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18-year-old Tottenham man is further along in his development than expected
New Tottenham Hotspur defender Ashley Phillips appears t🌟o already be ahead of schedule in his development at the club.
the View From The Lane P💦odcast, journalist James Maw was discussing the current centre-back situation at Spurs.
Right now, things couldn’t be going much better for Ange Postecoglou’s side.
Tꦓhey’re top of the Premier League and have reached the summit of the table playing some fantastic football.
One of the key areas Postecoglou needed to improve over the summer was Tottenham’s defence.
Antonio Conte had built his previous sides on the foundation of being rock solid ⭕at the back but that philosophy fell apart towards the♍ end of his tenure.
Postecoglou has made sweeping changes to Tottenham’s tactical set-up, switching to a back four and recruiting Micky Van de Ven.
The young Dutchman appears to be the perfect partner for Cristian Romero and the pair have started everyไ league game this season.
Spurs do looౠk a bit light in that area should either player pick u💯p an injury.
However, Tottenham will be encouraged by the fact that Ashley Phillips appea♊rs to be further along in his development than expected.
He was signed from Blackburn for in the summer and has featured on the bench several times thi🐭s season.
He’s yet to make his debut, but alongside Alfie Dorrington, there’s plenty of excitement surrounding the pair.
Tottenham youngster Phillips ahead of schedule in development
Host Danny Kelly asks if there had been a problem at centre-back against Fulham, would Ange Postecogไlou have brought on Eric Dier or youngster Ashley Phillips?
James Maw : “I don’t know, it’s hard to say. I think there has kind of be🗹en a suggestion, I mean [Ange] Postecoglou has certainly talked up [Ashley] Phillips hasn’t𒊎 he?
“I think the suggestiꦗon has kind of been that he’s further along than they expected him to be at this point.
“But, th🌼e fact that he hasn’t played a minute of football either.”
Colleague Tim Spiers : “I’d be amazed 🎶if Phillips got in ahead of [Eric] Dier. I think there were a couple of games earlier in the season where he got in ahead of Dier just before the window closed.
“So🌼, maybe they were thinking Dier was going to leave and then Dier was out ill one week.
“But otherwise it’s been Dier ahead in the pecking ordeဣr.”
Phillips will likely continue his development at Tottenham in the under-21s this�🌞� season.
Wayne Burnett♏’s side are also currently top of the league although Phillips has barely 🍨featured at that level so far this year.
The 18-year-old has already caught Postecoglou’s eye in training and if Spurs were still in the Carabao Cup he may h꧂ave been given his chance in that competition to make his ෴debut.
Instea⛦d, he may be waiting for the FA Cup to begin in January, although it would only take a couple of injuries for him to potentially be thrown into the action in the league🐻.