Tottenham Hotspur kick off their Premier League campaign on Monday night and Died Spence may be in contention to feature from the bench.
The first round of Premier League fixtures is coming to an end with the new season now underway.
Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur fans have been forced to wait until the very last to see their teams in action.
The two sides lock horns at the King Power Stadium on Monday night with Ange Postecoglou no doubt desperate to make a fast start.
Spurs missed out on Champions League football wit ha fifth-place finish last term and fans want to see another step forward this term.
Tim Sherwood and Jermaine Jenas are both backing Tottenham for the top four this season as Spurs prepare for year two of the Postecoglou reign.
Ange Postecoglou on Djed Spence
Tottenham will head into the campaign with much of the same squad as last season.
Timo Werner is back and South Korean wonderkid Yang Min-hyuk will only arrive in January.
Teenagers Lucas Bergvall and Archie Gray are on board whilst Tottenham have snapped up Dominic Solanke in a big-money move from Bournemouth.
Spurs may still have some business in mind but Postecoglou is keen to give one returning loanee another chance to shine.
Djed Spence was sent off on loan to Leeds United and Genoa last season, failing to make a single appearance under Postecoglou.
Few expected him to be back in contention but Spence has shown encouraging signs during pre-season.
Postecoglou praised Spence for his display against Hearts and reports suggest that Spence will have the chance to stay at Tottenham.
The Australian has now told Football London that he feels Spence is training ‘really well’ and has enjoyed a strong pre-season.
Postecoglou thinks that Spence may have the right attributes to shine for Tottenham and and appears to be happy with his progress.
“It’s one of those things that when you start pre-season, we had quite a few guys who were out on loan last year,” said Postecoglou. “Part of me is saying, OK, we need to keep evolving this squad. The guys go out on loan for a reason.”
“Have they come back [and now] are they a better fit, are they part of what we’re doing? With Djed, I had an open mind. I certainly think the kind of characteristics he has would fit into our football. It’s then more about, OK, well he obviously didn’t fit last year, will he fit this year? He’s had a good pre-season. He’s trained really well. He seems to have fit into the group really well,” he added.
Time for Spence to step up
Spence was outstanding on loan at Nottingham Forest in the 2021-22 campaign, sparking his move to Tottenham.
The chances just haven’t arrived for Spence at Tottenham and he has spent more time away from the club than he has in North London.
Tottenham have though sold Emerson Royal this summer with the Brazilian completing a move to AC Milan.
Pedro Porro will remain Tottenham’s first-choice right back but Spence now has a chance to be his main competition.
Monaco’s Brazilian ace Vanderson has been linked with a move to Tottenham but Postecoglou appears to be happy with Spence.
Tottenham may instead look to invest funds elsewhere whilst giving Spence another chance with Europa League action his most likely route into the first team this season.
Spurs fans have been waiting for Spence to really kick on and justify that 2022 move; now he has the chance to step up and salvage his Tottenham career after all.
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