Spurs have incredible 16-year-old who could be a bigger talent than Donley

There hasn’t been a lot to have fun for Tottenham Hotspur followers this season.

Ange Postecoglou’s aspect are 14th within the Premier League and crashed out of each the FA Cup and League Cup within the area of simply 4 days final week.

Nevertheless, whereas it is easy to give attention to the doom and gloom, there have been some positives, such because the emergence of Mikey Moore and the performances of Lucas Bergvall and Archie Grey.

Furthermore, academy gem Jamie Donley has stepped up on mortgage, though the membership already has one other teen within the academy who may very well be even higher.

Donley’s spectacular season

Following his stellar marketing campaign with the youth sides final season, by which he racked up a powerful haul of eight objectives and 17 assists in 27 video games, Donley was despatched on his first mortgage transfer to League One aspect Leyton Orient this time period.

Issues bought off to a comparatively gradual begin in east London for the 20-year-old, as whereas he supplied his first help in an FA Cup tie in early November, he did not produce his first aim involvement within the league till the twenty first of December, however since then he is been on hearth.

In all, the “sensational” gem, as dubbed by expertise scout Kulig, has scored 5 objectives and supplied six assists in 32 appearances for The O’s, totalling 2193 minutes, which implies he is averaging a aim involvement each 2.81 video games, or each 199.36 minutes.

Furthermore, he would possibly really feel like he ought to have one other aim to his identify this season, as his unbelievable strike from virtually the midway line precipitated Stefan Ortega to attain an personal aim within the recreation towards Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup on the weekend.

Total, in Donley, it will seem as if Spurs have one other thrilling prospect on their palms.

Nevertheless, the expertise conveyor belt at Hotspur Manner appears to be endless, as there’s one other prospect at present within the academy who may very well be a fair larger expertise.

The Spurs prospect extra thrilling than Donley

Whereas the likes of Moore and even Will Lankshear have already made their debuts for the primary staff and appear to be they might go on to be good gamers, the academy gem who may very well be a much bigger expertise than Donley is but to play even a minute of first-team soccer.

Lucá Williams-Barnett has taken the academy by storm during the last 12 months, a lot in order that whereas he hasn’t made it onto the pitch, he has made it onto the first-team bench a number of instances, which for a participant who solely turned 16 in October is unbelievable.

It isn’t exhausting to know why the membership would possibly need to fast-track his improvement whenever you check out his latest kind, although.

For instance, in simply 13 appearances this season, totalling 1042 minutes, the teenage sensation, who revered soccer analyst Ben Mattinson has described as somebody “to regulate” going ahead, has scored 14 objectives and supplied eight assists.

Meaning the dynamic “cheat code,” as described by academy professional and pundit John Wenham, is averaging 1.69 aim involvements each recreation, or in different phrases, a aim involvement each 47.36 minutes, which is frankly absurd.

Finally, it is clearly too quickly for Postecoglou to begin utilizing Williams-Barnett regularly for the primary staff. Nonetheless, it would make sense to offer him some minutes sooner somewhat than later, as he appears like he may very well be a future celebrity for Spurs.