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Photos: 17-year-old Juan Pablo Gonzalez-Velasco joins in Tottenham Hotspur first-team training

General view of Tottenham's new training ground (Reuters)
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The Colombian talent was one of many youngsters to train with the Spurs first-team this week.

General view of Tottenham's new training groundGeneral view of Tottenham’s new training ground

Tottenham Hotspur are certainly not afraid to hand young players a chance, as has been evident already this season.

Marcus Edwards, Anton Walkes and Cameron Carter-Vickers were all handed their first-team debuts by Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino earlier this season.

The Argentine is big on youth development, and that trio in particular are now regular trainers with the Tottenham first-team.

This week Spurs were photographed in training on Thursday and there was a heap of new faces to the first-team training schedule from the youth teams at Spurs.

One that stood out was Colombian talent Juan-Pablo Gonzalez-Velasco. The 17-year-old attacking midfielder, wearing number 90, was impressive at the Brentford academy but joined Spurs when that was shut in the summer.

The Colombian under-17 international appears some way off of first-team football at Spurs, but is surely one to look out for.

Zenon Stiliyanides was one of many other Tottenham youngsters involved in the session – as Spurs recovered from their exerts in Russia v CSKA Moscow.

Tottenham take on Manchester City in the Premier League this Sunday in what proves to be a big clash between the two sides.