Alasdair Gold has said that Will Lankshear is not seen as a first-team prospect by Ange Postcoglou just yet and that the striker has to... The post Alasdair Gold thinks young striker needs to catch Postecoglou’s eye in pre-season appeared first on The Spurs Web - Tottenham Hotspur Football News.
Alasdair Gold has said that Will Lankshear is not seen as a first-team prospect by Ange Postcoglou just yet and that the striker has to impress the coaching staff during pre-season if he wants to follow in the footsteps of Jamie Donley.
Lankshear netted 25 goals in 26 matches across all competitions last season, playing a vital role in taking Tottenham’s Under-21 side to the Premier League 2 title.
There is a lot of excitement about the centre-forward’s potential at Hotspur Way but unlike Jamie Donley and Mikey Moore, the teenager is yet to break into make his senior bow for Spurs.
It was reported by London World last month that Middlesbrough had already made contact with Tottenham to ask about the striker’s availability.
The outlet explained that the 19-year-old is also attracting interest from other EFL clubs and teams from across the continent, but it was suggested that the North London club are yet to decide whether to send him out on loan.
When asked about the striker’s future and about him potentially being a first-team option, Gold has now said on the Gold and Guest Talk Tottenham Podcast: “It’s an interesting one with Will Lankshear.
“I think Ange likes him, but not to the degree where he’s really got him involved yet. He hasn’t been in and around the squads yet as a lot of the other young players have.
“He just needs something to go his way, whether it’s training with Ange and showing there’s more to his game, I think he has to do something more to catch Ange’s eye, but there’s a lot of hope for him in the academy as well.”
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I expect Dane Scarlett, Will Lankshear and Alejo Veliz to all be loaned out if Tottenham sign another striker this summer as none of those players are likely to get much game time, even in the Europa League.
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