The Tottenham Hotspur youth academy is beginning to deliver more and more gems as the years progress.
Names such as Glenn Hoddle, Sol Campbell, Peter Crouch and Ledley King have graduated in the past and more recently, Harry Kane, Ryan Mason and Tom Carroll have walked through the Hotspur Way doors and into the first team.
Tribalfootball has cast the spotlight on the next generation of promising Spurs players who are destined to wear the Lilywhite shirt for years to come.
Harry Winks
The 20-year-old is one of the brightest talents to come though the Spurs academy in recent time.
And that is saying something as there has been some proper quality to rise from the Hotspur Way setup into the first-team over the past few years as mentioned previously.
Winks has three senior appearances to his name, all of which have come in the Europa League against Partizan Belgrade (his club debut in November 2014), Qarabag and Fiorentina (both this season).
As a central midfielder, the England U20 international has his work cut out for him to force his way into Mauricio Pochettino's first team as the Argentine has some outstanding players in that position including Dele Alli, Mousa Dembele and fellow academy graduates Mason and Carroll.
The club think so much of Winks that they have already extended the three year contract he signed in the summer till the end of the 2018/19 season which indicates that he will certainly be given plenty of chances to prove himself over the coming campaigns.
The youngster himself told the club's official website upon penning the new deal just days ago that he is planning to become an integral part of Pochettino's squad given the opportunity.
"I've definitely progressed and I feel I've come a long way since the start of the season," he said.
“I've learned a lot from the manager, from the players and everyone around the club. I'm really enjoying my time, loving it. I just want to take that next step now and that's to play a few more minutes and generally kick on.
"The manager trusts young players and on a personal level, I'm grateful for the chance he's given me.
“From my point of view, I now have to repay that faith by playing well and when I get the opportunity, to make sure I take it. I'm happy with what I've achieved so far, obviously I need to put that work into practice in games now and prove it on the pitch."
Is already creating such a name for himself that one Tottenham fan produced a brilliant piece of art depicting the youngster who is destined for the top.
5 hour pencil and ink sketch of @SpursOfficial number 29, @HarryWinks_ #COYSpic.twitter.com/xrVXN2KZ3e
— Zoe Pearson (@Z_PearsonTHFC) November 30, 2015
His dizzy penalty wasn't bad either ;)
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Southend born and raised, Carter-Vickers joined the Spurs academy at 11 years of age, and enjoyed his most significant season in 2014/15.
The 18-year-old central defender played for the USA at the FIFA U20 FIFA World Cup in New Zealand and swapped between Tottenham's U18 and U21 teams.
Eligible to represent both the US, due to his father Howard Carter who had a brief NBA career, and his mother's home country England, Carter-Vickers represented his adopted nation at U18 and U23 levels when just 16.
The man they call the 'next Ledley King' has made it to the bench on three occasions for Europa League matches and is learning plenty from the likes of Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld and Kevin Wimmer.
With Federico Fazio loaned to Sevilla and likely to be sold this coming summer, it opens up a spot for Carter-Vickers who could be promoted by Pochettino as suggested by his comments on February.
“We have a lot of players in defensive positions that can play," said Pochettino.
“We have another youngster from the academy – Cameron Carter-Vickers.
“He is still young but has enough quality and he is training with us from the beginning of the season and playing for the Under-21s. It's a good opportunity to stay with us now more consistently."
An Under Armour advert having not debuted for the Tottenham first team also says plenty:
Cy Goddard
Cy Goddard is a fascinating case.
Born in London, the 18-year-old attacking midfielder has already expressed his desire to represent Japan - the country where his mother Sawako hails from.
Goddard has already been tracked by German giants Borussia Dortmund, who coincidentally beat the senior team 3-0 in the Europa League on Thursday night, and has been compared to current BVB star Shinji Kagawa.
In September 2014, Goddard told the Daily Mail that despite growing in South London, he has always wanted to play for the Blue Samurai.
“I have never really wanted to play for England," he said. “Always my mindset was that I wanted to play for Japan.
“Since I was 10, it's always been an ambition of mine.
“A lot of people in the youth system are not really admiring the England team and the English way of playing football. For me, I have always pictured myself playing for Japan."
This indicates that Goddard is certainly a man of his own and the way he is developing in the Enfield academy further portrays his desire to make it to the top.
The Japanese student starred in a pre-season match against more experienced Peterborough United opponents, which promoted praise from U21s coach Ugo Ehiogu, and only a couple of months the former Aston Villa defender was at it again in the wake of another promising performance.
Ehiogu told the club's official website: “I'm pleased for Cy Goddard and Will Miller as well, they both look stronger and are starting to ask questions of some of the other players."
The 18-year-old midfielder already has 18 first-team appearances his name, including a start in Thursday night's Europa League defeat at Dortmund.
Onomah is enormously rated at WHL as demonstrated by the fact Pochettino has given him opportunities to start in Europe and the FA Cup while bringing him off the bench no less than seven times in the Premier League.
His game is maturing every time he is given a chance and so is his mindset as a player as evidenced by his reaction to his performance in the cup defeat to Crystal Palace recently.
"It's mixed emotions – I did a few things right and a few things wrong but it's all a learning curve for me at this age," he told the club's official website.
"For me, I've just got to keep learning from the experienced players in our side. Obviously the FA Cup is a knockout tournament so we've got to learn from this result and see where we went wrong."
It was refreshing to hear such honesty from a young player who in this day and age are more notorious for blaming others when things go awry rather than accepting the truth.
There is no doubting Onomah's ability, and although he was found wanting at the Westfalenstadion as the likes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Marco Reus ran riot, the experience will benefit him greatly.
In January last year, during the FA Cup win over Burnley, Onomah was even given his own chant by Spurs fans which indicates he could be a regular for years to come at White Hart Lane.
Kazaiah Sterling
Sterling arrived at Spurs from Leyton Orient and is now a regular member of the U18s side.
He had a successful 2014/15 campaign in scoring four goals from eight outings and has kicked on this term, scoring prominently for mainly the U18s but also Ehiogu's U21 side.
In September, Sterling impressed Ehiogu in a remarkable 7-4 win over Leicester City which was the 16-year-old's debut at that level.
"I thought Kaz did very well up against two big, 6'4" centre halves," Ehiogu told the club's official website.
“We believe Kaz is good enough which is why he gets an opportunity.
"Technically, he's able to deal with it, it's just whether he can make that match up physically and mentally and Kaz did that today. I was pleased for him to get on the scoresheet."
His ability has also been noted by Pochettino:
"After we have younger [players] that train with us like Shayon (Harrison), and in behind I tell you about (Kazaiah) Sterling and different players," said Pochettino regarding some of his youngsters.
"We need to give the chance to believe in the youngsters."
If his coaches know anything, which has been proven that they do, Sterling has an extremely bright future ahead of him.
Check out his goal for England U18s against Holland in September last year.
It's a little difficult to see because of the camera angle but his run from the halfway line is impressive:
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