Where are they now? The Spurs side from Poch’s first pre-season friendly

On July 17, 2014, Mauricio Pochettino took charge of his first Tottenham friendly. Even he probably didn’t imagine he’d lead them to the Champions League final five years later.

Pochettino’s first game came ended in a 3-3 draw with Seattle Sounders at CenturyLink Field, and the work he had to do was clear to see.

The Seattle team that day featured DeAndre Yedlin, who joined Spurs later that summer, and Clint Dempsey, who had left the north Londoners the previous year. But we’re here to talk about that Tottenham team…

A solid start. Friedel was already 40 when he joined Tottenham from Aston Villa, but the goalkeeper still gave Spurs four years of service.

After retiring in 2015, Friedel has since managed the USA’s Under-19s and, most recently, the New England Revolution. He was sacked from the latter in May 2019 with a record of 12 wins, 21 draws and 13 defeats and has kept a relatively low profile since.

Signed from Sheffield United alongside Kyle Walker, Naughton enjoyed rather less success, making 74 appearances over four and a half seasons before joining Swansea in 2015.

He’s been there ever since, but we still can’t quite get our heads around the fact he’s now 33.

A Tottenham stalwart, Dawson spent nine years at White Hart Lane before moving on to Hull City.

In 2018, the former England international returned to his first club, Nottingham Forest in the Championship. He retired in 2021, as a result of injuries that kept him out for the whole of the 2020-21 season.

“It’s been frustrating that I haven’t been able to say goodbye to the fans in person,” he said, “but I hope to be back at the City Ground again very soon.”

Spurs went through an awful lot of hassle to sign Fryers, failing to agree on a compensation package