Alasdair Gold has confirmed that young Tottenham striker Jude Soonsup-Bell has suffered a season ending hamstring injury.
When asked whether the 19-year-old will be out for the season, Gold said (via Football London):
“Unfortunately so, the 19-year-old striker suffered a hamstring injury which ended his campaign. His recovery is going well and he should be back and fully fit for pre-season. Spurs have not had much luck with Soonsup-Bell or Will Lankshear on the injury front since they arrived this season as their newly-recruited academy forwards from Chelsea and Sheffield United respectively.”
Gold confirmed that recovery has already started and that he should be back fit in time for the pre-seasons.
Spurs signed Soonsup-Bell from Premier League and London rivals Chelsea on deadline day in January.
We are pleased to confirm the addition of Jude Soonsup-Bell to our Development Squad.
Welcome to Spurs, Jude 🙌
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 31, 2023
The £265k-per-year youngster had a bright start to his career Spurs scoring 2 goals in 7 appearances. His last goal for Chelsea U21s before his move to January move came against Tottenham only.
Santiago 🔗 Soonsup-Bell
Jude's second goal in a week puts our U21s ahead at Fulham!#PL2 // 1-2
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) March 3, 2023
Soonsup-Bell is considered a highly promising talent and his signing is seen as a smart move by Tottenham in the long term.
Despite his potential, it may take some time before he is realistically challenging for a first-team place in the club. Nevertheless, Spurs are confident that they have landed a real prospect in Soonsup-Bell.
Alasdair Gold also discussed a couple of other highly rated Tottenham youngsters. He claimed that U17 star Mikey Moore will has all the “potential in the world”. He also predicted that Alfie Devine is another talented youngster who could have a breakout season next year.
When asked to pick some players from the academy who have bright future at the club, Gold said:
“Mikey Moore has all the potential in the world if he keeps working hard. We’ve known about Alfie Devine for a while but I think he’ll start to break out next season, probably on loan, and Romaine Mundle, if Spurs can sort out his contract, could really step up. He might benefit from heading off on the pre-season tour if they can tie that up.
“Alfie Dorrington is certainly a very good young defender and I like the look of young Oliver Irow. He’s a versatile attacker and he really impressed me in the U17s’ cup final win with his movement. He’s got eight goals in 16 matches for the U18s this year playing in a variety of positions so he’s worth keeping an eye on.
“There’s also Jamie Donley, who has been moving around different positions this season to help the team out and develop his game. The forward got himself a new deal recently and he’s got a lot of quality up front and impressed in deeper roles.”
