Gary Lineker has delivered his verdict on Mathys Tel's full debut for Tottenham in the FA Cup against Aston Villa.
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Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards praised the young striker on ‘The Rest Is Football’ podcast, impressed by what they saw from Tel on his first start.
Lineker began: “The other new man, I just want to mention, we’ve flipped back to Spurs briefly.
“I thought Tell showed a couple of nice bits. And that was an exquisite finish.”
Shearer replied: “Yeah, but that’s what I mean about, you don’t have to get to the byline all the time.
“You can put crosses in, you know, and that was a great cross that Kulusevski put in. And he did really well, Tell, to get on the end of it.
“And it was a really clever finish. So hopefully that’ll give him a bit of confidence and belief that he sort of belongs there and he can help Spurs get through this period.”
Richards added: “He’s got that quality though, hasn’t he? He’s got that quality. He’s still only young, he’s still learning, but I totally agree with Alan on that point.
“Good little movement and just finished off. Just give him a little bit of confidence as well, because like you said earlier on, Son is not really playing with the confidence we’ve seen of old, even in just taking so many touches.”