Alasdair Gold drops exciting Spurs update ahead of NLD, supporters will be surprised - opinion

Alasdair Gold has dropped an exciting Tottenham Hotspur update ahead of tonight’s Premier League meeting with Arsenal.

In a recent article for football.london, the Spurs correspondent revealed that Antonio Conte has called 18-year-old Charlie Sayers up to first-team training ahead of the North London Derby this evening, with the versatile centre-back – who can also play at left-back – being said to have caught the eye for both Tottenham’s U18 and U23 sides following his move to north London back in December.

Gold went on to state that, with Conte recently revealing that he only has 15 senior players to pick from at present, as well as the likes of Dane Scarlett, Harvey White, Marcel Lavinier and Matthew Craig having all made the Italian’s matchday squads in recent weeks, Sayers will be confident that he too could make the step up to first-team football under the 52-year-old in the not too distant future.

Considering the fact that Sayers only joined Spurs from Southend United a little over five months ago, the news that the defender has already earned himself a place in Conte’s first-team training sessions is sure to have surprised a number of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium faithful.

However, when taking into account the fact that the youngster made six appearances for Southend as a 17-year-old this season, it is clear to see that the centre-back is a talent well beyond his years – something that former Shrimpers manager, Phil Brown, is clearly in agreement with, as the 62-year-old stated of Sayers earlier this season:

“I think Charlie Sayers has been outstanding and you have to say he has a career ahead of him, there’s no doubt about it. Charlie has set a great example of what this club has been about for the last 10