{"id":152037,"date":"2025-09-12T18:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T18:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/152037\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T18:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T18:28:07","slug":"teenager-spotted-around-tottenhams-first-team-training-after-quitting-man-city-earlier-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/152037\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager spotted around Tottenham’s first-team training after quitting Man City earlier this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tottenham Hotspur youngsters were given a chance to impress Thomas Frank ahead of this weekend\u2019s game against West Ham United.<\/p>\n

Thomas Frank<\/a> headed into the international break on a low note, as he suffered his first Premier League defeat as Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> boss.<\/p>\n

Spurs were beaten 1-0 by Bournemouth last time out, and barely even caused problems for the Cherries.<\/p>\n

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Frank could unleash new Tottenham signing Xavi Simons<\/a> against West Ham United this weekend, while deadline day signing Randal Kolo Muani<\/a> will be in contention.<\/p>\n

\"ThomasPhoto by Justin Setterfield\/Getty ImagesEx-Manchester City talent Dan Batty in Tottenham Hotspur training<\/p>\n

The international break is finally coming to an end, but the last two weeks have given Frank the chance to watch some young Spurs talents in action.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s common practice for youngsters to step up into first-team training while senior players are away on international duty.<\/p>\n

Frank may have been impressed with some of those youngsters, as Football London<\/a> note that Dan Batty was involved in first-team training on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Batty was spotted on a video of Xavi Simons\u2019 first day in Tottenham training, first greeting the Dutchman before walking out to training ahead of Simons, Micky van de Ven and Radu Dragusin.<\/p>\n

Tottenham raided Manchester City to sign Batty earlier this year, bringing the 18-year-old midfielder to North London after spotting his potential.<\/p>\n

A diminutive midfield player, Batty bagged three goals and four assists in 20 games for City\u2019s Under-18s last season.<\/p>\n

Tottenham swooped in to sign Batty, luring the Stalybridge-born talent away from the North West.<\/p>\n

The decision to quit City will not have been an easy one for Batty, but a pathway to first-team action at the Etihad Stadium is a tricky one.<\/p>\n

Batty has now trained with Tottenham\u2019s senior players, and while a place in the squad against West Ham is unlikely, he has at least been given a chance to impress Frank and stake a claim for future chances.<\/p>\n

Dan Batty joined by other Tottenham Hotspur talents<\/p>\n

Batty was not the only youngster in first-team training on Thursday, even with senior players returning.<\/p>\n

Defender Dante Cassanova was also involved, with the 21-year-old making the step up.<\/p>\n

Cassanova has been a regular for Tottenham at developmental levels and has operated as a left-back this season, despite playing as a centre-back last term.<\/p>\n

Winger Yusuf Akhamrich joined Batty and Casanova, having enjoyed a brilliant start to the season.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old Moroccan has bagged three goals and one assist in four games across Premier League 2 and the EFL Trophy this season.<\/p>\n

All three will hope to have left a lasting impact on Frank, and they will look for more opportunities around the Spurs first team this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur youngsters were given a chance to impress Thomas Frank ahead of this weekend\u2019s game against West…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[93514,93515,3339,403,99,5862,4899,93516],"class_list":["post-152037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-dan-batty","tag-dante-cassanova","tag-english-premier-league","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-thomas-frank","tag-tottenham-hotspur","tag-yusuf-akhamrich"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}