Category: U23’s

Some notes on Spurs loanee Troy Parrott’s performance against Wycombe Wanderers:

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Troy Parrott (19) completed the whole of MK Dons’s League One match with Wycombe Wanderers, at Adams Park on Saturday afternoon. The Spurs loanee started the match up front, as a forward, and would lead the line for the majority of the game, until Connor Wickham came on in the second half. MK Dons won the game 1-0. Early on in the match Parrott received a pass from Scott Twine, he then entered the Wycombe penalty area after going on a forward run with the ball, following some good movement off the ball. However, the Republic of Ireland international was crowded out by Wycombe defenders, and had to pass the ball back to a teammate, despite it initially looking like a promising move. MK Dons took the lead in the 13th minute of the game, after Theodor Corbeanu’s low cross from the right wasn’t gathered properly by the Wycombe goalkeeper, and Scott Twine was able finish from inside the Wycombe box. However, Parrott had made a good and well timed run into the Wycombe penalty area, and this could have possibly distracted the Wycombe goalkeeper, David Stockdale, for the goal.

I noticed at the game today, that during the first half Troy was giving out advice to teammates, dropping deep quite a bit to get on the ball, and also looking confident on the pitch. After latching onto Tennai Watson’s pass down the right hand side of the Wycombe box, Parrott tried his luck on goal, with a powerful effort. However, goalkeeper David Stockdale managed to gather his effort at his near post. Wycombe defender Ryan Tafazolli could often be seen trying to mark Parrott during the first half, and often following him when he dropped deep into midfield. After receiving Theodor Corbeanu’s pass on the right hand side of the Wycombe penalty area, Troy attempted to find a teammate at the back post, who was in space. However, Wycombe defender Anthony Stewart did well to get to the ball, and put it behind for a corner-kick. Continuing to work really hard defensively for the team, Troy Parrott saw a half chance come his way, fairly early on in the second half. A cross into the Wycombe box came Theodor Corbeanu’s way, and his headed effort hit the crossbar. The ball then came to Parrott, but with some Wycombe defenders around him, his effort which lacked power was saved relatively comfortably by David Stockdale.

After receiving a yellow card in the 67th minute of the game, Troy seemed to move out more to the right flank, following the introduction of Connor Wickham, shortly afterwards. I was impressed with how much ground Troy covered during the second half, and he could often be seen defending inside the MK Dons box. Late on in the match Troy received a clever pass from Connor Wickham, down the right side of the Wycombe box, but with no support he had to try his luck on goal, and his effort was blocked behind for a corner-kick off of Ryan Tafazolli. This was a really hardworking performance from the Dublin born Spurs loanee, and there were about three or four occasions during today’s game when Troy had got into some really good goalscoring positions, after making some good runs. On another day he would have had the ball played into feet at least twice, in those situations.

Some notes on Spurs Academy player Nile John and his loan move to Charlton Athletic:

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Midfielder Nile John (18) joined League One side Charlton Athletic on loan for the remainder of the 2021/22 season, on Thursday. John had been a regular and important player for the Spurs Under 23 side during the first half of this season, and he had been directly involved in 11 goals (seven goals and four assists) from 16 competitive appearances. John had almost always been playing as a CAM for Wayne Burnett’s side this season, but he is also capable of playing out-wide, or in central-midfield. The London born footballer who has been at Spurs for many years, made his competitive debut for the Spurs Under 18 side during the 2018/19 season, and signed scholarship forms with the club at the end of that season. Nile had some injuries during the following 2019/20 season, and he missed a fair bit of the season, but he did return before the end of the season, and he did well during the remaining matches for the Spurs Under 18 side. In 2020/21 he did well for the Spurs Under 18 side, and he then spent much of the second half of the season with the Under 23 side, who he made ten competitive appearances for.

A highly skilful forward thinking midfield player, Nile John likes to go on skilful forward runs with the ball, taking players on and then using his nice weight of pass to thread a pass through to one of the Spurs forwards. However, this season he has been trying his luck on goal a lot more than during the previous seasons, and he has scored some really well taken goals. The player who has already made two competitive appearances for the Spurs first team, has enjoyed a really good first half of this season and his loan move to League One side Charlton Athletic is in my opinion really good for his development as a footballer. Former Spurs player Johnnie Jackson is the manager at Charlton, and Nile will be competing with Charlton midfielders such as Albie Morgan, Alex Gilbey and Sean Clare, for a place in the side. However, it will be interesting to see whether Nile plays in central midfield or as a CAM, where he has been playing at for most of this season. I’m a big fan of Nile John and his style of play, and I’m really hoping that he’ll get a lot of games for Charlton, from now until the end of the season. I wish him a very successful loan move at Charlton.

