Tottenham Hotspur has been the house to many proficient homegrown gamers in current occasions, serving to the membership push for a daily top-four end within the Premier League.

Harry Kane is undoubtedly the most important identify to be successful over the past 15 years, breaking into the primary group again within the 2013/14 marketing campaign.

The striker ended up making 428 appearances for Spurs over a 10-year interval, scoring 279 targets – turning into the membership’s report goalscorer within the course of.

The 31-year-old left North London in a £100m deal together with add-ons to affix Bayern Munich final summer season, leaving an enormous hole within the closing third for Ange Postecoglou’s aspect.

Kane has continued to thrill at worldwide degree, making his a hundredth look throughout the current break, starring alongside a participant who has taken the division by storm over the past 12 months.

Cole Palmer’s time at Chelsea

Winger Cole Palmer accomplished a shock transfer to Chelsea from Manchester Metropolis in a £40m deal final summer season, after the teen was solely utilised as an influence participant beneath Pep Guardiola.

Nevertheless, Kane’s teammate at worldwide degree has taken his profession to the following degree at Stamford Bridge, registering a staggering tally of objective contributions since his big-money switch.

The 22-year-old registered 25 targets and 15 assists in his 45 appearances in all competitions final season, ending the league marketing campaign with essentially the most objective contributions of any participant within the division.

Palmer has continued his wonderful type into the brand new season, contributing with one objective and 4 assists to date beneath new boss Enzo Maresca – with 4 of his contributions coming within the enormous 6-2 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers.

His sensational type has seen him turn into a daily within the England setup, additional showcasing his fast rise to stardom within the final 12 months.

Nevertheless, Spurs may have had their reply to the teen, however they offloaded him a few years in the past with the previous academy ace occurring to have a profitable profession away from the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.

The Spurs expertise who may have been their reply to Palmer

Marcus Edwards is a product of the Spurs academy, spending 13 years on the membership as a teen, earlier than leaving on a free switch in 2019 to affix Portuguese aspect Vitoria Guimaraes.

Nevertheless, quick ahead to 2024, the Englishman is now starring for Sporting Lisbon, with the membership probably regretting their choice to dump the ahead.

He’s scored 22 targets in his 114 appearances for Lisbon, rating much like Chelsea ace Palmer through FBref based mostly on their respective shows over the past 12 months.

When delving into their respective stats from final season, Edwards might have scored fewer targets however did handle a larger shot-on-target accuracy, proving he’s extra correct along with his efforts in entrance of objective.

The Sporting expertise additionally managed 5.2 progressive carries per 90 – a tally that Palmer couldn’t match – showcasing his expertise at driving with the ball into the ultimate third.

On account of his spectacular shows in Portugal, Edwards has seen his market worth soar to £17.5m as per Transfermarkt, an enormous enhance after his launch on a free switch from Spurs again in 2019.

It’s evident that the 25-year-old has a variety of expertise that will be of use to Postecoglou in 2024, with the membership undoubtedly offloading the star manner too quickly.

His expertise has been mirrored in his stats, with the winger outperforming Palmer in quite a few areas, highlighting the remorse the membership should have in permitting him to depart the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.