Tottenham’s Squad for 2016-17 Premier League Season
Tottenham have submitted their 25-man squad for the Premier League season.
Following the close of the summer transfer window, Premier League clubs had to submit their 25-man squad for the upcoming season and for Tottenham, it’s still a blend of youth and veterans.
When selecting players for the final roster, teams had to follow a few guidelines (via Sky Sports):
- Each 25-man squad must contain at least eight homegrown players that have been registered with any club affiliated with the FA or Welsh FA for three entire seasons (or 36 months) before turning 21.
- Teams cannot change their squad until the January transfer window.
- In addition to the 25 players, clubs can play as many U-21 players (born after January 1st, 1995) as they wish.
Now, let’s take a look at how Mauricio Pochettino’s squad looks like.
25-man squad (20 players listed):
- Toby Alderweireld
- Tom Carroll*
- Ben Davies*
- Mousa Dembélé
- Eric Dier
- Christian Eriksen
- Son Heung-Min
- Vincent Janssen
- Harry Kane*
- Érik Lamela
- Hugo Lloris
- Pau López
- Danny Rose*
- Moussa Sissoko
- Kieran Trippier*
- Jan Vertonghen
- Michel Vorm
- Kyle Walker*
- Victor Wanyama
- Kevin Wimmer
* = Homegrown players
Although the list stops just short of 25 players, three homegrown talent and two more players are on the Under-21 list. Here is the rest of Spurs’ squad.
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Under-21 Players (49 players listed):
- Dele Alli
- Luke Amos
- Brandon Austin
- Keanan Bennetts
- Jaden Brown
- Cameron Carter-Vickers*
- Jonathan De Bie
- Jonathan Dinzeyi
- Dylan Duncan
- Marcus Edwards
- Timothy Eyoma
- Charlie Freeman
- Anthony Georgiou
- Tom Glover
- Cy Goddard
- Reo Griffiths
- Shayon Harrison
- Tariq Hinds
- Filip Lesniak
- Matthew Lock
- Ryan Loft
- Christian Maghoma
- George Marsh
- Thomas McDermott
- Luke McGee
- Will Miller
- Joy-Richard Mukena
- Joseph Muscatt
- Georges-Kévin N’Koudou
- Tashan Oakley-Boothe
- Nathan Oduwa
- Connor Ogilvie
- Moroyin Omolabi
- Josh Onomah*
- Aramide Oteh
- Charlie Owens
- Joe Pritchard
- Jamie Reynolds
- Jack Roles
- Samuel Shashoua
- Kazaiah Sterling
- Zenon Stylianides
- Japhat Tanganga
- Shilow Tracey
- Nicholas Tsaroulla
- Kyle Walker-Peters
- Anton Walkes
- Alfie Whiteman
- Harry Winks*
Bold and italicized = a part of the 25-man squad
* = Homegrown players
Because the Premier League has allowed all 20 teams the option to play any of their Under-21 players as many times as they want to throughout the season, gives Mauricio Pochettino a chance to use academy kids in cup games.
A few players stand out as getting an appearance or two: Luke Amos, Marcus Edwards, Shayon Harrison, Kyle Walker-Peters and Anton Walkes simply because they got extensive minutes during Spurs’ closed door friendlies and Australian tour.
Part of the reason why Pochettino fielded a squad comprised of youth players against Juventus and Atlético Madrid was because a majority of his starters needed extra time to rest following the Copa América Centenario and European Championship.
Another reason could be, finding out which kids might become the next wave of graduates to make it into the first team like Josh Onomah and Harry Winks.
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Back to the 25-man squad, Tottenham will still field a young group of players, but they have added a bit more experience with Victor Wanyama and Moussa Sissoko.
While it could be argued that three of the five players Spurs signed are young — Janssen (22), López (21), N’Koudou (21) — they have all experienced top-flight football last season. So they’re hardly inexperienced at this stage in their careers.