The father of Tottenham Hotspur striker Jamie Donley has taken to Twitter to reveal that his son was omitted from the club’s pre-season tour after sustaining an injury.
Tottenham revealed yesterday evening which players had been named in Ange Postecoglou’s squad for the matches in Australia, Singapore and Thailand with it evident that the 57-year-old has decided to cast his eye over the first-team squad rather than at this stage, look to give opportunities to many within the academy ranks.
Jamie Donley missed pre-season tour due to an injury
James Donley wrote on Twitter that he had received many questions as to why the 18-year-old was not selected and admitted that Jamie, who has been within the ranks of the north Londoners since the age of eight picked up an injury just days before the trip.
He wrote: “I’m getting a lot of messages about @jamiedonley9 and him not going away with the team. Unfortunately he got injured 2 days before tour FFS. Exactly the same as last year.
“Hopefully get back for start of the season. Thanks for the support and Good luck in oz @SpursOfficial.”
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It was a similar story ahead of last season when the left-footer also missed the chance to be part of Antonio Conte’s squad in South Korea having also been sidelined with an injury.
Last season, Jamie Donley mainly operated in midfield in games, partly to continue to round out his game and also as a result of the lack of other options in the middle of the park at Under-19 level.
SpursWeb Opinion
It is understandable why Postecoglou has taken many of the players who may not have been considered to have had a future if Conte was still at the club with the likes of Tanguy Ndombele having boarded the flight to Perth since he wants to give some the chance to have another opportunity to turn their career around at the club.
It was also a shame not to see Matthew Craig named among the squad, especially after he had been handed his Premier League debut on the final day of last season in the 4-1 win at relegated Leeds United.
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