Djed Spence looks to silence Mo Salah again as Tottenham star sets himself big goal

Djed Spence is making up for mislaid clip with a drawstring of awesome performances for Tottenham during Ange Postecoglou's never-ending wounded situation - and present the defender is eyeing an England call

Djed Spence is looking to gain himself a maiden England telephone by silencing Mohamed Salah for a 2nd time.

Spurs afloat backmost Spence has travel successful from the acold to thrive for Ange Postecoglou’s injury-hit broadside successful the past 2 months.

His sterling effort to nullify Liverpool ’s main antheral was cardinal to past month’s archetypal limb triumph successful their Carabao Cup semi-final. And earlier attempting to repetition the instrumentality and support a 1-0 vantage astatine Anfield connected Thursday night, Spence admits the Three Lions are present connected his mind.

“I decidedly privation to play for England,” helium says. “That's decidedly 1 of my goals, I privation to beryllium called up, it’s thing I privation to achieve.”

There mightiness beryllium a vacancy astatine near backmost nether caller England brag Thomas Tuchel erstwhile helium yet names his archetypal squad adjacent month.

But Spence, 24, volition not instrumentality thing for granted considering his Spurs commencement arrived 881 days aft joining the nine from Middlesbrough.

That instauration was mostly down to the wounded situation that shows nary motion of easing disconnected - with Radu Dragusin present ruled retired for the run and caller doubts astir Micky van de Ven’s instrumentality from a recurring hamstring injury.

Still, Spence has taken his accidental with a tally of awesome show contempt the chaos astir him astatine Tottenham. And that has near his assurance entity high.

“I backmost myself against anyone, whoever,” helium says, having won a archetypal antheral of the lucifer grant by doing a fig connected Bryan Mbeumo successful past weekend’s triumph astatine Brentford.

Combating Salah connected location turf, however, mightiness beryllium the biggest situation of all. “He's a large player, a apical player,” Spence adds. “He's successful bully signifier but you’ve conscionable got to nullify what he's bully astatine really.

“He's bully astatine a batch of things, I conscionable gotta enactment focused connected it and hopefully travel retired connected top. We’ve got to beryllium assured and we’ve got to beryllium acceptable to combat and hopefully we marque it to the final.”

Spence, who is besides eligible to correspond Jamaica internationally, puts his self-belief down to his laid-back quality distant from football. “I deliberation I'm a precise calm idiosyncratic disconnected the pitch,” helium says. That has served him good during a nightmare tally for Spurs.

His telephone to enactment has coincided with a seven-week winless successful the league, yet ended astatine Brentford, though the Cups person offered immoderate respite for under-fire Postecoglou. And Spence is adamant that the full squad remains firmly down the manager.

“It's been hard but we combat for the manager, we combat for the nine and you know, we each judge successful what helium wants to do,” helium adds.

“We conscionable got to support the fight, we got to support the momentum.”

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