Antonio Conte and his coaching staff will have the opportunity to take a close look at Charlie Sayers over the next week on the club's pre-season tour of South Korea. Only sealing a move to Tottenham in December from National League side Southend United, the 18-year-old was drafted into the Spurs tour squad at the weekend as a late replacement for Joe Rodon, who misses out through illness.
It is nothing new for the club's academy players to get a chance on the summer tour, with Japhet Tanganga and Troy Parrott in a similar boat to Sayers when they travelled to the Far East in 2019 when Mauricio Pochettino was in charge. Catching the eye in the club's friendlies, both went on to make their senior debut for the Lilywhites a few months later in the 2019/20 campaign.
Firstly taking on Team K League on Wednesday before finishing their time in Korea with a clash against La Liga side Sevilla, 28 players are part of the Tottenham travelling party and all will be hoping to get some minutes in the tank. Competing with Cristian Romero, Eric Dier, Ben Davies, Davinson Sanchez, Malachi Fagan-Walcott and Tanganga for a place in the backline, Sayers will have his fingers crossed that an opportunity comes his way so he can get his first experience of playing alongside Tottenham's first-team stars.
