English media make big prediction about Archie Gray at Tottenham after what he did in Europe last night.
Since leaving Leeds United for Tottenham Hotspur, Archie Gray has seemingly turned into Ange Postecoglou’s very own version of Stuart Dallas.
Gray was handed his third start for Tottenham on Thursday night as they picked up a second consecutive win in the Europa League, defeating Ferencvaros 2-1 away from home.
Spurs media make huge prediction about Gray
For the first time ever, Gray actually played at centre-back in pre-season for Spurs due to Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Dragusin all being away on international duty.
It had looked as though that would be just a brief experiment by Postecoglou, but Gray was actually tasked with playing there in a competitive match last night.
Gray started the match at centre-back before then being shifted over to the left in the second half due to Ben Davies’ struggles.
Considering those are two positions he rarely, if ever played at all at Leeds, Football.London were left hugely impressed by Gray’s display, so much so they have predicted him to achieve huge things while at Spurs.
They wrote: “Archie Gray – Spent the first half as central defender and the second as a left-back. The 18-year-old is going to be a fantastic player for the club.
“Playing completely out of position but he showed so many great touches, including one backheel that sent Spurs away on a big counter attack. Worked so hard throughout. 8.”
National media question Gray defensively
Gray wasn’t always the most assured defensively when playing right-back for Leeds, but certainly grew into the position as the season went on.
And playing here there and everywhere apart from midfield for Spurs, it is looking like he will have to continue learning on the job.
90min.com were not as complimentary about Gray’s defensive capability in Spurs’ recent win, but were still impressed with how good he was on the ball.
They wrote: “CB: Archie Gray – 7/10 – Started in a position with which he’s unfamiliar, and Varga did outduel him once or twice early. However, we got to enjoy Gray’s impressive passing range and the comfort he supplies with the ball throughout. The hosts got in behind him when stationed at left-back.”
