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Spurs have tied down one of their top young academy talents with high hopes for the teenager's future at the north London club
Jun'ai Byfield has signed his first professional contract with Tottenham Hotspur as he looks to fulfil his huge potential for the club in the years ahead.
The centre-back turned 17 on Saturday and accordingly put pen to paper on his first pro deal at Spurs after two big seasons of development at the Premier League club. Byfield was only 15 when Ange Postecoglou used him in a behind-closed-doors first team friendly in the summer of 2024 against Cambridge.
The teenager would occasionally train with the first team last season and last summer Thomas Frank took him on the pre-season tour to Hong Kong and South Korea. Since then, Byfield has been named on the bench while still just 16 twice in the Premier League, twice in the Champions League, once in the Carabao Cup and he was among the substitutes for Tottenham's UEFA Super Cup game against PSG in August.
There is a lot of hope for Byfield's future within the club with some tipping him as one of Spurs' brightest defensive talents to come through the academy since their former captain Ledley King.
The England under-18 international centre-back returned from injury to take his place in the backline for Tottenham's club record 9-1 win against Slavia Prague in the UEFA Youth League on Tuesday afternoon. Byfield is a regular for Wayne Burnett's U21 side despite his age and last season captained the north London club to the Under-17 Premier League Cup.
Now he will be looking to push on to make his first team debut and continue to learn from the likes of Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven.
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