Tottenham ’s pre-season preparations took them to Edinburgh on Wednesday evening to face Scottish Premiership side Hearts . Much of the attention was focused on new signing Archie Gray , with the multi-position, multi-talented 18-year-old handed a start in central defence by Ange Postecoglou. GO DEEPER Archie Gray to Tottenham: The Athletic 500 transfer ratings Brennan Johnson finished off a decent combination with James Maddison to give Spurs a 1-0 lead at the break, before an entirely different XI in the second half reacted well to an early equaliser from Hearts, with Will Lankshear, Mikey Moore , Djed Spence and Ashley Phillips all scoring to make it 5-1 at full-time.
Jay Harris breaks down some of the main talking points from a satisfying evening in the Scottish capital. How did Archie Gray look in an unusual position? Archie Gray knew when he agreed to join Tottenham from Leeds United that he would spend time switching between central midfield and right-back throughout his first season. The 18-year-old made 44 appearances for Leeds in the Championship during the 2023-24 campaign and although most of them were at full-back he prefers playing further forward.
Advertisement He must have been slightly surprised then to start at centre-back alongside Oliver Skipp against Hearts. Gray’s first action in a Spurs shirt was beating Kyosuke Tagawa to a header and it was not the only time during the game he impressed with his aerial ability. There were a couple of crunching tack.
