Archie Gray has been speaking about his first few weeks at Tottenham Hotspur and the role Son Heung-min has played in helping him feel at home at the club.
Gray already looks at home at Spurs, with the youngster appearing to get along well with his new teammates since making the move from Leeds.
The 18-year-old admitted that he is settling in well in his new surroundings and praised his teammates for the way efforts they have made to make him feel welcome.
The youngster told Football.London: “I’m really enjoying it and everyone’s been brilliant with me so far. I wouldn’t say I’m the hardest guy to get along with, I’m pretty laid back and pretty easy to speak to, but everyone’s been amazing with me and I’m enjoying the first few weeks.”
Gray revealed that Son Heung-min, in particular, has gone out of his way to help him feel welcome, explaining that Joe Rodon had asked the Spurs captain to help him out.
The teenager has been blown away by the South Korean in training, opining that the forward has no weaknesses in his game.
Gray said about Son: “On the pitch and off the pitch, he’s been helping me, it’s just little things. He is really good friends with Joe Rodon and last year when Joe was at Leeds I was probably the closest with Joe when he joined and I think when I came here Joe told Sonny to look after me a little bit.
“He’s making me feel really welcome and just with little things like helping me speak to everyone and helping me into the group.”
“There’s nothing that he could improve on. Every day he sets the standard in training and I look up to him and I feel like I’m lucky to have a player like that in the team and for him to be captain is just incredible.
“I can’t speak highly enough of him. You know his quality in games, he’s been showing it for ten years now and internationally he’s been amazing. I don’t usually like speaking that highly of people in the same team as me, because it feels weird, but he’s incredible.”
Finally, the new Tottenham man confessed that the step in quality from Leeds to Spurs is considerable, but insisted that he has been enjoying the challenge so far.
He said: “Yeah, definitely [it’s a step up]. It’s the manager’s style of play. Just end-to-end stuff and it’s been really intense training and I think it’s been really good for everyone, you know, to get the fitness levels up, but for me to get used to the style of football has been a big thing and I’ve been enjoying it so far.”
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We are so lucky to have Son as the club captain as the South Korean always seems to go out of his way to make the newcomers feel at home. When the best player in the team is as selfless as the 32-year-old is, that sets the tone for the whole dressing room.
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