It has been another case of watching on for Arnaut Danjuma with the first international break of 2023 in full swing. Permanently glued to the Tottenham substitutes' bench since joining on loan from Villarreal in January, the 26-year-old was not included as part of the Netherlands squad for their Euro 2024 qualifiers at a time when the majority of his Spurs teammates jetted off across the globe for international football.
Instead, the Lagos-born ace is one of four outfield players remaining behind at Hotspur Way to train until the vast majority of the first-team squad return from their respective international commitments. At a time when he just isn't featuring in Antonio Conte's plans, the versatile attacker really would have benefitted from a Netherlands call-up and minutes on the pitch.
That unfortunately isn't the case for the player and he has instead had to put in the work behind the scenes with fellow outfield players Japhet Tanganga, Clement Lenglet and Lucas Moura. Two months on from his loan move to N17, Danjuma has played a meagre 47 minutes across four appearances and there is no sign that his game time will drastically improve in the run-in.
