Tottenham Hotspur trained on Friday ahead of their FA Cup trip to Middlesbrough.
Jose Mourinho has stuck to his promise after calling one of Tottenham Hotspur’s Under-18s into first-team training.
Speaking in November, the Tottenham manager told Football.London he’d been impressed by the left-back, Dennis Cirkin.
“OK, he’s 17,” the Portuguese said. “But he’s a kid with a lot of quality, and I look forward to bringing him to train with us, and to help his development.”
Five weeks on, Cirkin’s time appears to have arrived, with the Irish-born England youth international pictured trailing Erik Lamela at Tottenham’s Enfield Training Centre (official club website).
Whether or not Cirkin will be involved in Tottenham’s FA Cup third-round tie at Middlesbrough on Sunday remains to be seen, however.
The versatile teen has played most of his football this season in the U18s, and only has a handful of U23 outings to his name.
Cirkin signed his first professional contract at Tottenham shortly after Mourinho’s vow.
He is described by Spurs as being “(a) talented left-back who reads the game well and isn’t shy of pushing forward to support the attack” (official club website)
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