David Seaman shares why Tottenham’s Djed Spence initially reminded him of Kolo Toure’s early Arsenal days

Tottenham Hotspur defender Djed Spence has gone from strength to strength this season after a tricky start to life at Spurs.

The Tottenham full-back went from being a near-certainty to be sold last summer to securing himself a new Spurs contract until the summer of 2028.

Djed Spence initially struggled to make an impact at N17 after joining in a £20million deal from Middlesbrough back in 2022.

Prior to this season, he had made just six appearances for Spurs and was sent out on loan three times while on the Lilywhites’ books.

However, Spence worked especially hard in pre-season ahead of the 2024/25 campaign and has forced his way into Ange Postecoglou’s plans.

Now, David Seaman has sung Spence’s praises as he shared why the Tottenham man initially reminded him of Kolo Toure’s early days at Arsenal.

David Seaman says Djed Spence has really improved at Tottenham

Seaman, speaking on the Seaman Says podcast, praised Spence for having become “better and better” at Tottenham.

The Highbury legend recalled how Toure “just followed the ball everywhere” in his early days at Arsenal but eventually became a star for Arsene Wenger’s side.

Seaman said Spence was often getting caught out of position, but he has since improved massively, also making the most of his “frightening” pace.

“He’s got better and better him,” said Seaman. “When I first saw him, when he first came in… he was a bit like when Kolo Toure came to Arsenal.

“He was like the the schoolboy in the playground, just followed the ball everywhere, and Djed was getting like caught out of position quite a bit, but now he’s like (much better).

“The more he’s playing in that position (left-back) he’s getting used to it, and his pace is frightening – he had a one-v-one with somebody and like totally outpaced them, easy.”