Tottenham Hotspur have pounced to sign Archie Gray and it seems that one teammate is already absolutely blowing him away.
Tottenham Hotspur have placed a keen focus on signing top young players in recent times.
Lucas Bergvall agreed to join from Djurgarden back in February, rejecting Barcelona for a move to Tottenham in the process.
Tottenham have followed that up by signing Archie Gray from Leeds United in a £40million move.
Another teenager has now agreed to sign with South Korean talent Yang Min-hyuk coming in from Gangwon.
Yang will head back to South Korea to continue his progress but Gray seems primed for a prominent Premier League role straight away.
Archie Gray on Son Heung-min
Gray is only 18 but he already has a full season of Championship football under his belt.
A midfielder by trade, Gray racked up 52 first-team appearances for Leeds United last season and played most of them at right back.
The teenager has now been asked to add another string to his bow by playing at centre back this summer.
Ange Postecoglou has been using Gray as a centre back, asking him to play centrally with Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven unavailable.
Gray has equipped himself well and has admitted already loving Postecoglou due to his Celtic connections.
Gray has now opened up on Son Heung-min having joined forces with the Spurs captain this summer.
Speaking to Football London, Gray noted that he doesn’t even thinking Son has anything he could improve upon.
Gray has been simply blown away by how Son ‘sets the standard’ in training, believing that it is ‘incredible’ for him to be captain.
Gray added that Son has been ‘amazing’ for South Korea and branded him ‘incredible’ – despite it feeling ‘weird’ to praise a teammate so highly.
“There’s nothing that he could improve on,” said Gray. “Every day he sets the standard in training and I look up to him and I feel like I’m lucky to have a player like that in the team and for him to be captain is just incredible. I can’t speak highly enough of him. You know his quality in games, he’s been showing it for ten years now and internationally he’s been amazing. I don’t usually like speaking that highly of people in the same team as me, because it feels weird, but he’s incredible,” he added.
Gray should relish his time with Son
Gray is still making his way in the game and at just 18, it’s great for him to have somebody like Son to look up to at the highest level.
Son has been an incredible servant to Tottenham, racking up more than 400 appearances in nine years at the club.
Gray will learn so much from Son in terms of consistency at the highest level and how to look after yourself well enough to be available regularly.
There is a harsh reality with Son though; his time at the top may be heading towards its end.
Son is now 32 and he does appear to have lost half a yard of pace in recent times.
Son still has so much quality in his locker but he can’t go on forever and Gray should certainly relish the chance to learn from him whilst he is still at Tottenham.
There have even been previous links suggesting that Son is wanted in Saudi Arabia.
If Gray can learn a thing or two from Son, maybe he can become a Tottenham captain himself down the line and follow in Son’s footsteps.
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