Tottenham Hotspur have levels still to reach under Thomas Frank's management, but with such an exciting academy underbelly, there's every reason for fans to be excited about the club's long-term success.
There has been a real wave of youth investment in recent years, with Lucas Bergvall and Luka Vuskovic among the formative additions landed after showing signs of prodigious potential. However, the next superstar has yet to present himself.
Harry Kane is the most notable alumnus kicking a ball today, with the Three Lions captain in devastating form for club and country this season. Kane is one of the Londoners' greatest players of all time, for sure.
How Frank must long for the 32-year-old's qualities. He would be the icing on the cake down N17 this season. However, Kane isn't the only one-time Spurs striker making headway at the moment, with Troy Parrott in the form of his life.
Parrott's record since leaving Spurs
Parrott left Tottenham for AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch Eredivisie in July 2024, completing a transfer worth around £7m. He had only featured four times for Spurs' senior side and had completed five separate loan spells away, the last of which was a prolific year in Holland with Excelsior.
However, his 2024/25 campaign stood as the opus of his young career. The 23-year-old has been thriving with Alkmaar, and he has used that platform as a springboard toward new heights with the Irish national team too.
Indeed, after scoring 13 goals and supplying two assists across 14 matches in all competitions for his club this season, Parrott has headed out with his nation and dragged them to the World Cup qualifiers, scoring a brace in last week's surprise victory over Portugal.
But it was the sublime hat-trick over Hungary on Sunday evening that consolidated Parrott's new reputation as a hero in his homeland and one of the most talented up-and-coming strikers out there.
How Spurs must regret letting him leave, especially considering the current conundrum Frank is dealing with at number nine. That said, they do have a potential replacement in the wings who could be seen as the club's new version of Kane.
Spurs' new version of Harry Kane
Dane Scarlett may have envisaged a bigger role at this stage of his career, but the 21-year-old Tottenham talent is undoubtedly still in with a shot of making it at the club.
Having been praised by former coach Jose Mourinho in the past for being a "diamond" of a prospect, Scarlett found a way back into the reckoning after a series of loan spells last season, and in this, he could emulate Kane and take a step forward where Parrott was unable to.
Curiously, Kane completed a series of loan spells away from Tottenham before establishing himself as one of the finest strikers of his generation. He was 21 when it all came together in London.
Scarlett must not be written off, not yet. The “fantastic finisher”, as he has been called by Frank, scored his first goal for the club in the Europa League last season, and while Frank has not yet unleashed him in the Premier League, the 5 foot 11 striker has made the bench five times across the club's past seven matches.
TNT Sports pundit Peter Crouch said after that win over Elfborg last season that Scarlett reminded him of Kane back in his younger days, having displayed such resilience to kick on after a series of loan spells and become one of Tottenham's greatest players.
While Parrott might have seen the chance for such success pass him by, it's certainly not too late for Scarlett, and given the current attacking issues at the club, one golden chance may bloom into a prosperous future down N17.
However, given his record at senior level to date, it would not be a huge surprise if things ended in the same way it did for Parrott; a move elsewhere.