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If he plays and does well its a good signing and if he either bench warms or isn''t up to it, it will be a poor signing.

Are we allowed to send him back early if it doesn''t work out? Because I would hate to see one of our own youngsters miss out.

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"He is rated as one of the biggest talents in English football but will need some time to adapt to a new surrounding and to the physical game in the Championship.

I''ve just read that quote from DF so he doesn''t look like an immediate starter.

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Really excited about this lad, the Spurs fans think it''s a real coup for us & everything you read about him is good.

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A chance for the lad to adjust his alleged attitude problems and get to work in a young Norwich squad. It''s a no-lose for Norwich. If he can do the business we get the benefits, if he can''t then we return to sender with no loss to ourselves.

Too many temptations for youngsters in London, good to ship them out the the countryside for a stretch and concentrate on getting his career on track.

Also, this loan might mean top clubs recognising what Farke is trying to achieve with young players and sending their potential stars down here. Could be interesting times.

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[quote user="keelansgrandad"]If he plays and does well its a good signing and if he either bench warms or isn''t up to it, it will be a poor signing.

Are we allowed to send him back early if it doesn''t work out? Because I would hate to see one of our own youngsters miss out.[/quote]He can zip down the right and cut inside like sh*t off a shovel, keelansgrandad.We''re hardly inundated with right-wingers right now, so...Shame we didn''t that right-back.

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Found this on another website so not making any judgement on the lad before being accused of being a negative Nancy.......Pochettino also made the unusual step of talking about the teenager

''having behavioural issues and problems with authority'' in his

recently-published book ''Pochettino''s Spurs - A Brave New World''.

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Had a dekko at the obligatory youtube compilation & he does look a touch raw; bags of skill though. Definitely not the finished article.

Certainly wouldn''t want to chuck him in against the Neanderthals that are Sheffield United!

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[quote user="TIL 1010"]Found this on another website so not making any judgement on the lad before being accused of being a negative Nancy.......Pochettino also made the unusual step of talking about the teenager

''having behavioural issues and problems with authority'' in his

recently-published book ''Pochettino''s Spurs - A Brave New World''.
[/quote]Don''t be fooled by Farke''s gayness, Til -- he''s an intelligent man and there''s German hard men assisting the former who will knock any complacency out this youngster [Y]You haven''t met Riemer or Flüthmann -- I have and you don''t f*ck with them [:|]

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The truth behind Tottenham Hotspur wonderkid Marcus Edwards'' loan move

to Norwich City

The talented teenager has made the switch to the Championship club.

 By

Alasdair GoldTottenham Hotspur Correspondent
  • 20:19, 15 JAN 2018
  • UPDATED21:52, 15 JAN 2018

 

The loan move which has taken

Tottenham Hotspur teenager Marcus Edwards to Norwich City could

end up being the perfect move for all parties.

The 19-year-old is one of the most talented English teenagers yet to

make a Premier League appearance and while loan moves were turned down in the

summer the switch to the Canaries until the send of the season appears to have

come at just the right time.

Clubs from across England, Germany, the Netherlands and the MLS were all

vying for Edwards'' signature during this January window, but Norwich and

Edwards seem to be the perfect fit.

Anyone who has watched Edwards play for Tottenham''s U23s and

U19s will talk of a player who can dribble past players with ease, has an eye

for a goal and whips in dangerous free-kicks and corners.

They may also tell you that despite having that low centre of gravity,

he can occasionally get muscled out of games and drift out of the action.

Edwards has been working on the

latter this season and a loan move into the physical Championship will only

improve his battling qualities as he comes up against experienced older

defenders and midfielders.

 

For his manager Mauricio Pochettino,

the loan move perhaps marks an acceptance that his handling of Edwards hasn''t quite met the levels

of his development of other young academy players at the club since his arrival

in 2014.

The Argentine admitted last month

that comparing Edwards to a young Lionel Messi in

2016 was an error.

 

"Maybe I made a mistake. I believed it was positive and he was

going to take it in a positive way. When you’re young, sometimes you need more

time. Sometimes you stop your evolution. We still trust in him," the Spurs

boss said.

"No, I’m not going to talk about [questions over the player''s

attitude]. It’s about performance. Of course he needs to work hard like

different players that we have in the academy, and wait for the opportunity.

It’s never easy, the last step, to join the first team from the academy."

Pochettino also made the unusual step of talking about the teenager

''having behavioural issues and problems with authority'' in his

recently-published book ''Pochettino''s Spurs - A Brave New World''.

Despite questions about his work

ethic, Edwards has knuckled down this season

and has plundered plenty of goals in the Premier League 2 and UEFA Youth

League.

 

The player has been champing at the bit, waiting for a chance to play

alongside the senior stars, but Pochettino has not obliged, passing up

opportunities to use him in Carabao Cup matches against Barnsley and West Ham

as well as the dead rubber Champions League clash against Apoel Nicosia at

Wembley.

Edwards'' development squad team-mates

Kazaiah Sterling and Luke Amos were named in the squad for that European match,

with Sterling coming off the bench late on for his first team debut.

 

Illness and a minor injury over the festive period meant Edwards was not

in contention to be selected for the FA Cup ties against AFC Wimbledon, even if

Pochettino had given him the nod.

The return of Erik Lamela from his

long-term hip problems and the form of Heung-Min Son have also lessened

Pochettino''s need or desire to throw Edwards into the fray.

 

Ten bright minutes against Gillingham

in the League Cup at White Hart Lane in 2016 remains the only first team

action Edwards has seen for Tottenham

Hotspur.

That is why the loan move to Norwich comes at perfect time. The teenager

will be able to prove to Pochettino that he can cut it with senior players and

that he''s got the work ethic to handle first team football and the attitude to

deal with all the ups and downs that come with it.

For Norwich, they are taking a chance with an untried youngster but he

is a player landed amid plenty of interest from across the continent and the

Atlantic.

In Edwards they have snapped up a

incredibly skillful player who could fill the gap left, somewhat ironically, by

another talented former Spurs academy product who struggled to break through

under Pochettino - Alex Pritchard.

 

Pritchard, who moved to Huddersfield

this week in an £11m move, was hindered by an ankle injury gained on

international duty which set him back at Spurs. Edwards suffered a similar problem in

late 2016 during a training session with the first team, which interrupted his

own progress.

 

Edwards will need a little time to adapt to life in the Championship,

but if he can set the Championship alight this season and help the Canaries

back up into contention for promotion to the Premier League, Pochettino will

have to sit up and take notice once again and he could end up with the Marcus

Edwards he dreamed of back in 2016.

https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/players/marcus-edwards-tottenham-norwich-loan-14159786

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[quote user="TIL 1010"]Found this on another website so not making any judgement on the lad before being accused of being a negative Nancy.......Pochettino also made the unusual step of talking about the teenager

''having behavioural issues and problems with authority'' in his

recently-published book ''Pochettino''s Spurs - A Brave New World''.
[/quote]Relax......Oliviera will keep him on the straight and narrow [:D]

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Like DCB said ... just a sweetener before Madders is sold!!! Our two best players are going to be sold in this window and I expect this boy to be the " Harry Kane''esque -loan siging" , remember?

Let''s face it ... he''s probably not bad , but he won''t give his all 4 NCFC , just like Harry Kane didn''t while he was here

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Everything in DoubleN''s post is pretty positive about him playing for us.

I just hope DF throws him in straight away. We don''t need this bull about settling in to the Championship. The only way he can do that is to play and take the knocks and disappointments, but hopefully shine and take us to a new level.

However, I do believe we are going to have to make use of any new attacking skills and get more up the pitch when we attack.

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