Tottenham Hotspur’s pre-season could not have gotten off to a better start on Wednesday night in Edinburgh.
Ange Postecoglou‘s side pulled Hearts of Midlothian apart at Tynecastle in a convincing 5-1 victory.
However, it was not just the scoreline which was impressive, Tottenham fans were able to see their promising youth players put on a real show against the Scottish outfit.
The Australian fielded two different XIs either side of the half at Tynecastle with the second half seeing a lot of the youth prospects taking to the pitch.
A number of them were able to get on the scoresheet with four goals being scored inside the second 45 minutes.
But there is one player at Hotspur Way who is particularly impressing Postecoglou so far this summer.
Tottenham youngster has really impressed Ange Postecoglou
Spurs now have one final friendly before they jet off to the other side of the world for their tour of Asia this summer.
Postecoglou may be waiting to see how the game against Queens Park Rangers unfolds on Saturday before making his final decision on selecting his squad.
Wednesday’s game against Hearts could well have propelled a number of names into contention for a spot on that flight next week.
And it seems there is one player who is doing his absolute best in training to secur.
The youngster is said to have impressed the most out of all the centre-forwards at Postecoglou’s disposal which earned him his minutes on Wednesday night.
Lankshear has not made his competitive debut for the senior side just yet but Wednesday night did mark his first appearance under Postecoglou.
And it is believed he has impressed the Australian against the likes of Dane Scarlett and Alejo Veliz.
Will Lankshear must start against QPR on Saturday
After just 22 minutes of action, Lankshear came on and found the back of the net before being replaced by Veliz against Hearts.
However, his 22 minute display was enough to warrant further viewing on the weekend at Loftus Road with the striker looking ready to take the next step.
Postecoglou knows what he will get from Heung-min Son and the South Korean is going to be set for a lot of game time during their Asian tour given he is the face of Asian football.
Saturday is, therefore, the perfect opportunity for Lankshear to lead the line and show whether he could be an option for Postecoglou to take into the new campaign.
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