Tottenham Hotspur have had a poor season, that much is absolutely clear.
Indeed, Spurs sit in the bottom-half of the Premier League table, and Ange Postecoglou is under serious pressure.
A number of Tottenham players have underperformed this season and there have been a number of fingers pointed.
Yves Bissouma has been criticised heavily this term, while there have been some calls for Heung-Min Son to be sold too.
However, it hasn’t all been doom and gloom for Tottenham this season, there have been some players who are bright sparks.
Archie Gray has been praised for his performances this season, while, speaking on his podcast, Kyle Walker has now praised Djed Spence for his performances this season.
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Kyle Walker praises Djed Spence
Walker spoke about Spence after the Spurs star named Walker as one of his idols on Rio Ferdinand’s podcast recently.
Walker says that the £20m man has done fantastically well this season, claiming that he’s been unlucky to not get an England call up recently.
“From hearing it from, you know, your fellow footballing, you know, players that you’ve, you know, that they look up to you, obviously, I think personally from me coming back to him on his career, again, you know, he’s had a few setbacks from coming back from obviously flying at Nottingham Forest, signing for Tottenham, then going out on loan. Some people are forward, but I think this season especially, he’s played out of position at times with Tottenham’s, you know, injury crisis. Yeah,” Walker said.
“And he’s kind of, yeah, he’s just took it in his stride. And I seen him actually play at Nottingham Forest. And I thought this, you know, this one’s going to be a good one.
“And you can see a Premier League team snapping him up. Did I know it would be my old team? No.
“But I think that he’s doing fantastically well this season, probably unlucky not to get a senior call up to the England team. But if he was there, probably have took my space. So just hold off for, you know, five more games.”
Djed Spence’s England hopes analysed
Walker says that Spence was unlucky to not get an England call up, and it is interesting to consider the full-back’s path into Thomas Tuchel’s side.
Unfortunately, for Spence, he’s playing in a role where there is a ton of competition at the moment as England continue to produce quality right-backs.
| England’s right-back options |
| Trent Alexander-Arnold |
| Reece James |
| Kyle Walker |
| Tino Livramento |
Of course, as Walker says, Spence has also done a job at left-back this season, but, even in that spot, the path isn’t very clear right now.
| England’s left-back options |
| Luke Shaw |
| Lewis Hall |
| Tyrick Mitchell |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly |
If Spence continues playing well, he may well work his way into consideration for the England squad, but given how much quality is ahead of him, the Spurs star does face an uphill battle here.
