Here’s our Tottenham Hotspur loan latest as we check in on the club’s 14 players out and about across the UK, Europe and South America
Tottenham’s loan players have enjoyed mixed fortunes this week in their adventures away from north London.
Thomas Frank’s side currently have 14 players out on loan at clubs at various levels across the English game as well as in Scotland, Germany, Spain and South America. All of them have been enjoying varying levels of game time and success across the divisions.
Spurs’ Head of Loans and Pathways Andy Scoulding has been keeping a close eye on all them to decide what the next steps are, with the facility to recall many of them in January and potentially send them elsewhere.
Here’s how every single one of Tottenham’s large group of loan players got on across the world this week. We’re leaving out George Abbott, because the young midfielder is currently out for Wycombe Wanderers until next month with a quad injury, and defender Alfie Dorrington, who is out of action for Aberdeen with a groin muscle injury.
Luka Vuskovic (Hamburg)
Luka Vuskovic tasted defeat on his return to Hamburg from an international break spent with both the Croatian senior and U21 team.
The 18-year-old and HSV went down 1-0 at Augsburg on Saturday and Vuskovic played the entire game, picking up a yellow card in the 85th minute of the frustrating Bundesliga defeat.
The teenager centre-back has been linked with a move away from Spurs in Germany thanks to his eye-catching performances in the Bundesliga but football.london understands that many within the north London club see him as a future star so any such permanent move would be unlikely.
Whether the Croatia international heads out on another loan next season remains to be seen as part of his continued development but his progress in the Bundesliga means Tottenham will take a good look at him next summer to see if he’s ready to step into the first team.
Vuskovic has played 10 times for Hamburg since joining, scoring once and the booking at the weekend was only the second yellow card he has picked up for the battling side from Hamburg.
Alejo Veliz (Rosario Central)
Alejo Veliz played the full 90 minutes in Rosario’s 1-0 Clausura play-off defeat to Estudiantes at the weekend that made headlines for what happened just before kick-off.
In the week, Rosario had been awarded a controversial new title, the new Champion of the League trophy, which it was unexpectedly decided would be awarded to the team with the most points in combining this year’s Apertura and Clausura tournaments in Argentina.
That meant that despite Rosario not winning any competition all season long, they would be crowned league champions, much to the disappointment and upset of other teams and most of the Argentinean football-watching public and pundits.
So in the weekend’s match, while Estudiantes congratulated their opponents in the tunnel they also informed them that on the pitch they would be delivering a show of dissent to the authorities by turning their backs during a ‘guard of honour’ that they had been informed they had to perform by the Argentinean football association.
It made for an unusual sight and Rosario and Veliz would go on to lose the game after all the controversy.
Mikey Moore (Rangers)
Just as Mikey Moore was starting to find his feet for Rangers and netted his first goal for the Glasgow giants, he now faces a spell out of the action.
Danny Rohl spoke about both the 18-year-old and John Souttar ahead of the 2-1 win against Livingston.
“Before the international break, we had nearly no injuries,” he explained. “John is out with a muscle injury. We have to wait [to see] how long. Mikey’s out with a muscle injury. How long, it’s difficult to say at the moment.”
He did add though: “John and Mikey, I hope at the end of December. But it’s a muscle injury, it could be 25 days, it could be 40 days. You never know.”
Moore has played 17 times for Rangers this season, scoring that one goal and providing two assists.
Manor Solomon (Villarreal)
Manor Solomon was left unused on the bench as Villarreal lost 4-0 at Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
The Israel international had got his first minutes in a month at Villarreal as the winger came off the bench for the final 16 minutes of Villarreal’s 2-1 home win against Mallorca on Saturday.
The 26-year-old has made just one La Liga start for the club and had been left unused on the bench for three of the previous four matches in the league and missed out entirely on their last matchday squad due to a back problem.
Solomon’s back problem kept him out of international duty with Israel this month but he was back in action for the short cameo in the weekend’s win.
The Spurs winger could return from Spain to head out on loan elsewhere in January if his situation does not improve.
Alfie Devine (Preston North End)
Alfie Devine continues to impress with another 90 minutes under his belt as Preston drew 1-1 at Watford in the Championship on Tuesday night.
That came after the 21-year-old midfielder notched his third goal of the season on Friday night in North End’s 2-1 defeat at Blackburn Rovers. It was a great effort with a one-two in the box before dribbling past a couple of challenges and then sending a shot that four stumbling Blackburn players could not stop from crossing the line.
Devine has now notched three goals and two assists from his 18 matches for Preston so far this season and he’s taken to the turf for 1,148 minutes of action.
Will Lankshear (Oxford United)
Will Lankshear played 77 minutes of Oxford’s hard-fought 1-1 draw at home with Middlesbrough. The young striker then came off the bench for the final 24 minutes on Tuesday evening as United travel to Norwich in the Championship and drew 1-1.
Lankshear has been a success so far with five goals from 16 league matches in his second senior loan after last season’s spell at West Brom.
Yang Min-hyeok (Portsmouth)
Yang Min-hyeok was an unused substitute as Portsmouth won 3-1 at home against Millwall in the Championship on Saturday.
The 19-year-old’s impressive spell last month, which included two goals and an assist in three matches, has given way to just seven minutes in the past three games and two of those encounters spent watching on from the sidelines.
Ashley Phillips & Jamie Donley (Stoke City)
Even a first goal for Northern Ireland during the international break could not earn Jamie Donley a place in Stoke’s matchday squad as they won 3-0 at home against Charlton on Tuesday night.
A recall appears to be beckoning for the 20-year-old, who has not started a single game in the Championship and has only come off the bench four times in the league so far this campaign, with no minutes in the past month under Stoke boss Mark Robins.
His Spurs team-mate Ashley Phillips is now fully back in contention at least and has started the past 10 matches in the league for the Potters, playing every single minute of them.
Damola Ajayi (Doncaster Rovers)
Damola Ajayi has not been in the past three matchday squads as in the latest match, Doncaster drew 0-0 at Stevenage in League One on Saturday.
Ajayi has been getting experience though on his first loan with 16 appearances and one goal with 630 minutes under the 19-year-old winger’s belt.
Tyrese Hall (Notts County)
Tyrese Hall continues to impress for Notts County and grabbed an assist in their 3-1 defeat at home against Colchester United in League Two on Saturday.
The 20-year-old midfielder has been a revelation on his first loan with six goals and two assists across 1,084 minutes in 18 appearances since heading out of Tottenham.
Calum Logan (Braintree Town)
Nineteen-year-old left-back Calum Logan is also enjoying his first spell away from the north London club with a 28-day youth loan at National League side Braintree Town.
The defender has played the full 90 minutes in both of his matches so far, including Braintree’s 1-1 draw at Scunthorpe on Saturday afternoon.
