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Brennan Johnson sends message to Archie Gray on Instagram after Tottenham youngster’s display vs Hearts
Brennan Johnson was amongst those to send a message to Archie Gray on Instagram after the youngster played at centre-back for Tottenham Hotspur in their pre-season win over Hearts on Wednesday.
Spurs ran out 5-1 winners at Tynecastle, with most of the damage being done in the second-half. Brennan Johnson broke the deadlock🥂 for the vis🤡itors, while Will Lankshear, Mikey Moore and Djed Spence found the back of the net in the second-half, with an own goal putting the icing on the cake.
Ange Postecoglou sprung a bit of a surprise with summer signing Archie Gray, with the teenager deployed at centre-back. Gray admitted🤡 thไat he was surprised to play at centre-back, but he is no stranger to💜 being play๊ed out of position, having spent the majority of last season playing at right-back for Leeds.
Postecoglou praised Gray’s performance against Hearts, and it seems that a number of his teammates were also𝄹 impressed by what they saw from the 18-year-old.
Archie Gray praised after Tottenham beat Hearts in pre-season friendly
Gray took to๊ to comment on 🍸the start to pre-season, and there were a number of positive responses from teammates, past and present…
The positives Spurs can take from youngster’s performance
Of course, Gray is almost certainly not going to play at the heart of the defence when the new campaign gets going, but🦩 Tottenham are currently without the likes of Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Radu Dragusin, who have all been away on internati🍬onal duty this summer.
But it is incredibly encouraging that Gray did look s꧃o assured in the role, w🐻ith Tottenham not conceding until after he had been taken off.
Those Spurs fans who did not see a lot of Gray in the Championship last year may have concerns about the club spending so much to sign hi🍸m with Postecoglou’s side looking to take that next step this year.
But the early signs seem to be extremely positive, particularly with Gray not looking out of place in a comple𓂃tely unfamiliar role.