Tottenham Hotspur's acamdey has had a lot of get excited about over the last few weeks.

Firstly, Harry Kane won the Ballon d'Or in London, as the club's greatest academy graduate was named the best player in the world.

Following his extraordinary season with Bayern Munich and England, the former Spurs striker finally received the recognition he deserved.

Then, Luca Williams-Barnett was handed his first Premier League appearance for the North London club.

The 18-year-old is one of the most exciting talents the academy has produced in quite a while, and he looks very exciting.

Spurs fans are desperate to see more from the young winger after the interntaional break, after his immediate impact off the bench.

But there is another academy star the club's supporters should also be excited about, and Spurs' former director of football has been discussing him.

David Pleat has admitted that Jun'ai Byfield is another Tottenham Hotspur academy player who has caught his eye.

The legendary former manager and director went to watch the 17-year-old in action last week as Spurs Under-21s faced Chelsea.

Pleat revealed that Byfield was one of the players who caught his eye during the match and labelled him as 'excellent'.

Speaking exclusively to Last Word On Spurs, Pleat said: "Incidentally, I watched the Under-21s play Chelsea. Although beaten 3-1, they did quite well.

"Wayne Burnett asked the centre-half, Byfield, who I thought was excellent, by the way, to push out from centre-half and pick up their leading midfield player. Very interesting tactics, and they kept condensed in the Chelsea half."

Pleat is now keen for some of Spurs' academy talents to get more minutes in the first team this season.

The former Spurs man is sad to have seen Will Lankshear leave the club, but has urged De Zerbi to give Williams-Barnett and Byfield a chance.

"So I would like to see two or three of the young players get a chance this season. I would have said Lankshear, but I'm not going to be able to say it now," he added.

"But certainly Byfield and certainly the young boy (Williams-Barnett), who's been making waves."

De Zerbi should certainly take note of Pleat's comments, with both Byfield and Williams-Barnett being good enough for more minutes.

Byfield suffered an injury towards the end of last season, which kept him out of pre-season under De Zerbi.

But having already made his Champions League and Premier League debut for the club, he could soon be ready for more first-team minutes.

Pleat is backing Williams-Barnett to become a huge star for Tottenham, despite his age.

He pointed out that Jimmy Greaves broke into the first team at Chelsea aged 17 and made a huge impact.

"Now, it could be, believe it or not, that Luca (Williams)-Barnett could be a goal scorer at the top level. We don't know," stated Pleat.

"I couldn't put my hat on him at the moment, but he could be. You don't know. Jimmy Greaves went in at 17 at Chelsea and was a sensation."

Mathys Tel's injury could be the perfect chance for the Italian manager to hand Williams-Barnett more game time at Tottenham.

The young winger needs to be playing more after the international break, and it seems as though he could get that chance.