EXCLUSIVE: football.london understands that Tottenham's recruitment staff are set to be bolstered by a new man to help shape the academy
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Tottenham Hotspur are set to appoint a new 'head of emerging talent' in Chris Perkins,
football.london understands.
Perkins made a name for himself during his five years as head of academy recruitment at Derby, with a high percentage of first team players coming through the club's youth set-up.
He finally made the move in 2020 to take on a similar role at Everton, but
Tottenham have been restructuring their off-the-pitch staff at the club and see Perkins as a key man for the future of their academy.
Spurs recently appointed a new managing director of football in
Fabio Paratici and Perkins, who is understood to have been placed on gardening leave until he departs Everton, will link up with the Italian, technical performance director Steve Hitchen and academy manager Dean Rastrick to look to bring the best young talent from the 17 to 21 age bracket into the club's academy.
Tottenham restructured the coaching side of their academy last year with Rastrick assuming overall responsibility following the departure of academy head John McDermott to the FA.
Chris Powell was appointed as Head of Coaching for the U17s to U23s, while Ryan Mason, who enjoyed a spell as interim head coach after Jose Mourinho's departure, is the Head of Player Development for U17s to U23s.
Now Perkins will look to bring the very best young players around into the club's academy set-up for the trio to work with as well as U23s manager Wayne Burnett and Stuart Lewis, who joined this month as the new U18s coach to replace Matt Taylor, who left to become head coach of Walsall.
New Spurs boss
Nuno Espirito Santo has a number of talented young academy players looking to break through and has been working with them in pre-season, including 17-year-old striker
Dane Scarlett, who Mourinho labelled as phenomenal once again last week, and 18-year-old midfielder Nile John.
Both are expected to play a large part in the club's pre-season friendlies, as the club's internationals return in stages, and, along with others, could get minutes in the Europa Conference League and other cup competitions during this campaign.
