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Gareth Southgate named Tottenham youngster Ryan Sessegnon as one of the overseas players he’s keeping an eye on earlier this week, but we can’t help but feel like he’s looking at Spurs’ topless youngster wrong.
Now, that is not to say that Sessegnon is not worthy of being in England’s reckoning. After all, he is a £ 25 million player and has earned a lot of accolades for his performances in the Bundesliga this season.
However, if any young Tottenham player is in line to win their first cap for England, it is surely Oliver Skipp.
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Yes, Skipp is only playing in the Championship, but let’s not forget that Leeds United’s Kalvin Phillips received his first international match before playing a single minute of Premier League football.
Leeds fans, Spurs fans, and Norwich fans are likely to have different views on this point, but there is a very good argument for saying that Skipp is actually performing at a similar level as Kalvin Phillips. last season, if not at a higher level.
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Like Leeds, Norwich is running away with stuff in the second division, and like Phillips, Skipp is their star player in the midfielder role, earning applause seemingly weekly.
However, unlike Phillips last August, Skipp already has experience playing top-level football, having played 15 times in the Premier League and even twice in the Champions League, and that’s before we mention the numerous appearances he has made. for England youth teams. .
The precedent has been set with Phillips getting a call while he was a championship player, and Skipp is as worthy as the Leeds star was last summer.
Southgate is right to set his sights on the Spurs’ young loan army, but Sessegnon is not the one to focus on, but Skipp.
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