Today is the deadline for Premier League clubs to submit their final 25-man rosters for first team registration after the close of the summer transfer window. Tottenham Hotspur have now released the names of the players formally in its squad, and it includes two players — Eric Dier and Hugo Lloris — that had question marks over their heads.
We have confirmed our Premier League squad for the 2023/24 season
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) September 13, 2023
First, here’s the final list.
Non-Homegrown Players (max 17)
- Rodrigo Bentancur
- Yves Bissouma
- Eric Dier
- Emerson Royal
- Bryan Gil
- Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg
- Dejan Kulusevski
- Hugo Lloris
- Giovani Lo Celso
- Ivan Perisic
- Pedro Porro
- Richarlison
- Cristian Romero
- Manor Solomon
- Heung-Min Son
- Micky van de Ven
- Guglielmo Vicario
Homegrown Players (minimum 8)
- Brandon Austin
- Ben Davies
- Fraser Forster
- Brennan Johnson
- James Maddison
- Ryan Sessegnon
- Oliver Skipp
- Alfie Whiteman
That’s the squad. Despite clearly not being in Ange Postecoglou’s squad, considering how thin Spurs are in defense I think it’s pretty clear Eric Dier was always going to make the cut here. However, Hugo Lloris is a bit of a surprise. He was not able to secure a move away from Spurs in the summer despite a few offers, and he’s not in Ange Postecoglou’s plans, at least for now. But he gets a squad number, and in theory could play a match if called upon.
But would he be? It’s unclear. I kind of doubt it — I imagine he’ll train with the first team, take some reps, maybe slot in a couple of U23 matches in the PL2 just to keep his fitness up… unless Ange is able to come to some sort of accord with him to serve as Guglielmo Vicario’s backup ahead of Fraser Forster. At any rate it doesn’t hurt to register him as he fits within the non-homegrown slots and there’s no value to NOT give him a jersey number. We’ll see, I guess.
In addition to the above, the club also registered a number of U21 players — this doesn’t count for or against the homegrown numbers, but registering these players could have an impact in establishing homegrown or club-trained status for domestic and European competitions. There are a couple of notable names here, including first teamers Pape Matar Sarr and Destiny Udogie, which is important because they’re basically free hits; they don’t have to be registered in the non-homegrown list because of their age.
U21 List
- George Abbott
- Will Andiyapan
- Pele Arganese-McDermott
- Tyrell Ashcroft
- Dante Cassanova
- Archie Chaplin
- Matthew Craig
- Yago De Santiago Alonso
- Jamie Donley
- Alfie Dorrington
- Luca Gunter
- Tyrese Hall
- Oliver Irow
- Nile John
- Josh Keeley
- Rio Kyerematen
- William Lankshear
- Jahziah Linton
- Aaron Maguire
- Maxwell McKnight
- Ashley Phillips
- Max Robson
- Pape Mata Sarr
- Charlie Sayers
- Jude Soonsup-Bell
- Destiny Udogie
- Alejo Veliz
- Jaden Williams
