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Tottenham coach Inglethorpe looking forward to NextGen clash at Barcelona

Tottenham U18 coach Alex Inglethorpe is looking forward to their trip to Barcelona.

Spurs face Barca in their latest NextGen group game.

Inglethorpe told the Spurs website: "I'm not sure how many opportunities you get as a professional footballer to play in Barcelona.

"Since I've been at the club we've played them once in a tournament, a semi-final that we won, once at White Hart Lane in the NextGen and the first team played them in the Wembley Cup in pre-season in 2009.

"In terms of playing away at Barcelona, the club hasn't done that for a long time. That being the case, it's an opportunity some of the players might not have again so I don't want them to have any regrets.

"It's good we've played them recently and although we didn't win that game, there's certainly no fear attached to playing them. We know we can play better than we did that night at White Hart Lane, but even in not playing well, we certainly matched them in footballing terms that night."

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