Some notes on Spurs Under 23’s player Dermi Lusala’s return to competitive action:

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Right-back Dermi Lusala (19) made his return to competitive action earlier this week, when he started for the Spurs Under 23 side away to Everton, in the Premier League 2. Born in nearby Edmonton, Lusala was previously with west London side Brentford, prior to joining Spurs as an Academy player. He made his competitive debut for the Spurs Under 18 side, in Spurs’ penultimate game of the 2018/19 Premier League South season, against Chelsea. He then signed scholarship forms with the club during that summer, and would go on and become a regular and important player for the Spurs Under 18 side during 2019/20, and would provide a good number of assists from out-wide. Dermi then made ten competitive appearances for the Spurs Under 18 side at the beginning of the following 2020/21 season, plus one appearance (his debut) for the Under 23 side, presumably before picking up an injury. The defender who can also fill in well at centre-half, didn’t feature for the Spurs Under 23 side during this pre-season (2021/22), and made a Spurs Under 23 squad for the first time this season earlier this month, in a Premier League 2 game against Manchester United.

Dermi made his return to competitive Academy football when he started for the Spurs Under 23 side against Everton, in the Premier League 2, earlier in the week. Starting at right-back and completing the whole of Spurs’ 1-0 loss, the first year professional often stayed deeper than left-back Marcel Lavinier, but overall I thought that he had a solid game defensively, especially when you consider that this was his first competitive game of football in a very long time. Lusala showed consistently at Under 18 level for Spurs, that he has a really good balance to his game. Good at defending, at right-back and at centre-half, but really good going forward, at taking players on for skill and at creating chances from out wide. Dermi, in my opinion did consistently really well for the Spurs Under 18 side during the 2019/20 season, and whenever he played at full-back he got up and down the flank really well. I really like how he is unpredictable with the ball and difficult to defend against when in the opponents half, but how he also is very versatile, good at defending and very good at making sliding challenges. I can see Dermi getting a good run games for the Spurs Under 23 side, from now until the end of the season. And I wish him all the very best of luck for the remainder of the season.

Some notes on recent Spurs Academy signing Charlie Sayers:

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Defender Charlie Sayers (17) recently joined Spurs on a permanent transfer from National League side Southend United. The player who is capable of playing as a left-back or centre-half, has so far made six competitive appearances for the Spurs Under 18 side, and made the bench for the Under 23’s on one occasion. Sayers is a tall defender, but one who has good ability on the ball. The Southend born footballer who attended Beauchamps High School, was previously with Billericay Town and Bowers & Pitsea at youth level, prior to joining Southend United. Sayers made his competitive first team debut for Southend back in October of 2021, when he started at left-back in a National League game against Solihull Moors. He made an additional five appearances for the Southend United first team, before playing his first game for the Spurs Under 18 side (it was announced soon afterwards that he had joined the club) in an Under 18 Premier League Cup game with Fulham, at their Motspur Park training ground. Fulham won that game comfortably, and it was a difficult first game for Charlie Sayers to make his debut in (he was playing on the left side of central defence).

Sayers captained the Spurs Under 18 side on his next appearance for them, in a 3-0 Premier League South defeat away to Crystal Palace. Then he started again (starting at centre-half once again) for the Under 18 side against Leicester City, in a league game. And while in my opinion he did well in that game against Leicester City, I though that his best performance to date for Spurs at Academy level, came in  an FA Youth Cup third round tie with Ipswich Town, in December of 2021. In that 5-1 win for Spurs, I thought that Charlie had a really strong game game in central defence. He made two really important defensive interventions during the first half, kept really good positioning throughout the game and was really assured in defence, working well with right sided centre-half and first year scholar Alfie Dorrington. Sayers continued his good start to life at Spurs by helping their Under 18 side to a 2-1 league away win over Southampton, earlier this month. With the second year scholar scoring an 88th minute winner for Spurs, in that game. He then scored another goal in his most recent appearance for the Under 18 side in their 6-1 FA Youth Cup fourth round tie win over West Brom, last week.

