Tottenham Hotspur's 11 loan players have been getting plenty of minutes under their belt across Europe this week.
Spurs have a full team's worth of players plying their trade in England, Scotland, France, Spain and Sweden, all looking to make the staff at Tottenham, not least the club's head coach Antonio Conte, sit up and take notice. Some have been sent out to further their experience, some to simply get minutes and others to put them in the shop window ahead of potential summer moves.
Here's how the big group of Spurs loanees got on over the past week.
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Tanguy Ndombele (Lyon)
It was a very mixed week for Ndombele. On Thursday night he scored an important goal as Lyon drew 1-1 at West Ham in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final at the London Stadium.
West Ham boss David Moyes said of the Spurs midfielder: "I thought he played very well, he was probably the best player on the pitch. I don't think we helped that but I have to give him credit for the way he played. He is a France international, so he played well."
However, the 25-year-old then came in for criticism for his performance in Lyon's 1-1 draw at Strasbourg on Sunday evening in Ligue 1.
In Get French Football News' player ratings from the match they gave Ndombele a mark of only three, with the review: "After a domineering display in midweek against West Ham in Europe, this was a weak and lacklustre outing as Sissoko and Ahoulou overran him and Aouar in the first hour. His dithering was chiefly to blame for Sissoko’s goal, who was allowed to sneak to poke home."
Bryan Gil (Valencia)
Gil looked set to return to action after injury on Monday night for Valencia's La Liga fixture against Real Vallecano. Valencia boss Jose Bordalas said ahead of the game: "Bryan is doing better, so let's hope that he can be available."
Gil had picked up an injury in Valencia's 0-0 home draw at Cadiz last Sunday and had to leave the action after 78 minutes. The 21-year-old Spurs winger needed to be helped from the pitch by a couple of Valencia staff after the injury.
Spanish radio station RadioEsport Valencia claimed the day after that Gil underwent some low intensity work in the gym with discomfort in his lower back and part of his hip and did not train with his team-mates.
The La Liga club will want Gil to be fit because he has quickly become a key part of their team with 11 appearances for the Spanish side, registering one assist since his switch from Tottenham.
Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal)
Lo Celso was named man of the match for his 90 minute display in the Champions League as Villarreal shocked Bayern Munich with a 1-0 win at home in the first leg of their quarter-final on Wednesday evening.
The Argentine then played just 29 minutes from the bench as Villarreal drew 1-1 at home with Athletic Bilbao on Saturday evening in La Liga. Lo Celso has now made 12 appearances for Unai Emery's team since his deadline day switch from Tottenham.
Pape Matar Sarr (Metz)
Sarr was back in the starting line-up and he played the full 90 minutes in a central attacking midfield role during Metz's 3-1 defeat at fellow strugglers Bordeaux on Sunday.
The versatile 19-year-old had a pass success rate of 77%, completing 30 of his 39 passes, but he won just four of his 12 duels and made one successful dribble out of two with the same success rate from his tackling. He did, however, make three interceptions.
It has been a tough developmental season for Sarr with Metz now bottom of Ligue 1, three points behind Bordeaux and four points adrift of 18th-placed St Etienne, who lie in the relegation play-off spot.
The teenager has now played 27 times for the French strugglers this season before he aims to show Tottenham what he's about when he returns to N17 in the summer.
Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic)
Carter-Vickers has already earned himself legendary status at Celtic by scoring the winning goal in the Old Firm Derby last Sunday and was named man of the match for his superb defensive work.
The 24-year-old then helped Celtic record a clean sheet on Saturday in the dominant 7-0 victory at home against St Johnstone.
Carter-Vickers' loan spell has been a huge success and Celtic are expected to take up the option to buy him, which football.london understands is around £6million up front with potential add-ons that could make it £10million in all eventually. The centre-back is also believed to be interesting a number of Premier League clubs.
The 24-year-old has four goals and one assist from his 38 games in all competitions for Celtic so far in this big season in his career.
Troy Parrott (MK Dons)
Troy Parrott added another spectacular goal to his recent tally with a dramatic volley in off the crossbar to help high-flying MK Dons grab a point in their big clash at AFC Wimbledon on Saturday.
