Tottenham Hotspur have several young prospects bubbling under the surface of the first-team set-up, namely Oliver Skipp and Ryan Sessegnon, who have both been sent out on loan to gain valuable match time.

Although, their spells so far have been hugely contrasting.

The central midfielder is pulling up trees at Championship outfit Norwich City whilst the £22.5m-rated wide man has struggled to cement his name amongst Hoffenheim's starters.

Sessegnon was finally given his first league start on Monday night as the Bundesliga side entertained Union Berlin at home but he may have blown his chance to impress as he put in an underwhelming display at left wing-back.

The 20-year-old played the entire 90 minutes but failed to register a single shot, accurate cross or successful dribble, via SofaScore.

His 6.4 rating would have ranked among the worst in the side but for Robert Skov's red card. Sessegnon also lost 75% of his duels, lost possession ten times and committed three fouls.

He endured tough game against a goal-hungry Max Kruse and his opposite number, Julian Ryerson.

The English U21 international's former Fulham teammate Stefan Johansen believes he has the potential to become the very best in his position - speaking to Nettavisen (via SportsMole), he said:

"He's a huge talent. He got the chance on a good team in the Championship and delivered insanely well. He is a big, big talent. The sky is the limit for him. He may become one of the world's best in his position."

But going by that display, he's still got a very long way to go to reach those daunting heights.

As a player that has been likened to both Gareth Bale and Raheem Sterling in the past, it's going to be very hard to live up to the hype and that also comes with the substantial risk that he follows the path of a talent-turned-flop like Adel Taarabt or Tom Carroll.

The Moroccan playmaker signed for Spurs aged just 17 for £3m and arrived with the tag of being the 'next Zidane' - that evidently didn't work out as he was sold to QPR after two loan spells there.

It's down to Sessegnon to choose his destiny - up his game to become Spurs' future Bale or drop off into the oblivion just like Taarabt.

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