With Tottenham Hotspur going hard after the trio of Premier League Big Six forwards Cody Gakpo, Omar Marmoush, and Savinho before the summer 2026 transfer window officially comes to a close, the current crop of promising young Spurs attackers is becoming a bit marginalized.
Although French left winger Mathys Tel remains somewhat in the spotlight after being the best player on the team during the preseason, his countryman Wilson Odobert feels like a completely forgotten man after suffering a torn ACL in the second half of the 2025/26 Premier League campaign.
Odobert, though, is one of the organization's best young players and was also a major investment from Burnley in 2024. Just 21 years of age, Odobert flashed potential in games during the 2024/25 and 2025/26 season on the left wing and even the attacking midfield, but he really came into his own just before his injury last season.
Wilson Odobert can be a quality piece for Tottenham
With new star man Mohammed Kudus injured on the right wing, Odobert stepped in to the starting position on the opposite flank with Brennan Johnson sold to Crystal Palace, Kudus out, and Dejan Kulusevski down for the count, too.
Wilson Odobert ended up playing his best football as a Tottenham Hotspur player during that brief time period when he switched flanks to the right side, and when thinking about how his skill set as a winger is that of more of a hybrid playmaker who carries the ball and create chances rather than someone who cuts inside and scores like the more physical Mathys Tel, his improved play as a right winger actually makes a lot of sense. It was not a fluke.
Tottenham need to make big upgrades to their starting lineup of attackers if they want to return to the top five of the Premier League and play in the Champions League again next season, but it is also important to make sure to give minutes and opportunities to young players both with upside and who have already proven they can be assets to the team.
Of course, Odobert is going to be back at some point, hopefully before the end of the 2026/27 season, from his ACL tear, and if Tottenham are able to fulfill their top five destiny in Roberto De Zerbi's first full season, the Champions League will afford Odobert with more Premier League and League Cup and FA Cup minutes to build on what he showed to fans earlier this year.
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