Tottenham Hotspur will hope to put the chaos of the last few weeks behind them when they face Everton on Monday.
Dramatic press-conferences, manager changes, FIFA bans and injuries have all beset Spurs since their last league game.
Cristian Stellini and Ryan Mason will hope to bring about some stability, on the pitch at least.
With Tottenham still in the top four, they’ll still fancy their chances of qualifying for next season’s Champions League.
Spurs will be up against an Everton side returning to form under Sean Dyche.
With so many clubs in the relegation picture, the Toffees will hope for another big North London scalp on Monday.
Stellini was eager to look at some of Tottenham’s academy talents in training this week.
Quite a few were spotted in photos and videos from their sessions at Hotspur Way.
There was also a relatively new name in the first-team training picture – Dante Cassanova.
The 18-year-old can be spotted amongst the first-team squad at Hotspur Way in a video on Sky Sports News.
Likewise, Lilywhite Rose named Cassanova on Twitter as one of the youngsters taking part in training.
‘Very good set-piece taker’
As per the Tottenham website, Cassanova can operate in defensive midfield and at right-back.
He graduated from the Under-18 setup to the Under-21s last summer.
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However, he sadly missed the first half of the 2022-23 campaign due to injury.
Tottenham youth team expert website Superhotspur wrote about Cassanova in his end-of-season review last summer.
‘Captaining the Spurs Under 18 side on a good number of occasions early on in the season, versatile second year scholar and defensive-midfielder Dante Cassanova made 14 competitive appearances for the Spurs Under 18 side in 2021/22,’ they wrote.
‘The London-born footballer, who can also play at full-back, is a very good set-piece taker and he would provide two assists last season for the Spurs Under 18 side.
‘Cassanova also made two competitive appearances for the Spurs Under 23 side, providing an assist in a match against West Ham United.
‘Dante also played some Under 18 Premier League North matches for Derby County in 2021/22.’
At present, quite a few full-backs are on the sidelines at Spurs due to injury.
Luckily, Ivan Perisic appears to be fine, as per Cristian Stellini’s pre-match presser comments on Thursday.
Nevertheless, Ben Davies, Ryan Sessegnon and Emerson Royal are all out of action.
Stellini could well be looking at Cassanova to make up the numbers in training.
Who knows, he could potentially be in line for some minutes between now at the end of the season.
It’s good to see Cassanova return from injury and get the chance to train with the senior team.
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