ARCHIE GRAY: Losing Leeds play-off final was the worst day of my career - now I won't accept excuses until we win a trophy at Tottenham
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Spend time in Archie Gray’s company and the first thing that will strike you is that he has the maturity of a grizzled veteran at just 18. The second is that potential and what-may-be will not wash when it comes to Tottenham. ‘We’ve got a really young squad and that brings with it loads of potential and room for learning,’ he tells Mail Sport.
![[The versatile teenager joined Tottenham in the summer after leaving his boyhood club Leeds]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/14/93276599-14206047-image-a-67_1734532769544.jpg)
‘But it’s all good saying that… we want to try and win things this year. That’s our goal. ‘It’s all good saying you’ll be good in the future but you can always say that, because you can always go out and buy young players and always say you’ve got room for learning.’.
![[Gray made his senior debut for Leeds just one season ago but quickly became a star force]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/14/93276603-14206047-image-a-68_1734532773802.jpg)
Gray is 18, one of 14 players in Tottenham’s first team group aged 25 or younger. Alongside Mikey Moore (17), Lucas Bergvall (18) and Will Lankshear (19), Gray is incredibly highly thought of and is viewed as a future Premier League and England star. Expectations are sky high.
![[Ange Postecoglou was keen to sign the talented player for his cool demeanour as much as his playing abilities]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/14/93276611-14206047-image-a-70_1734532788831.jpg)
Archie Gray may be only 18 years old but he has the head of a grizzled veteran on his shoulders. The versatile teenager joined Tottenham in the summer after leaving his boyhood club Leeds. Gray made his senior debut for Leeds just one season ago but quickly became a star force.
![[But it was a difficult move for the player to leave behind a club synonymous with his family (his great uncle, Leeds legend Eddie Gray, pictured in 1972)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/14/93276715-14206047-image-m-73_1734532883816.jpg)
But given Tottenham are currently enduring a 16-years-and-counting drought to win a trophy - they last lifted one when Juande Ramos' side beat Chelsea to win the Carabao Cup in 2008 - beating Manchester United in a cup quarter-final on Thursday is imperative and Gray is eyeing a starring role.
![[Gray's final match for the Yorkshire club was heartbreaking play-off final which saw Leeds fall to Southampton at Wembley]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/14/93276609-14206047-image-a-69_1734532784716.jpg)
