Alfie Devine praise after stunning late drama, Djed Spence impresses - Tottenham loan latest
For the first time this season it's time to look at how Tottenham Hotspur's loan players are getting on away from Ange Postecoglou and the club
Tottenham Hotspur have once again built a small army of loan players out plying their trade across England and the continent.
Unlike last season, Spurs' loan players have mostly remained in England other than one academy product making his way to Germany and the Bundesliga - no, not that academy product - and another in the Netherlands, while there could soon be another loan player in Turkey if Tanguy Ndombele's move to Galatasaray goes through this week.
For the first time this season it's time for football.london to take a look at how Tottenham's seven loan players got on this week away from Ange Postecoglou's nest.
Alfie Devine
We would not normally start further down the leagues but Alfie Devine's huge impact on Saturday so early on in his loan at Port Vale demands your attention instantly.
The midfielder, who turned 19 last month, came off the bench with 22 minutes to go of his new team's League One match at Oxford United.
First Devine whipped in a terrific free-kick which was headed home by Alex Iacovitti to put Vale ahead in the 70th minute only for their 10-man hosts to find an equaliser in added time through Greg Leigh's close range effort.
Devine was in fine form, going on a couple of mazy runs, but with the game looking set for a draw, Leigh also received a second yellow card and was sent off before Vale were given a last-gasp 99th minute penalty when Ben Garrity was brought down in the box.
Up stepped the teenage Devine to grab the ball and coolly send the goalkeeper the wrong way from the spot with nerves of steel in front of the noisy Oxford crowd to spark wild
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