Tottenham's Squad for 2016-17 Premier League Season
Tottenham have submitted their 25-man squad for the Premier League season.
Following the close of the summer transfer window, Premier League clubs had to submit their 25-man squad for the upcoming season and for Tottenham, it’s still a blend of youth and veterans.
When selecting players for the final roster, teams had to follow a few guidelines (via Sky Sports):
Now, let’s take a look at how Mauricio Pochettino’s squad looks like.
25-man squad (20 players listed):
* = Homegrown players
Although the list stops just short of 25 players, three homegrown talent and two more players are on the Under-21 list. Here is the rest of Spurs’ squad.
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Under-21 Players (49 players listed):
Bold and italicized = a part of the 25-man squad
* = Homegrown players
Because the Premier League has allowed all 20 teams the option to play any of their Under-21 players as many times as they want to throughout the season, gives Mauricio Pochettino a chance to use academy kids in cup games.
A few players stand out as getting an appearance or two: Luke Amos, Marcus Edwards, Shayon Harrison, Kyle Walker-Peters and Anton Walkes simply because they got extensive minutes during Spurs’ closed door friendlies and Australian tour.
Part of the reason why Pochettino fielded a squad comprised of youth players against Juventus and Atlético Madrid was because a majority of his starters needed extra time to rest following the Copa América Centenario and European Championship.
Another reason could be, finding out which kids might become the next wave of graduates to make it into the first team like Josh Onomah and Harry Winks.
Back to the 25-man squad, Tottenham will still field a young group of players, but they have added a bit more experience with Victor Wanyama and Moussa Sissoko.
While it could be argued that three of the five players Spurs signed are young — Janssen (22), López (21), N’Koudou (21) — they have all experienced top-flight football last season. So they’re hardly inexperienced at this stage in their careers.
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