The versatile defender has so far played all of his games for Spurs at Academy level at centre-half, and in that West Brom game Charlie Sayers and Alfie Dorrington worked really well together again, in central defence. Both players helped to keep talented West Brom forward Reyes Cleary fairly quite throughout the game. Although it’s still early days, I have been impressed with the former Southend United player in regards to his positioning, overall defending and also his ability on the ball, and his willingness to get on the ball and bring it out of defence, and make some good forward passes. Sayers seems to be strong in the air, and he also reads the game in an impressive way. He recently made the squad for the Spurs Under 23 side, for the first time, which I think was really well deserved. While I hope that he does to get to make his competitive Under 23’s debut during the remainder of the season, Sayers will be very important for the Under 18 side as they look to continue their FA Youth Cup run. I wish Charlie all the very best of luck for the rest of the 2021/22 season, and congratulate him on having joined Spurs during late 2021.

Some notes on Spurs Under 23 player Max Robson’s return to competitive action for Spurs at Academy level:

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Attacking midfielder Max Robson was probably the best and most consistent player in my opinion, for the Spurs Under 18 side during the 2019/20 season, while still in his first season of scholarship at the club. The Haywards Heath born player scored five goals and provided six assists, from 20 competitive appearances for Spurs at Under 18 level. Robson, who was brought up in Burgess Hill, and who attended Birchwood High School, also made three additional appearances (scoring once) for the Spurs Under 19 side in the UEFA Youth League, during 2019/20. The player who can also play up-front as a false-nine, or in central-midfield and out wide, is a player who loves to take players on for skill. Always looking to play the ball forward and be creative in possession, Robson’s off the ball pressing and overall work is consistently very good. During his second year of scholarship, Max presumably was out injured for quite a while. Having to wait until the November of 2020 to make his first competitive appearance of the season for the Spurs Under 18 side, in a Premier League South game against Southampton. Robson made just seven more competitive Under 18 appearances during the remainder of 2020/21, plus an additional appearance for the Under 23 side (his debut). However, he did score one goal and provide two assists, from those games that he played.

Now in his first year as a professional with the club, Robson made some appearances for the Spurs Under 23 side during the pre-season of this season. However, he had to wait until last night, before making his first competitive appearance of the season for Wayne Burnett’s Under 23 side – as he came off the bench to replace Yago Santiago in the 76th minute of the game. A versatile but very talented and determined player on the pitch, Robson is fearless on the ball, but it’s his ability to get into really good pockets of space, which makes him so potent inside the penalty area. He also has very good reactions and can dribble with the ball at a good pace, as well. Max came quite close to scoring with a headed effort at the near post of the Everton goal, after meeting Romaine Mundle’s cross in the Under 23 game on Monday. Although he wasn’t on the pitch for long against Everton, I thought that he looked good and was always looking to try and influence the game. The 19 year old will be hoping to make his first start of the season for the Under 23 side, in the near future. And if there are some outgoing loans from the Under 23 side before the end of the month, then Robson could hopefully get more opportunities in the side.

I’m a big fan of the CAM, and while he clearly has a tremendous work ethic on the pitch, his quality with the ball is excellent, and he’s a real joy to watch on the pitch. Hopefully Max will get a good run of games for the Under 23 side during the remainder of the season, and I wish him all the very best of luck for the rest of the season.

Spurs Under 23’s 0-1 Everton: (match report)

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Spurs’ Under 23 side traveled up to Southport for a Monday evening Premier League 2 meeting with Everton, at The Pure Stadium. Wayne Burnett’s Spurs side saw their impressive unbeaten run come to an end, as the home side – Everton won the match 1-0, and it was a very strong defensive performance from them. Spurs lined-up with Joshua Oluwayemi in goal, while a back four of Dermi Lusala, Marqes Muir, Malachi Fagan-Walcott and Marcel Lavinier, lined-up in-front of him. Jamie Bowden and captain Harvey White started in midfield, and Jack Clarke and Yago Santiago started out on the flanks, either side of CAM Alfie Devine. Dane Scarlett led the line for Spurs, for the second Under 23 game in a row. Spurs got the game underway on a very cold evening in Southport. After Everton goalkeeper Harry Tyrer punched clear Harvey White’s corner-kick, Spurs defender Malachi Fagan-Walcott headed an effort wide of the Everton goal. A decent start from Spurs resulted in them seeing more of the ball than the hosts. 

