Tottenham Hotspur boss Nuno Santo has been handed an encouraging boost ahead of the new Premier League season this weekend...

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According to The Athletic, Bryan Gil will return to Spurs training on Wednesday and as such, he could make his debut against Manchester City on Sunday afternoon.

The 20-year-old winger was signed for around £21m plus Erik Lamela from Sevilla and will face tests at Hotspur Way before linking up with the rest of the squad later this week.

Gil featured at the Tokyo Olympics this summer, as recently as last weekend, as Spain were beaten by Brazil in the gold medal match. However, he was not selected at Euro 2020, so he has had some time off without any fitness concerns.

He will be considered for selection ahead of kickoff.

Selection boost

This should come as a massive boost to the Portuguese head coach as it gives him another solid option in attack and given Harry Kane's lack of a pre-season amid speculation linking him to this weekend's opposition, he may well be required.

The Olympics has effectively been his 'pre-season, having featured in five of Spain's six matches, playing on both flanks, as per Transfermarkt.

There is also a bunch of excitement surrounding the young prodigy as he has been touted for big things alongside fellow countrymen Pedri and Ansi Fati, both of Barcelona.

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Indeed, Gil has been described as a "big talent" with "huge, huge potential", whilst he is said to have a "left foot made of pure gold" and has even been lauded as a "flamboyant winger" by football scout Jacek Kulig.

During 2020/21, the former Sevilla talent averaged 1.7 crosses and 1.9 key passes per 90 in La Liga, via WhoScored, which suggests that he is very good at providing his teammates with chances.

Only Heung-min Son managed to create more key passes (two) than Kane (1.4) last season, so having a player of that calibre in the squad for a game as big as City is undoubtedly a boost to Nuno's chances of pulling off a shock result.

Even if he's used from the bench, it gives Spurs a potentially lethal threat to bring on if the game is tight and when the opposition's defence is tiring.

Therefore, the possibility of having him involved is a big, big plus for Nuno and the Lilywhites.

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