New interim Tottenham boss Igor Tudor is handing out fresh chances to players in training, with the Croatian also calling on a teenager who's yet to make his first-team debut.
Tudor set for massive Tottenham managerial debut against Arsenal
When Tudor landed in London last weekend and took in the full scale of what awaited him at Hotspur Way, he would have known the next few months were going to test every ounce of his experience.
What he perhaps did not anticipate quite so quickly was having to look beyond his recognised first-team squad just to field a competitive training group.
That, however, is the reality facing him this week.
Tudor's mandate from Tottenham's hierarchy is simple — drag this club away from relegation danger and restore some semblance of identity after a season of chronic underwhelm.
The 47-year-old has wasted no time setting the tone.
Training sessions have been sharper, more intense, more demanding than anything the players experienced under Thomas Frank (Standard Sport) — a manager whose methods had reportedly grown stale. The squad, by all accounts, have apparently responded positively to the jolt.
Tudor arrives at N17 carrying a reputation for 'high risk' and 'exciting' football, with the Times' Tom Allnutt backing this up, claiming the tactician encourages an 'aggressive' and 'front-foot' style of play.
With Sunday's North London derby against table-topping Arsenal looming and 10 players currently missing through injury, Tudor is having to get creative.
Captain Cristian Romero remains suspended, while James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Mohammed Kudus, Richarlison, Lucas Bergvall, Wilson Odobert are also still out.
The list of absentees reads like a who's who of Spurs' most important players.
Odobert's ACL injury looks set to end his season, while Bergvall could stay out of action until April.
So, Tudor has done what the situation demands. He has gone looking for solution, and one of them has come from an unexpected corner.
Igor Tudor calls James Wilson to Tottenham training ahead of Arsenal
Reports from the London Evening Standard and journalist Sam Tabuteau have revealed that Tudor has called 18-year-old striker James Wilson into first-team training ahead of Sunday's clash with Arsenal.
The teenager, who only arrived at Spurs on deadline day in February on loan from Hearts — with an option to make the move permanent in the summer — was brought in specifically to bolster the group as Tudor prepares his squad for the biggest fixture in the Premier League calendar.
This comes as Tudor apparently plots to give players 'fresh opportunities' to impress at Tottenham, with Wilson now seemingly one of them.
The young Scot, who became his country's youngest ever debutant after breaking a record which stood since the 19th century, is a player who knows how to score goals.
He impressed at Hearts, amassing eight strikes in 45 senior appearances and becoming the youngest scorer in the history of the UEFA Conference League at just 17.
What is remarkable is the speed of his elevation. Signed to develop with Spurs' Under-21 side, Wilson has now found himself training alongside first-team players barely a fortnight after touching down in north London — purely because Tudor simply does not have the numbers to work with otherwise.
Whether he features on Sunday remains to be seen.
Tudor is not a manager who throws teenagers into derbies for the sake of it. But the fact that Wilson is even in the conversation tells you everything about the scale of the crisis that has engulfed this football club.
For a kid who grew up watching football from the terraces at Tynecastle, it is some week to find yourself part of a North London derby build-up.