It is straight back down to work for Alfie Devine and Ashley Phillips despite helping loan club Plymouth Argyle achieve Championship safety on the final day of the league season. At a time when their Plymouth teammates will have departed for their summer break ahead of returning for pre-season in late June or early July, the duo are now back with Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham first-team squad at Hotspur Way.
In a photo uploaded to Tottenham's Instagram page on Wednesday afternoon, the duo could be seen putting their football boots on ahead of training as James Maddison stood by them in the background. The photo of the trio was taken by none other than Tottenham right-back Pedro Porro, who had control of the camera as they waited to go out for training.
Photos of Porro with the camera and the photo he ended up taking can be seen on the club's Instagram account. Young goalkeeper Josh Keeley was also visible in one of the images where Porro was on camera duty.
Just like Devine and Phillips, the 20-year-old spent the second part of the 2023/24 campaign out on loan after linking up with National League side Barnet in January. Although Barnet's League Two promotion quest ended in disappointment as they lost 4-0 to Solihull Moors in the semi-finals of the play-offs, it proved to be a very good move for Keeley as he made 25 appearances for the Bees.
Since Barnet's season has come to a close, Keeley was on the bench for Tottenham's Under-21s on Monday afternoon as they secured a 4-3 win over Aston Villa in their Premier League 2 play-off encounter. The young shot-stopper was an unused substitute on the day as Luca Gunter started between the sticks.
Devine and Phillips also got regular minutes in the tank during their time on loan in
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