After receiving Dane Scarlett’s pass, Jamie Bowden continued forward with the ball before hitting a low effort wide of goal. A couple of minutes later and after going past Malachi Fagan-Walcott and entering the Spurs box, Ellis Simms hit an effort towards the Spurs goal, but Joshua Oluwayemi saved well with his feet. At the other end of the pitch Marcel Lavinier had an effort blocked inside the Everton penalty area, before Alfie Devine saw his deflected effort saved by Tyrer. Then after Devine 

passed the ball through to Jack Clarke inside the Everton box, Everton defender and captain Ryan Astley made a good and important block. After receiving Harvey White’s lofted pass, centre-forward Dane Scarlett managed to get around an Everton defender, before having his powerful effort inside the Everton box saved by Tyrer. Spurs continued to see a lot of the ball, and after Bowden found Devine with a lofted pass inside the Everton box, Devine brought it down and was through on goal. But once again Harry Tyrer was alert and was able to make a good save to stop Devine’s effort on goal.

Jamie Bowden had an effort from distance saved by Tyrer, before Everton took the lead against the run of play. Recent signing from Rangers – Nathan Patterson delivered a good ball into the Spurs box from the right flank. The ball was met by Lewis Dobbin, whose header beat Oluwayemi in the Spurs goal, and went into the left corner of the goal, 0-1. Shortly before half-time Marqes Muir made an important challenge on Lewis Dobbin, to stop a promising Everton counter in what was the last bit of action from the first half. Everton got the second half underway and Spurs goalkeeper Joshua Oluwayemi had to make an early save to stop Isaac Price’s effort. The impressive Lewis Dobbin then managed to get past Malachi Fagan-Walcott, and down the right side of the Spurs penalty area, before being met by Oluwayemi, who bravely gathered the ball. 

Everton had started the second half better than they had the first half, and a ball over the top of the Spurs defence resulted in Lewis Dobbin trying to get away from Marqes Muir. However, Muir stayed with the Everton man well, before managing to block his eventual effort on goal behind for a corner-kick. Oluwayemi saved well from Jarrad Branthwaite’s headed effort, from an Everton corner-kick. There were then some more efforts on goal, before Lewis Dobbin narrowly put the ball over Oluwayemi’s goal. Spurs winger Jack Clarke received a yellow card, before Kyle John hit an effort over from distance. Malachi Fagan-Walcott then also received a yellow card from the referee, and he was then involved in the resulting Everton free-kick. As he headed clear, but Sebastian Quirk managed to get onto the ball and hit an effort from distance which went wide of the Spurs goal. 

Wayne Burnett made a double change as Max Robson and Romaine Mundle came on in place of Jack Clarke and Yago Santiago. Muir did well to stop an Everton forward move with Ellis Simms, before Lewis Warrington’s deflected effort from a corner-kick hit the inside of Joshua Oluwayemi’s left hand post, before going wide. First year scholar Jaden Williams came on to replace Alfie Devine. Max Robson headed Dermi Lusala’s cross off an Everton defender, and behind for a Spurs corner-kick. Jaden Williams had a looping header saved by Harry Tyrer, from the resulting corner-kick. And then very late on in the game Max Robson headed just wide at Harry Tyrer’s near post, after meeting Romaine Mundle’s cross inside the Everton box. Then even later on in the game Marqes Muir hit a deflected effort behind inside the Everton box. However, the referee sounded the final whistle a couple of moments later. Spurs’ next Premier League 2 game is on the seventh of February, when they host Crystal Palace.

Player reviews:

  • Joshua Oluwayemi: The Spurs goalkeeper made a couple of good saves, and in my opinion had a solid game.
  • Dermi Lusala: On his first appearance of the season for the Spurs Under 23 side, following his return from injury, right-back Dermi Lusala had a good first half. He often stayed deeper than Marcel Lavinier, who was playing at left-back. 
  • Marqes Muir: My man of the match, see below. 
  • Malachi Fagan-Walcott: Playing as a left-sided centre-half, Malachi Fagan-Walcott was good in the air and had to do quite a bit of defending to stop Everton winger Lewis Dobbin.
  • Marcel Lavinier: Playing at left-back for this game, Marcel Lavinier really got forward a lot. 
  • Jamie Bowden: The Spurs midfielder, whose loan at Oldham Athletic only recently ended, worked well with Harvey White in midfield. He created one very good chance for Alfie Devine, during the first half. 
  • Harvey White: The Spurs captain showcased his impressive passing off both feet, and often seemed to create time and space for himself on the ball. 
  • Jack Clarke: Playing out on the right flank and completing 76 minutes of the game, Jack Clarke had a slightly quieter game in comparison to his previous last couple of matches. However, Everton did defend very well throughout the match. 
  • Alfie Devine: The CAM made some good runs into decent areas, worked hard off the ball and was unlucky not to score during the first half.
  • Yago Santiago: The left winger for the game went on some promising runs both with and without the ball, during the first half.
  • Dane Scarlett: The centre-forward worked very hard inside the Everton half, and he was quite unlucky not to score during the first half.
  • Romaine Mundle: The second half substitute created one good chance for Max Robson late on in the game.
  • Max Robson: It was great to see Max Robson make his first competitive appearance of the season for Wayne Burnett’s Under 23 side. He created some good space for himself, and was unlucky not to score from his late headed effort on goal.
  • Jaden Williams: The late second half substitute played in the CAM role during the late stages of the game.

