Ange Postecoglou thinks he has a youngster with ‘great potential’ in his Tottenham ranks right now

Ange Postecoglou has stated that the signing of teenage defender Ashley Phillips allowed him to let Davinson Sanchez leave this summer.

Tottenham beat out a number of other clubs to sign Phillips from Blackburn Rovers. The teenager made an early impression at Spurs after impressing at Ewood Park.

And, speaking to the press today, Postecoglou confirmed that Phillips, who has been working hard in training, could be in line for some game action shortly.

Postecoglou impressed with Tottenham youngster Ashley Phillips

Speaking about his defensive alternatives before of this weekend’s match against Sheffield United, Postecoglou confirmed that he’d let Sanchez leave with an eye on Phillips.

“We’ve got a young Ash in here who is working really hard and getting better all the time.” Holding onto him for security would have been a squandered chance for us. “We need to change this squad, rebuild this team, and that’s why we let Davinson go,” Postecoglou explained.

“We believe he has a lot of potential.” It’s obviously difficult because he hasn’t played for us because he wasn’t here for pre-season and missed everything, but he has had a couple of U21 games, which is fantastic.

“We’ll try to get him some game time, but he’s been training with us every day, and you can see him getting closer and closer, and yeah, if we need to use him, we will.”

Phillips is said to have impressed Postecoglou behind the scenes. Indeed, it’s even believed he could be ahead of the more experienced Eric Dier now.

One to watch

There is no doubt that Tottenham have snapped themselves up a fine young player in Ashley Phillips.

However, even the most optimistic of Spurs fan wouldn’t have expected Phillips to be in the running to get first-team minutes so soon into his career in London.

But it does seem Phillips is impressing and Ange’s comments here show that he is taking note of the youngster.

Quite what the future holds for the likes of Dier, remains to be seen. But for Phillips, it seems like a big career awaits for him in the white of Tottenham.