Tottenham supervisor Ange Postecoglou says Spurs “don’t have anybody” similar to striker Dominic Solanke of their squad and has lavished reward on 19-year-old Archie Grey as he prepares to rotate his facet for the journey to Fulham within the Premier League on Sunday (1.30pm GMT).
Postecoglou’s gamers overcame a 1-0 first-leg deficit to comfortably attain the Europa League quarter-finals with a 3-1 house win over AZ Alkmaar on Thursday, helped by two Wilson Odobert objectives on the attacker’s first begin within the competitors after lacking a lot of the marketing campaign with a hamstring damage.
“Our urgent was quite a bit higher,” noticed Postecoglou, partly placing the development all the way down to Son Heung-min and James Maddison being brisker after beginning on the bench within the 2-2 draw at house to Bournemouth final Sunday.
“We’ve received guys coming again into the group. Dom [Solanke’s] an enormous a part of our press due to the best way he works in that quantity 9 place – we don’t have anybody else, actually, like him. We’re wanting sharp within the entrance third – it was nice to get Wilson in there.”
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Archie Grey: Tottenham prodigy ‘unbelievable’
Summer time arrival Grey has turn into virtually ever-present for Tottenham this season amid their prolonged damage absentee listing, enjoying in quite a lot of positions in defence and midfield.
Signed from Leeds for between £25 million and £30m, the 19-year-old began all 9 of Tottenham’s earlier Europa League matches in 2024/25 earlier than approaching instead towards Alkmaar.
“Archie’s been unbelievable for us, filling a lot of roles and doing completely different jobs,” mentioned Postecoglou. “He’s by no means shirked a problem of something he’s achieved.
“He began at centre-back [against Alkmaar] and ended up in midfield. We’re going to wish individuals like Arch to do jobs for us.”
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Fulham v Tottenham: Spurs ‘to make modifications’
Fulham are eight factors above Tottenham and 5 shy of fifth-placed Manchester Metropolis earlier than the Cottagers host Tottenham with the ambition of continuous their spectacular marketing campaign.
Marco Silva’s facet drew 1-1 at Spurs on December 1 and are aiming to get well from a last-gasp 2-1 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion final Saturday.
“We noticed how arduous it’s backing up [European wins],” warned Postecoglou. “Enjoying on a Sunday after a Thursday sport is an enormous process.
“Once we’re away, it’s much more tough. With having a more healthy squad, it is smart for us to make some modifications.”
Tottenham are concentrating on a primary league win in three video games however have received their final two top-flight away matches, beating Ipswich City and Brentford.
They’ll meet Bundesliga membership Eintracht Frankfurt within the Europa League final eight, with the primary leg in London on April 10 (8pm GMT).