My man of the match: Marqes Muir. On his first competitive appearance for the Spurs Under 23 side since October, centre-half Marqes Muir, was in my opinion Spurs’ best player against Everton, on Monday evening. Teaming up with Malachi Fagan-Walcott, in central-defence. Muir played as a right-sided centre-half, and he always looked composed both with and without the ball. He helped to keep Everton centre-forward Ellis Simms fairly quite during the game, and he also made some important defensive interventions. His positioning was very good throughout the game.

Spurs Under 23’s versus Everton: (match preview)

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Spurs’ Under 23 side recorded a 1-1 draw with Blackburn Rovers, in their most recent Premier League 2 game, last week. Now this week they travel up to Southport to face an Everton side who haven’t lost a competitive game in the Premier League 2, since losing to Spurs 4-0, in the reverse fixture back in November. Spurs were by far the better team in that game, and as they haven’t lost a competitive game since October, they’ll be hoping to extend their unbeaten run to nine games tonight. Everton have picked up 20 points from 17 league game this season, and David Unsworth’s side currently occupy eighth place in the league. This will be yet another tough game for Wayne Burnett’s Spurs side, who have only ever won one game away to Everton since the start of the Premier League 2 in 2016. Spurs will have to watch Everton forwards Thomas Cannon and Ellis Simms, closely, throughout the game this evening (the match starts at 19:00pm). I will be travelling up to Southport today, to report on the game. I would like to wish Spurs all the very best of luck for the game.

My predicted lineup: (4-2-3-1) Oluwayemi, Lavinier, Muir, Fagan-Walcott, Matthew Craig, White (c), Michael Craig, Clarke, Devine, Bennett, Santiago. 

Subs from: Lo-Tutala, Lusala, Paskotši, Mundle, Robson.

Injured/unavailable: Kallum Cesay (suspended), Tobi Omole (suspended).

Doubtful: N/A. 

Previous meeting: Spurs 4-0.

My score prediction: Spurs 2-1.

My one to watch: Ellis Simms. The 21 year old centre-forward enjoyed a successful time on loan at Blackpool, last season, when he got into double figures for goals. Simms is a clinical centre-forward who has always had a good goalscoring record at Academy level for Everton. He started the last match for the Everton Under 23 side, which was against Liverpool.

Farewell and good luck Rafferty Pedder:

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Technically gifted midfielder Rafferty Pedder has left Spurs, after it was mutually agreed to end his contract. He has since joined Queens Park Rangers, and will be hoping to establish himself as a regular for their Development side, during the remainder of this season. The Maidstone born footballer who joined Spurs early on in his footballing journey, had missed a lot of football prior to signing full-time with Spurs in the summer of 2018. However, after having to wait for a while to make his competitive debut for the Spurs Under 18 side, during the following 2019/20 season Rafferty became a key player for then head-coach Matt Taylor, and would finish the season with more appearances than anyone else in the side. Rafferty was consistent during that season, and the skilful and direct midfield player (capable of playing in central midfield or as a CAM) really showed his quality on the ball. Agile, very hardworking and with really good vision for a pass, the 19 year old is a real joy to watch play football. He is always looking to play the ball forward, loves to run forward at pace with the ball and is also a great athlete.

Regardless of whether he is playing as a CAM or as a central midfielder, Rafferty links the play really well and he is a very intelligent midfield player. Excellent performances against Norwich City and Southampton in the Premier League South during the 2019/20 season, really standout from looking back at all of the games that I saw him play for Spurs at all levels. However, Rafferty has always been a very consistent player, since I started watching him at Spurs. And he is the kind of player who gets fans off their seats, as he is just to purposeful with the ball. Rafferty made 13 competitive appearances for Spurs’ Development side, since the start of last season, providing two assists from those appearances. His last competitive appearance for Spurs’ Under 23 side was in a Premier League 2 game against Blackburn Rovers, in September of last year. I’ve really enjoyed seeing Rafferty play for Spurs, since joining full-time in 2018, and I will closely follow his progress at his new club. I would like to wish him all the very best for the future. Farewell and good luck, Rafferty.

