development squad, where I have seen all eight of his appearances for the club so far, I still haven’t seen lots of Soonsup-Bell. However, the player who once featured for the Chelsea first team in a Carabao Cup fixture, is a player who I have been impressed with, when I have seen him play.

The 19 year old Spurs forward actually made his Premier League 2 debut for the Chelsea Development squad against Spurs, during the 2020/21 season. From the games that I have seen him play for both Chelsea and Spurs, I have noticed that Jude links the play well, is good in the air and he also has good pace, as well as having good off the ball movement. He did well for the Spurs Under 21 side in Premier League 2 games against Crystal Palace and Fulham respectively, scoring in both games, as he showed just how clinical a finisher he is capable of being inside the penalty area. He has a good amount of different finishes to his game, and his dribbling ability with the ball and pace allows him to play out on the flanks as a winger, although he hasn’t played in that position for Spurs yet. He is good at taking up clever positions out on the flanks, and then travelling inside to get efforts away, to test the goalkeeper. Jude made his return from an injury that had seen him miss the end of last season, when he came on as a fairly late substitute on Tuesday against non-League side Enfield Town, for Spurs’ Under 21 side. He had two chances to score a goal against Enfield. He was unlucky not to score a headed goal, before then helping to create a goalscoring opportunity inside the Enfield penalty area, before having an effort with his left foot saved by the goalkeeper.

I’m looking to forward to seeing Jude build his way up to full match fitness this pre-season with the Spurs Development squad, and I think that he’ll do really well this season. He is a player with real quality, and it will be interesting to see whether he does go out on loan at some stage this season. I wish Jude all the very best for the season ahead.