Tottenham wonderkid proves Ange Postecoglou right as Mikey Moore and Will Lankshear repeat eyed

Ange Postecoglou could well have unearthed Tottenham's next wonderkid after helping Mikey Moore and Will Lankshear break into the first-team. Both teenagers have been handed minutes in the Europa League this season with Moore also making his full Premier League debut away at Crystal Palace.

The meeting away at Ferencvaros saw Postecoglou name both young attackers in his starting XI with Moore also starring in the win over AZ Alkmaar, which resulted in first senior league start that weekend. Injuries have certainly helped both make regular appearances with Lankshear also starting the 3-2 defeat to Galatasaray earlier this week.

Moore, who has arguably been the more impressive of those two, was absent from their squad in Turkey, due to illness, but it was Lankshear grabbing the headlines this time around. Soon after Yunus Akgun scored the opening goal, Lankshear turned home a Brennan Johnson cross at the back post for the equaliser and his first senior goal.

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Unfortunately, the 19-year-old's evening ended early after he was sent off in the second half for two bookable offences in just seven minutes. After that game, Postecoglou was asked for his thoughts the two big moments involving Lankshear.

"Will took his goal well, he worked hard for the team," he said in a press conference. "Obviously he hasn't had a lot of experience at senior football so he would have learnt a lot today. The red card, it was a bit of overenthusiasm in that moment to give away a foul, but he'll learn from that."

Nonetheless, both Moore and Lankshear are now firmly in Postecoglou's senior squad, with several more academy stars eyeing spots. Also included in the Galatasaray matchday squad was Alfie Dorrington, Dante Cassanova, Callum Olusesi and Luca Williams-Barnett.

The latter of those missed school on Thursday to sit on the subs bench and though he remained there, the 16-year-old was very much involved in Spurs' Under-18s victory over Leicester City on Saturday at Hotspur Way. The young Foxes took the lead, but Williams-Barnett levelled the game with a truly outrageous goal.

After escaping one challenge with a body feint, the midfielder drove beyond the halfway line before unleashing an unbelievable hit from inside the centre circle, which flew over the Leicester goalkeeper's head and into the back of the net, as shown on the Spurs academy social media channels.

Just three weeks ago, Williams-Barnett scored a very similar goal away at West Ham with it therefore clear it was not just a one-off. Given the quality he has been displaying, it is very clear to see why Postecoglou named him in his squad to face Galatasaray with it very likely he is capable of being the next academy breakout star, following in the footsteps of Moore and Lankshear.

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