Farewell and good luck Dilan Markanday:

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Barnet born, boyhood Spurs fan and professional footballer Dilan Markanday departed Spurs yesterday, to join Championship club Blackburn Rovers on a permanent transfer. The highly skilful 20 year old winger had been having a sensational season for Spurs’ Under 23 side, scoring a highly impressive total of 12 goals and providing eight assists, from 17 competitive appearances for them. Dilan joined Spurs full-time in the summer of 2017, when he signed scholarship forms with the club. He made a number of competitive appearances for the Spurs Under 18 side that season, scoring his first goal for them in a Premier League Cup game against Leicester City, back in the autumn of 2017. However, Markanday would become a key player for the Spurs Under 18 side during the following 2018/19 season, when Spurs came so very close to winning the Premier League South. Markanday was excellent throughout that season, and would also make some further competitive appearances for the Under 23 side.

The 2019/20 season saw Dilan make the permanent step-up to Wayne Burnett’s Under 23 side, as he continued his development at the club. Always a very creative player, who is never afraid to take defenders on for skill, the 2020/21 season, like the previous season, may not have resulted in Dilan getting the goals and assists that his performances deserved. However, he was continuing to improve and get stronger both on and off the ball. This resulted in Dilan enjoying an outstanding pre-season with the Spurs Development side, and his excellent form carried on into the competitive season, where he had been beyond outstanding, right up until his final game for the Under 23 side, which was against Manchester United, earlier this month. Markanday also made one competitive appearance for the Spurs first team, when he came on as a substitute against Vitesse Arnhem, in the UEFA Europa Conference League, earlier this season. Dilan is a brave and fearless creative and highly skilful winger, who will take players on for sheer skill. 

Dilan is able to ride a challenge superbly well (the best that I have ever seen from any Spurs Academy player), is unselfish on the ball and also has incredible balance, and can twist and turn his way past defenders with ease. He has become a lot more physical over the last 18 or so months, and has become even more clinical when inside the oppositions penalty area. He has always been a very talented player, but during the last 18 months Dilan has just got better and better, both on and off the ball. Always a player who has worked very hard off the ball, and has shown that he can play at full-back well, Dilan is in my opinion at his very best when he is playing out on the right flank. When running with the ball at pace, taking players on and also cutting inside onto his excellent left foot (he is also good with his right foot) and testing the goalkeeper, that is in my opinion where I see Dilan playing regularly at in the future. However, having said that he is also very comfortable and effective at playing as a CAM, out on the left wing and also as a centre-forward, which he has already shown that he can play as so well this season.

An absolute pleasure to watch play and excel for Spurs at Academy level over the years, I’m sad to see Dilan leave the club. He is a fantastic talent who will go on to achieve great things in the game, and I have no doubts about that. I very much look forward to following Dilan’s progress at Blackburn, over the coming years. And I do hope that he gets a chance to play for the England Under 21 side in the very near future. What a player and what a future in the game. Farewell and good luck, Dilan!

Spurs Under 23’s versus Manchester United: (match preview)

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Spurs’ Under 23 side will play their first competitive game of 2022, when they face Manchester United at Leigh Sports Village, on Monday evening (the game starts at 19:00pm). Wayne Burnett’s side are currently in third place in the league standings, while Manchester United are in seventh place in Division One. When these two teams met in the league back in October, Wayne Burnett’s side won the match 1-0, but it was a very close and competitive game. Manchester United are a team of very talented players, such as Shola Shoretire, Charlie McNeill and Alvaro Fernandez. This will be another tough game, but Spurs are in great form at this level and if they play like they have recently then they have a good chance of getting a good result. I would like to wish Spurs all the very best of luck for the game.

My predicted lineup: Lo-Tutala, Lavinier, Fagan-Walcott, Omole, Cesay, Lyons-Foster, White (c), Markanday, John, Devine, Clarke. 

Subs from: Oluwayemi, Paskotši, Matthew Craig, Michael Craig, Santiago. 

Injured/unavailable: N/A.

Doubtful: N/A.

Previous meeting: Spurs 1-0.

My score prediction: Spurs 2-1.

My one to watch: Shola Shoretire. The Manchester United forward really impressed in the reverse fixture in October, and his skill on the ball was very good. Shoretire has scored four goals and provided two assists from ten Premier League 2 appearance this season.