Wasn't very excited as he came in as a 17 year old left back. Once he scored that FK against the filth I was a bit more excited. After Redknapp pushed him further forward it was clear for all to see his new talent.
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Musa Yahaya
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Wasn't very excited as he came in as a 17 year old left back. Once he scored that FK against the filth I was a bit more excited. After Redknapp pushed him further forward it was clear for all to see his new talent.
Hully
Tony Parks
Bale had 40 league appearances at Southampton under his belt before he came to us. Second youngest player to play in England at 16 and 275 days, not exactly a speculative signing.
Cochise
Steve Carr
IIRC the "he'll be training with Spurs soon" story came from the agent months ago, only for us then to find out that the kid had never joined the club and that his agent was telling porkies. I wouldn't be suprised to find that this is the case again, whereby the club haven't signed him and the agent is just making stuff up.
LutonSpurs
Eric Dear
Some guy on SC, Breezer, confirmed he is with the development squad now.
Jimmy Kong
Steven Pienaar
Pardon?
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
Seems more and more likely that he's a real player and in deed training with us 
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Tottenham-Hotspur-s-new-Iniesta-shining-academy/story-22850076-detail/story.html
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Tottenham-Hotspur-s-new-Iniesta-shining-academy/story-22850076-detail/story.html
Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
Seems more and more likely that he's a real player and in deed training with us
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Tottenham-Hotspur-s-new-Iniesta-shining-academy/story-22850076-detail/story.html
Interesting.. If he's that good it'd be nice to see him on the bench for a Europa game, would be a sign that we're willing to give him what he needs to progress.
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
True, would be very nice. At 17 I suppose there's a hope and chance he could get some game time.
However, the UEFA (including EL) regulations are a bit different for u21 players than the PL regulations. If a u21 player has been with the club less than two years the player still has to be registered as part of the 25 man squad of players aged and over 21 to be eligible. With our squad size and the fact that we have a couple of u21 players from the PL that will have to be registered for Europe like Ben Davies. (U21 defined as under the age of 21 on 1st January in the year in which the season commences in the PL at least, not entirely sure about EL regulations). At least for our qualifier Eriksen, Lamela and Ben Davies were registered on the A list (over 21). All 3 are listed as u21 players on premierleague.com.
Seems unlikely to me that we will find a place for Yahaya, might be in with a shout in a league cup match though.
Edit: Seems like the premierleague.com site wasn't quite updated, or I looked through an old link or something. At least according to WindyCOYS here (http://windycoys.com/2014/08/25-man-squad-update-2/) the u21 registration for this season's PL is defined as: "players considered ‘under 21′ will have been born on or after 1st January 1993." Means that Eriksen and Lamela will have to be registered for both competitions and the only player that will have to be registered for the EL a-list, but isn't considered under 21 in the PL is Ben Davies as far as I can see. We're still a bit short on squad places, but perhaps Yahaya could be squeezed in depending on our dealings in the last couple of days of the window.
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africanspurs
Justin Edinburgh
will.
not.
jinx.
not.
jinx.
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
Oh come on african! Say what you want to say... Perhaps you'll reverse jinx him!
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Had a look and couldn't see his name in any of the match reports for the u21 or u18 league game squads so far this season. I'm gonna try to keep an eye out for him there, guessing he'll have to at least get a run of u21 games before a first team squad becomes possible.
chicken_badge
Gudni Bergsson
Feeling optimistic about this one then Jimmy?
SpursNorway
Ilie Dumitrescu
Seems more and more likely that he's a real player and in deed training with us
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Tottenham-Hotspur-s-new-Iniesta-shining-academy/story-22850076-detail/story.html
The article is very strange, and I think it's b*******. Scored four goals in seven matches for the U21? Anyone seen him in any squads for our XI in pre season? He did NOT play in the one competetive U21 match we have played. Of course he is a real player, but I very much doubt what's written there.
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Ian Walker
I agree I've not seen his name appear on any match reports, is possible that he's played in friendlies and they are reported.
Like most of us, I guess, all I've seen of him is a couple of youtube videos from the U17 World Cup. He looks a hell of a player judging by those videos......but youtube will do that!
I do actually get quite excited about signing young players with great potential (equally so for our own academy players and graduates!). But then, I was excited about Jonathan Blondel; by Dean Parrett; by John Bostock - and look how they turned out. Next on the list to disappoint? Souleymane Coulibaly........unless he suddenly starts delivering on his early promise.
So I've been given enough examples that I ought to know better than to have high hopes for young players. But where's the fun in being realistic about it?!!
Probably no more than training ground friendlies. U18s vs U21s or something like that.
Flying Eagles star Musa Yahaya will feature for Tottenham Hotspur U19s in a tournament in Malaysia later this month.
Yahaya’s manager Babawo Mohammed informed AfricanFootball.com his player has therefore returned to Nigeria to secure an entry visa to Malaysia ahead of the competition.
“Musa is back in Nigeria to get a visa to travel with Spurs for an U19 tournament in Malaysia. He could not get such a visa in London because he is a minor and that was why he returned to Nigeria,” disclosed Babawo.
The U17 World Cup winner has been training at the Spurs Academy for several months and he is expected to sign a professional contract when he is 18 in December 2015.
http://africanfootball.com//news/489540/Musa-Yahaya-for-Malaysia-tourney-with-Spurs
Yahaya’s manager Babawo Mohammed informed AfricanFootball.com his player has therefore returned to Nigeria to secure an entry visa to Malaysia ahead of the competition.
“Musa is back in Nigeria to get a visa to travel with Spurs for an U19 tournament in Malaysia. He could not get such a visa in London because he is a minor and that was why he returned to Nigeria,” disclosed Babawo.
The U17 World Cup winner has been training at the Spurs Academy for several months and he is expected to sign a professional contract when he is 18 in December 2015.
http://africanfootball.com//news/489540/Musa-Yahaya-for-Malaysia-tourney-with-Spurs
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
Seemingly confirmation that Yahaya will be in the squad for Nigeria for the u20 African Youth Championship:
http://tribune.com.ng/news/sports/item/25669-ahead-african-u-20-championship-f-eagles-pros-promise-early-arrival
Guessing he will be one of the younger players there. No idea if this kind of thing will be televised or streamed for football nerds around the world...
Oh. And a training camp starting on January 15th for a youth tournament starting on the 8th of March. Seems a bit... Excessive? But I suppose it's an important shop window for the players.
http://tribune.com.ng/news/sports/item/25669-ahead-african-u-20-championship-f-eagles-pros-promise-early-arrival
Guessing he will be one of the younger players there. No idea if this kind of thing will be televised or streamed for football nerds around the world...
Oh. And a training camp starting on January 15th for a youth tournament starting on the 8th of March. Seems a bit... Excessive? But I suppose it's an important shop window for the players.