Pape Mater Sarr has admitted that it is an honour to be referred to as a ‘star boy’ by his Tottenham teammates, given the number of talented young players at the club.
At times, it is easy to forget that Sarr is just 21 years of age, with the midfielder already into his third full season at Tottenham.
The youngster has made almost 50 Premier League appearances and has also been capped 24 times by Senegal, which is extremely rare for a player at that age.
That is perhaps why he has been given the tag of ‘star boy’ by his Tottenham teammates, with the former Metz man being an extremely popular member of the squad.
When asked about that tag, Sarr told The Sun: “I take all that positively. It’s a source of pleasure because it’s not easy to be star boy in a group like we’ve got. It can’t be for no reason that they call me that and I work every day to make sure I deserve that and that I won’t let them down.
“But to be honest, there are loads of star boys in our team. You can see with the group we’ve got this year, we’ve got a lot of really, really great players. I’ll just keep working hard to make sure I merit it.”
Sarr is by no means the youngest first-team player in the Spurs squad, with the club boasting several talented teenagers, including new signings, Lucas Bergvall, Archie Gray, and Wilson Odobert.
The Senegalese international believes that a player’s age is far less important than their talent and work ethic, admitting that he is ready to help the youngsters at Spurs make the transition that he did a couple of years ago.
Sarr added: “The way I see it, there are no 17-year-olds, no 20-year-olds. When I look at football, all footballers are the same. It’s not just certain teams that can win, it’s the team that has the talent, who works hard, that has the skill.
“If you have that, regardless of whether you have young players or old players, that’s going to be the team that wins. There are a lot of young players at Tottenham and I guess I’m a little bit older than them so I try to help in my own way, I try to impart the experience that I’ve got.”
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It is easy to forget just how young a team Tottenham have, with the likes of Sarr, Udogie, Johnson and Van de Ven still learning their trade at this level.
That is part of the reason why this is an exciting time to be a Spurs fan as there is no telling how good many of these players can become.
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