Tottenham Hotspur are in serious danger of being relegated from the Premier League to the Championship for the first time in their history this season.
The Lilywhites are one point ahead of the bottom three with nine matches left to play and have only won one of their last 15 league matches under Igor Tudor and Thomas Frank.
Spurs made the decision to part ways with Frank last month and brought Tudor in as an interim replacement until the end of the season, but the Croatian has lost all three of his games in charge.
Whilst there is still plenty of football left to be played this season, some supporters are already looking ahead to a summer rebuild of the squad, whether that will be in the Premier League or in the Championship.
One of the players who is getting fans excited about the 2026/27 campaign and beyond is central defender Luka Vuskovic, who is currently on loan at Hamburger SV.
Why Vuskovic is in the news
The 19-year-old central defender is a trending topic at the moment because he scored his fifth Bundesliga goal of the season against Wolfsburg on Saturday.
The teenage defender, who has started all 22 of his appearances in the league, also won 12 of his 12 duels and made 22 defensive contributions in his side's 2-1 win over Wolfsburg.
Vuskovic has won 54% of his ground duels and 77% of his aerial duels in the Bundesliga so far this season, although he has also made two errors that have led to shots or goals for the opposition.
The 19-year-old starlet is not exceptional with the ball at his feet, completing just 83% of his attempted passes and making those two errors, and that is one area of his game that will need to improve if he wants to be a regular starter at the top end of the Premier League.
Whilst he is still an exciting prospect, given his goal output and defensive work in the Bundesliga, Spurs have another young star who may be an even bigger talent than Vuskovic.
Spurs teen is a bigger talent than Luka Vuskovic
The Croatia international is proving himself to be a solid player in one of Europe's major leagues, but there is an academy star in North London who has not yet had the same opportunity to showcase his talents.
The England U18 international, who has been on the bench for six top-flight games, has scored 16 goals and provided eight assists in 19 academy matches this term.
Williams-Barnett has a sensational overall record at academy level, scoring 38 goals and providing 21 assists in 50 matches, and he has a return at U21 level that is fairly comparable to Harry Kane's.
Despite being an attacking midfielder, rather than a centre-forward, he has a goal record that is almost identical to the one that Kane had at Spurs at U21 level, before he went on to become the club's all-time top goalscorer with 280 goals.
Williams-Barnett, who Como scout Ben Mattinson claimed "scores bangers", has the form at academy level to suggest that the potential is there for him to be their biggest academy graduate since Kane.
He has an unbelievable return of both goals and assists as an attacking midfielder or wide player and that has also translated well to international level, with eight goals in 22 caps for England at various age groups.
The 17-year-old star, who has scored two goals in four caps for England's U18s, is a silky player who can cause opposition defences problems with his dribbling, passing, crossing, and shooting, making him a complete offensive weapon.
Vuskovic, meanwhile, still has areas of his game to improve because of his struggles in deep build-up, with too many loose passes and errors, and is not a complete centre-back, despite how impressive he has been aerially in the Bundesliga.
Williams-Barnett may not have proven himself at a level as high as the Bundesliga yet, but his attributes and form for Spurs at academy level suggest that the club have an even bigger talent than Vuskovic brewing in the youth set-up.
It is now down to the next permanent manager to give the young star a chance in the same way that Kane once was when he broke through into the senior side.