Tottenham Hotspur landed one of the best youngsters in English football this summer when Archie Gray signed from Leeds United.
Spurs swooped in after Gray’s mooted move to Brentford collapsed at the 11th hour, paying the Elland Road side around £30million for his services.
The 18-year-old, who made over 50 appearances for Leeds, has already shown at Tottenham that he has what it takes to become a Premier League star.
Gray has already made nine appearances for Spurs and has shown his versatility as well as his talent by playing both in midfield and at right-back.
Now, the England youth international has spoken about his time at Tottenham so far, and named the two Spurs players who have been especially helpful to him since his move.
Archie Gray hails Tottenham teammates Rodrigo Bentancur and Yves Bissouma
Gray, speaking to football.london, revealed that fellow midfielders Rodrigo Bentancur and Yves Bissouma have been showing him the ropes at N17.
The Tottenham summer signing is expected to become a full-time No. 6 at Spurs and will be vying with the likes of Bentancur and Bissouma for the role.
“They’re two brilliant players and they’re so important for the team,” he explained.
“Especially in training every day they both help me so much as I am a young player and they’ve seen a lot in football and played at the top of football.
“They’re helping me when I go in at No.6 in training and I’m in the same position as them.
“They just teach me little things like where to be on the pitch and things like that. It’s really useful and I’m grateful for them.”
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Archie Gray compared to Zinedine Zidane
Gray’s rise to prominence and subsequent move to Tottenham led to Sky Sports running an in-depth article about his formative years.
Andy Wright, Gray’s former academy coach at Leeds, sung the 18-year-old’s praises in the article.
He said: “I remember games where I came away thinking, ‘God, he reminds me of Zidane’. He would do things that you don’t expect.”
The article also carried quotes from Simon Clifford, one of the first to introduce Brazilian football techniques in the UK.
Gray played at one of Clifford’s Futebol de Salao schools at a young age, and the latter said: “Archie was there two or three times a week, playing with that small, heavier ball in a very tight gym.
“A lot of the things I see him do, how he is able to evade trouble, I can go back to remember him in the hall. That’s been absolutely invaluable for him.”
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