Tottenham are done and dusted in the Premier League this season, but if their success in the Europa League is anything to go off of, there is the hope of a bright future at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with so many young pieces capable of taking the next leap to superstardom.
In appreciation of these talents, let's rank the three highest-upside Tottenham players right now in 2025.
Destiny Udogie is a special player when you look at his uniqueness, positional versatility, athleticism, and technical ability. A left-footed left wing back who is comfortable playing either side, coming up into the midfield, overlapping or underlapping with a winger, and stepping up to shoot, Udogie has the potential to be the total package at the position for Tottenham.
Spurs are demonstrably better with Udogie in the lineup. He has the athletic ability to make copious ball recoveries and the game intelligence to know which situations to aggressively overlap and which ones to add numbers in midfield. He presses well, winning possession high up the pitch for quick counters and has the goal threat to turn those chances into something more.
Udogie now has four years of starting experience in a top-five league but is still just 22. He has been worth every bit of the 20 million euros Tottenham spent to sign him from Udinese, as Transfermarkt now rates him as double that. It's not inconceivable that as he continues to progress, he could be worth nearly double that amount, too, within a few years.
Tottenham beat Barcelona to the punch for Lucas Bergvall, and the young center midfielder has almost immediately become the best box-to-box player on the team, above top-five league veterans Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur.
Bergvall has a certain dynamism about him and a clutch factor that has come up big in this season's Europa League campaign. The Swedish international is a great ball-winner and progressor off the dribble with an eye for goal.
Just 19 years of age, Bergvall is already breaking out and should be one of the most important Tottenham players when the 2025/26 season begins. He has a level of all-around quality his midfield teammates don't in terms of his athleticism, defensive contributions, and technical quality as a passer and dribbler. He has a chance to be one of the best midfielders in the world in five years, which is why Real Madrid are already watching him.
It may seem blasphemous to have Bergvall ranked only second among Tottenham players with the highest potential, but he and Mathys Tel are pretty much neck-and-neck. And when it comes to difference-making players, inverted wingers who can score, create, and beat defenders are often the most impactful players in world football. Look no further than the likes of Ousmane Dembele, Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappe, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Mohamed Salah, and, of course, Son Heung-min over the past couple of years.
As Son enters the decline phase of his career at the age of 32, Tottenham have to start looking for replacements. They may have found a tailor-made one in Tel, who is on loan from Bayern Munich and can be signed for 45 million pounds - or less. With each passing game week, Tel does more and more to secure a future at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, creating frequent chances for his teammates, carrying a goal threat the other wingers don't, and showing more skill and initiative on the ball than his peers.
Players like Tel are difficult to find, and Tottenham have a ripe chance to sign a potential world-class left winger who can score and assist 10 and 10 per season, like Son was doing in his prime. Bergvall has the potential to be one of the best box-to-box midfielders in the world, but the 20-year-old Tel has a chance to be one of the best forwards in the world. I think that gets a slight edge in terms of value added to Tottenham.