Ange Postecoglou has revealed that he liked Destiny Udogie’s profile as soon as he took a closer look at him in the summer and praised the Italian for the way he has adapted to the inverted full-back role.
Udogie has had an excellent start to his Tottenham career and has already become a fan favourite.
The 20-year-old has shown maturity beyond his years and has looked quite comfortable in Postecolgou?s system despite operating almost exclusively as a wing-back during his time at Udinese.
The Spurs head coach revealed that the youngster’s desire to improve was evident right from the start of pre-season.
When asked about Udogie, the 58-year-old told Football.London: “When I got the role I had a look at all the players who were out on loan last year and Destiny was one. I really liked his profile. “Physically he’s got outstanding attributes but he obviously played a different style of football in terms of a lot of times he was used as an attacking wing-back.
“He made a real impact in a tough league as a young man. Serie A is a tough league. He handled himself really well and it was one of those where as soon as we got him in I could see that he wants to improve every day.
“He’s got outstanding attributes and for a 20-year-old he’s already had some really big challenges defensively and he’s handled himself so well. When he has the ball and he runs forward he looks exciting. I’m really pleased to have him in the g...