Young goalkeeper Joshua Oluwayemi has been given the chance to impress in first-team training by Jose Mourinho at Tottenham Hotspur, as reported by All Nigeria Soccer.
For all the criticism of Mourinho’s record when it comes to blooding unproven youngsters, it is impossible to ignore the fact that that a number of academy graduates have been handed a chance to prove their worth alongside Harry Kane, Gareth Bale and co this term.
Goalscoring sensation Dane Scarlett has made three senior appearances in 2020/21, while Harvey White, Nile John, Alfie Whiteman and Marcel Lavinier all featured across various cup competitions.
16-year-old Alfie Devine even marked his first-team bow with a brilliantly taken goal against Marine in January.
Then again, with Tottenham crashing out of the Europa League last month, it seems unlikely that Oluwayemi will be starting between the sticks at any point between now and the end of May.
The time for experimentation is over, after all, with Spurs facing a crucial two-month spell as they look to secure a Champions League berth via a fourth-place finish.
London-born Oluwayemi is clearly on the right track, however, promoted to first-team training after a long-term injury suffered by fellow shot-stopper Whiteman.
According to ANS, the 20-year-old even travelled to Tyneside on Sunday as a non-playing member of Mourinho’s squad ahead of Tottenham’s 2-2 draw with a relegation-threatened Newcastle United.
A penalty-saving specialist who joined Spurs’ youth ranks in 2017, Oluwayemi has featured regularly for the club’s U23 side this season while enjoying a brief spell on loan at Maidenhead in the first half of the campaign.
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