Tottenham have been looking at various options on the transfer market to bolster their squad this summer, as Spurs will need reinforcements if they want a team that finished 17th in the Premier League to be highly competitive in the top five of the league and in the Champions League, as the team's Europa League triumph sealed qualification for world football's premier club competition.
But Tottenham didn't hire Thomas Frank just to work with a new crop of players. They want him to help develop the talent currently at the club, and Spurs have invested in some incredibly exciting youngsters who were fundamentally important to the club's first Europa League title win in 41 years.
Speaking in his first official interview as Tottenham manager, Thomas Frank singled out four young players, in particular, as footballers he sees as having the potential to be top-class players, calling them "high ceiling" individuals.
Those four players are new center midfielders Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall, versatile left back Destiny Udogie, and another new 2024 summer signing in winger Wilson Odobert (who can also play as an attacking midfielder).
Tottenham need to keep these players at all costs
All four of these players do indeed have high potential and are players whom Spurs fans want to see performing at the highest level sooner rather than later. The jury is still out on Odobert and Gray, though it's an open secret that Frank valued Gray highly as a possible signing for Brentford last summer.
But even at their young ages, Udogie and Bergvall are already undisputed starters for Tottenham and were vital to the club's Europa League success. Odobert and Gray have massive potential, no doubt, but Udogie and Bergvall have both massive potential and are already among the better players in the Premier League in their respective positions with top clubs around Europe monitoring their availability.
Tottenham must hold onto all four of these uber-talented youngsters under Frank, and, hopefully, Frank will soon name new permanent Spur Mathys Tel among these ranks. Spurs have reasons to be optimistic about the future, and Frank's ability to work with these high ceiling players has to be one of those reasons.
Udogie should be one of the best fullbacks in the world soon, Bergvall has the ability to be one of the best midfielders on the planet, Odobert can be a game-changing part of Tottenham's attacking rotation, and Gray has the quality to be a fixture in the England midfield one day.