Tottenham announce 19-year-old starlet has joined Stoke City on loan
Ashley Phillips has become the latest young player to leave Tottenham Hotspur on loan, with the club confirming that the centre-back has completed a temporary move to Stoke City.
Ashley Phillips did well at Plymouth last season
Phillips arrived at Tottenham from Blackburn Rovers a year ago on the back of a breakthrough year at Ewood Park in 2022-23.
The centre-back is still waiting for his senior Spurs debut but he did turn a lot of heads with his performances on loan at Plymouth Argyle last season.
He played a crucial role in helping the club preserve their Championship status by the skin of their teeth, even being voted the club’s Player of the Year.
Ashley Phillips joins Stoke City on loan
The 19-year-old did not get too many opportunities to impress during pre-season and he was unlikely to get much game time had he stayed at Spurs, with Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Radu Dragusin and Ben Davies ahead of him in the pecking order.
Phillips has thus been loaned out to Stoke City and the centre-back will be hoping to get regular football under his belt and catch the eyes of the coaches at Hotspur Way.
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I suspect Ange and his coaches do not see Phillips as someone who has all the attributes they are looking for in a centre-back right now.
Tottenham might even potentially cash in on the teenager next summer if he has a decent season out on loan, unless he develops the kind of attributes Postecoglou needs during this loan spell, of course.
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