A couple more late signings for Tottenham Hotspur, but these are for the academy. According to the Evening Standard’s transfer tracker, Spurs are set to sign and announce two young players to increase the academy numbers — 18-year old Manchester City midfielder Daniel Batty, and Liverpool central defender Luca Furnell-Gill.
Can’t really tell you anything about them, to be honest, but I can say that because Ange Postecoglu has needed to rely on more and more academy players and graduates to make up the bulk of training lately, the academy has taken a real hit. Winners of the PL2 last season, this season Spurs’ U21s are all the way down in 21st. That’s what happens when Will Lankshear and Mikey Moore get promoted to the first team.
So this is good, though I have no idea how good either Batty or Furnell-Gill are. I would imagine they’ve got some good qualities or the academy wouldn’t really be looking at them, and with matches streamed on SpursPLAY there will be opportunities to see what they can do.
We’ll update this article if either signing gets confirmed.