Former Nottingham Forest loanee Djed Spence "grabbed the opportunity" to impress head coach Antonio Conte in their first mid-season friendly against Scottish Premiership side Motherwell ahead of the Premier League season restarting later this month.
Spence, 22, has made just four competitive appearances for Spurs this season since signing during the January transfer window of which were as a substitute. In fact, this friendly was the first time that the wing-back started a match as a Tottenham player, after only featuring once also as a substitute during pre-season.
The England under-21 international played 75 minutes of the match before being replaced, as part of a raft of changes, by teenager Maksim Paskotsi for the final quarter of an hour soon after Matt Doherty made it 4-0 with his second of the match. Despite not scoring the goals that his opposite wing-back managed at Hotspur Way, Spence nonetheless also contributed an "eye-catching performance".
