Report: Tottenham will play another behind-closed-doors friendly match today

Football London report that Tottenham will play another behind-closed-doors friendly today in Japan, just as they did against Cambridge United at Hotspur Way earlier this month.

Tottenham’s pre-season is well underway

Tottenham have started their 2024/25 pre-season in impressive fashion, with a 7-2 behind-closed-doors win over Cambridge United leading into back-to-back victories over Hearts and QPR.

So far in pre-season, Ange Postecoglou has opted to name two different starting XIs for each half of football, meaning none of the Spurs players are exerting more than 45 minutes of game time.

However, that could be set to change this week as they begin their pre-season tour of Japan and South Korea, all starting with another behind-closed-doors friendly today (Thursday).

Tottenham to play a behind-closed-doors friendly

Alasdair Gold claims Tottenham have arranged a training ground friendly in Tokyo today, which is designed to give some of the younger players in the 31-man squad a good run out in the heat.

Most of the academy players, like Will Lankshear, Alfie Devine, Mikey Moore and Jamie Donley, are thought to be in line to get some good minutes in the friendly fixture, as well as some of the younger fringe members of the first-team like Oliver Skipp and Djed Spence.

This would imply, according to Gold, that Postecoglou could start ramping up the number of minutes he hands to his senior first-team players against Vissel Kobe on Saturday, rather than naming two different XIs for each half.

Spurs Web Opinion:

This sounds like a smart plan from Ange. Make sure everyone, even the youngsters, gets an opportunity to impress and build fitness in a game situation, while prioritising the first-team in the bigger organised matches.

I expect we could see a strong starting XI against Vissel Kobe on Saturday.

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