{"id":615008,"date":"2022-07-19T11:34:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T15:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615008"},"modified":"2022-07-19T11:34:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T15:34:51","slug":"tottenham-confirm-signing-of-djed-spence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/19\/tottenham-confirm-signing-of-djed-spence\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Confirm Signing of Djed Spence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/15\/middlesbrough-defender-set-for-tottenham-hotspur-move-move\/\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> have announced the signing of right-back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tottenhamhotspur.com\/news\/2022\/july\/spence-signs-from-middlesbrough\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Djed Spence<\/a> on a five-year deal from Championship side Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are delighted to announce the signing of Djed Spence from Middlesbrough \u270d\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WelcomeSpence?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WelcomeSpence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpursOfficial\/status\/1549311691858616320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Tottenham Hotspur Sign Djed Spence<\/h2>\n<h3>Djed Spence: His Story So Far<\/h3>\n<p>The England U21 international spent last season on loan at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/18\/nottingham-forest-lewis-obrien-harry-toffolo\/\" target=\"_self\">Nottingham Forest<\/a> and played a key role in the side\u2019s promotion campaign to the Premier League. Spence contributed two league goals and four assists in his time at the club, and even more impressively secured a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efl.com\/news\/2022\/april\/djed-spence-scoops-young-player-of-the-month-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hat-trick of awards<\/a> in March 2022; EFL Young Player of the Month, Championship Player of the Month and Championship Goal of the Month for his stunning strike against Queens Park Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>The end of the 2021\/22 campaign saw Spence named in the EFL Championship Team of the Season, as well as the PFA Championship Team of the Year. He made his international debut for the Young Lions against Albania in March 2022, and played a part in the team\u2019s qualification to the UEFA European U21 Championship, due to take place in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/15\/middlesbrough-defender-set-for-tottenham-hotspur-move-move\/\" target=\"_self\">Middlesbrough Defender Set for Tottenham Hotspur Move<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old will be eager to add to his experience and now that the youngster has tasted success at the playoff final, he is looking to make his name known in the top flight. Antonio Conte had his sights set on the star since the beginning of the transfer window and Spence made it clear he was open to a move to North London to test his strengths at a top-six club.<\/p>\n<p>A more attractive element for the Englishman will likely be the lucrative opportunity to compete in the Champions League and rub shoulders with some of the most elite talents across Europe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Photo confirmation of Djed Spence&#39;s move to Tottenham. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QW4b2CURXY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/QW4b2CURXY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Football Tweet \u26bd\uea00 (@Football__Tweet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Football__Tweet\/status\/1549310911550308359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Who Will Conte\u2019s Side Face First?<\/h3>\n<p>Spurs kick-off their 2022\/23 campaign against Ralph Hassenhuttl\u2019s Southampton at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, meaning Spence could make his debut against the home fans that will be itching to see their new signing in action.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/18\/every-premier-league-transfer-completed-in-summer-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Every Premier League Transfer Completed in Summer 2022 <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conte has also bolstered his squad ready for the challenges of the new season with the additions of Yves Bissouma, Ivan Perisic, Richarlison, Fraser Foster and Clement Lenglet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur have announced the signing of right-back Djed Spence on a five-year deal from Championship side Middlesbrough. We are delighted to announce the signing of Djed Spence from Middlesbrough \u270d\ufe0f#WelcomeSpence &mdash; Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 19, 2022 Tottenham Hotspur Sign Djed Spence Djed Spence: His Story So Far The England U21 international spent last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4249,"featured_media":615024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,33,32,2,19,3],"tags":[4869,7467],"class_list":["post-615008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tottenham","category-championship","category-league-football","category-featured","category-middlesborough","category-premier-league","tag-djed-spence","tag-tottenham-hotspur-news"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}