The first crop of Tottenham Hotspur players have returned to pre-season as they begin preparations for the new Premier League season.
Ange Postecoglou is now comfortable in his manager’s seat and will be hoping to push Spurs back into the Champions League.
Tottenham missed out to Aston Villa last time out and for Postecoglou to take that next step, he needs to get a lot of things right in the summer transfer market.
Usually, everyone is talking about incomings and who Spurs could sign, with Timo Werner returning and Archie Gray also signing for Tottenham.
But the London club have to also get their clean house and part ways with players currently at the club, Sergio Reguilon is another player who was pictured in Tottenham training.
As was the ever-popular Emerson Royal, who became a back-up player under Postecoglou last season and played behind Pedro Porro at right-back.
The 25-year-old has been linked with a move away from the club this summer, including the ‘wild’ transfer rumour that he is wanted by Bayern Munich.
Emerson Royal only completed 90 minutes on eight occasions last term, so he could be on his way out if a suitable offer is put on the table.
But the player himself, who always seems to be one of the upbeat members of the dressing room, posted a brilliant message on Instagram upon the players’ return to training.
Tottenham Hotspur players start pre-season
‘The King is back,’ wrote the right-back, added with a laughing emoji.
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The backline picks itself. Porro starts at right-back, the centre-back pairing of Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero is one of the most exciting in the league, with Destiny Udogie at left-back.
But after that, there needs to be more cover because the players behind, Emerson included, aren’t probably good enough to take the team to the next level.
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You could argue that new boy Archie Gray might be used at right-back because he deployed that role at Leeds United before their Championship play-off final defeat to Southampton.
So, perhaps Postecoglou already has his two players for that position and they can happily move Emerson on.
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