Highly-rated Blues youngster Ben Knight is one of four academy schoolboys guesting for Tottenham at an U15s tournament in San Diego over the weekend, but not on trial as reported elsewhere, TWTD understands.
Knight, Zak Brown, Nyan Mesuria and Liam Gibbs have been lent to Spurs for the tournament as they were short of players for the trip.
England U15 international Knight, 14, is the best known of the quartet having been linked with Manchester City, where Town’s former U23s coach Mark Kennedy is in charge of their U15s, towards the end of last year with a number of other Premier League clubs also understood to have been monitoring his progress.
The diminutive left-footed number 10, who has agreed a long-term deal with the Blues, was named the Player of the Tournament at the Galway Cup last summer.
Striker Brown, the younger brother of Charlie Brown, who joined Chelsea from Town last summer, has so far been on target twice at the San Diego tournament, which is being shown on TV in the US.
All English games need this commentary 😂super goal Zak Brown...gets his speed from his uncle..😂 pic.twitter.com/hTAqL8obB9– Simon Ford (@simonfordy74) May 27, 2017
It’s not the first time Town youngsters have guested for Tottenham in this manner. Back in 2013 midfielder Andre Dozzell, defender Chris Smith and former striker Sam Ford, who was released by West Ham this week, played in a post-season friendly against Cambridge, an arrangement which came about due to Bryan Klug’s links with Spurs.
We have our #PlayerOfTheTournament! The @Bulova watch goes to Ben Knight of @ITFC_Academy! Well deserved! pic.twitter.com/XfqJX5baaw– Galway Cup (@GalwayCup) August 6, 2016
The Blues’ academy head of coaching and player development was assistant academy director and head of player development at Spurs prior to his return to Town in 2012.
Last summer midfielder Kundai Benyu was allowed to join the Spurs squad for an U19s tournament in Amsterdam.