The 20-year-old displayed perfect technique to find space and connect with a deep cross from skipper Dean Lewington and send it flying into the net off the woodwork.
It comes after an eye-catching lobbed goal last Tuesday night in MK Dons' 2-1 win against Crewe Alexandra and that had come off the back of his spectacular winning goal for the Republic of Ireland in their friendly against Lithuania.
"The gaffer has shown massive faith in me, even when I was playing and not scoring, he kept giving me game time. It's nice to be able to repay him. I have a really good relationship with the manager," Parrott was reported as saying on Saturday by The MK Citizen.
On his goal and the cross from Lewington, the young striker added: "I had a feeling he'd put it out to me. We have a bit of a connection like that and as soon as I saw it coming across, there was only one thing on my mind. I want to score goals, I want to be in the mixer and I hope I can keep doing that.
"It was good to get the goal, but we want to win every game so it was disappointing only to draw. It was a tough game for us from the start. Their fans were on our backs and they were up for it massively. But a point is not the worst thing in the world here so we'll take it and move on.
"It's hard to mentally to try and break a side down then they put that many people behind the ball, but as we've shown in recent weeks, we always believe we'll get a chance and it came, luckily enough I took it and we got a point."
Parrott has now played 41 times this season and scored eight goals and provided six assists in a good loan spell in Milton Keynes.
Kion Etete (Cheltenham Town)
Etete was finally back in action and in the starting line-up for Cheltenham Town at the weekend as they won 1-0 at Accrington.
The 20-year-old has been struggling with an ankle injury in the past month but returned to get 82 minutes under his belt up front during the victory and was involved in Callum Wright's winning goal.
Etete was handed a six in Gloucester Live's players ratings, with the review: "A hot and cold game for the young striker, struggled physically against Portsmouth’s back line but turned well to feed Wright for the goal."
The big forward has now played 10 times for League One side Cheltenham, scoring two goals and laying on three assists, following the first half of the season when he was on loan in League Two at Northampton, netting six goals and providing two assists in his 23 games.
Jack Clarke (Sunderland)
Clarke played 85 minutes as a wing-back in Sunderland's dramatic 2-1 win at Oxford United on Saturday in League One.
His performance on the left earned him just a five though in the Chronicle Live player ratings with the review: "Struggled badly with the defensive side of his wing-back role."
The 21-year-old has now played 13 matches for the sixth-placed League One side, scoring once and providing one assist, as they look to find a route back to the Championship.
Nile John (Charlton Athletic)
John's loan move to Charlton Athletic continues to come without a minute of first team football but at least he was back in the matchday squad and on the bench for the 1-0 win at Rotherham on Saturday afternoon.
The 19-year-old has been an unused substitute on five occasions for Charlton and left out of the squad altogether in nine other League One matches. Addicks boss Johnnie Jackson last month explained John and Chelsea loanee Juan Castillo's lack of game time.
"I’ve got players in those positions who, at the moment, they’re in front of them," said the former Spurs man, as reported by South London Press. "I’m judging every day on what I see in training. There’s been opportunities. Nile has been unlucky because he’s not had a lot of opportunities.
"Juan has had a couple of opportunities that he didn’t really take. Nile can count himself unlucky that he’s not had opportunities. I have been looking to try to get him on the pitch at certain times but the nature of the games and state of play, having to make early substitutions in certain games has stopped me being able to do that."
Alfie Whiteman (Degerfors)
The 23-year-old goalkeeper was in goal in the second match of the Swedish Allsvenskan season with a 2-1 home defeat on Saturday for Degerfors against Hacken.
Whiteman did his part in keeping Degerfors in the Swedish top flight last season and will be hoping to impress again during this campaign. Spurs do also have the option to recall him as part of the loan agreement if they were to need him back.
Kacper Kurylowicz (Potters Bar Town)
The goalkeeper is out on loan at non-league side Potters Bar Town, who play in the Isthmian Premier League, while being able to train with and play for Spurs' Under-23s when required.
Kurylowicz was back between the sticks on Saturday and kept a clean sheet as Town beat Merstham 2-0.
