Tottenham have signed a number of young players in recent transfer windows, keeping an eye on the future.
Andy Scoulding is Spurs’ Head of Loans and Pathways, and it is his responsibility to ensure that the youngsters out on loan are developing as the club want them to.
Scoulding does keep tabs on them remotely, but also goes to watch them in action on occasion.
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Tottenham make decision as bids received for Will Lankshear
Alasdair Gold claims that Tottenham have received loan bids for striker Will Lankshear.
The English forward is currently out on loan at Oxford United, and despite that, clubs are willing to take a punt on him.
For them to sign the 20-year-old, Spurs would have to terminate his loan spell and then loan him out again.
However, that is not understood to be on the radar.
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Speaking on Talking Tottenham, Gold said: “Will Lankshear, Spurs really happy with how he’s going this season. He’s at Oxford United.
“He’s having a real kind of one of those seasons of development where a bit like we were talking with Souza at Santos in terms of it’s a tough grind of a season. Oxford are battling away at the bottom of the championship and Will Lankshear is learning loads.
“And from what I understand, they’ve had a few bids this month for impermanent bids as well, which they’ve knocked back because they believe that, you know what, might be developing into something here.”
“And this is the problem, isn’t it? You can’t just keep developing players and then just letting them go for, you know, minimal fees or even just not giving them a chance in the first team. So I think they’ve been really impressed with Will and what he’s doing there.”
“Obviously, he’s been joined by Jamie Donley now. Jamie got a concussion in the game. So it’s just a really unfortunate start to his Oxford time. But he knows exactly what Will Lankshear does on a football pitch.
“He knows his runs, he knows everything. So if anyone’s going to provide him with the bullets to fire, you know, it’s going to be Jamie. And it’s yeah, I think there’s a bit of growing excitement, hopefully, about what Will Lankshear is going to become.”
How is Lankshear faring at Oxford United?
The 20-year-old is playing in England’s second tier, which is a good level for his development.
He has played 24 league games this season, scoring six goals and providing an assist.
Lankshear also played in the FA Cup and scored in the only match he played for Oxford United.
While he has amassed plenty of appearances, he was not always a regular starter under manager Gary Rowett.
With Matt Blomfield now taking over the reins, it remains to be seen whether or not his game time increases.