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Tottenham fans ask Jose Mourinho to play Harvey White in FA Cup

Dom Toner
Dom Toner

Tottenham travel to non-league opposition Marine on Sunday evening in the FA Cup third round – and some of the club’s supporters on Twitter have urged manager Jose Mourinho to hand youngster Harvey White a full debut.

Spurs will visit colossal underdogs Marine, who are currently sixth in the Northern Premier League North West Division One.

It will surely give Mourinho the chance to rest his main group after a hectic festive schedule, but they’ve still got a first-team squad stacked with internationals that need minutes.

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A selection of Spurs supporters on social media have asked in the build-up to the weekend’s match that their 19-year-old academy star Harvey White features.

White is a highly-rated defensive midfielder that made his senior debut earlier in the season with a brief cameo appearance in the Europa League group stages, but he’s yet to make his full debut with a start.

The midfielder has spent most of his time this campaign impressing in the Under-23s side and he’s been nominated for the Premier League 2 player of the month for December.

He scored one goal and supplied five assists during youth team league matches against Blackburn, Chelsea and Liverpool, which is why fans are desperate to see more of him.

Here are some Spurs fans discussing White: