‘Shining example’ – Spurs youngster is now a regular in first-team training, says Journalist
Football.London’s Alasdair Gold has revealed that Jamie Donley now regularly trains with the first-team squad at Tottenham Hotspur rather than the Under-21 side, having won...
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Football.London’s Alasdair Gold has revealed that Jamie Donley now regularly trains with the first-team squad at Tottenham Hotspur rather than the Under-21 side, having won over Ange Postecoglou and his coaching staff.
While Donley was an attacking midfielder by trade until last season, this season, he has evolved into more of a second striker and has even led the line for the Under-21s on occasion.
The 19-year-old has scored six times and provided 12 assists across all competitions for Wayne Burnett’s side so far this campaign and has been rewarded with four senior appearances by Postecoglou, three of which have come in the Premier League (Transfermarkt).
Jamie Donley is a first-team training regular
Having observed the team training at Hotspur Way this week, Gold revealed that Donley had been joined with the senior squad by fellow academy products George Abbott and Max McKnight, as well as young goalkeeper Luca Gunter.
The journalist stated that Donley is now a ‘firm fixture’ in all of Postecoglou’s training sessions, having successfully made the transition from the academy.
Gold describes the youngster as ‘the shining example’ to other players on how to make the step up from the academy to the first team.
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The fact that Tottenham chose to loan out Alfie Devine and keep Donley at the club in January suggests that the latter is rated very highly by the coaching staff.
However, one would expect the 19-year-old to also be sent to the EFL for game time at the start of next season as his chances of starting games for Spurs ahead of the likes of Maddison is quite low.
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