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Tottenham's new signings rated vs Rangers as Antonio Conte hands out five debuts

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Tottenham's new signings rated vs Rangers as Antonio Conte hands out five debuts

Tottenham Hotspur fielded all six of their new signings, including five debutants, during Antonio Conte's side's pre-season meeting with Scottish side Rangers at Ibrox on Saturday afternoon

Tottenham Hotspur fielded all six of their new signings, including five debutants, during Antonio Conte's side's pre-season meeting with Scottish side Rangers at Ibrox on Saturday afternoon

Tottenham Hotspur fielded all six of their summer signings during their pre-season meeting with Scottish side Rangers on Saturday afternoon at Ibrox.

Rangers opened the scoring through striker Antonio Colak midway through the first half, with striker Harry Kane scoring twice in the space of six second-half minutes to give Conte's men a 2-1 victory, their second win of pre-season.

For Antonio Conte's side, recent signings Yves Bissouma, Ivan Perisic, Fraser Forster, Djed Spence and Clement Lenglet all made their debuts for Spurs, with Richarlison already representing the north London club this summer following his £60million arrival from Everton.

Here is a look at how Spurs' summer signings fared in their pre-season meeting with Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side and what Italian boss Conte can take from the tie.

Richarlison - 6

Club-record signing Richarlison made his third appearance in as many friendlies when replacing Dejan Kulusevski. His first touch of note came after some brilliant hold up play from Kane, who sent Richarlison away with a through ball. The ex-Everton man flicked the ball away with his first touch that led to John Souttar clattering into him with a poor late challenge.

Initially coming on as a right winger, Richarlison moved centrally when Kane was taken off. Showed good link-up play with fellow replacement Bryan Gil on one occasion. His one chance of note came off the end of a Perisic cross, that was a bit away from him and he could not head on target.

Ivan Perisic - 5

Ivan Perisic of Tottenham Hotspur and James Tavernier of Rangers battle for the ball (
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There was a debut for Croatian 2018 World Cup finalist Ivan Perisic when he replaced Ryan Sessegnon at left wing-back for the final third of the game. There was not too much attacking from the former Inter Milan man, although he did try one close range bicycle kick from the end of a corner, but smashed his effort over the crossbar.

He did put in one good cross towards Richarlison late on, but the Brazilian was unable to make it count. Perisic also showed good endeavour on counter attacks late on.

Fraser Forster - 6

Former Celtic goalkeeper Forster got 20 minutes on his Spurs debut and was on the receiving end of a chorus of boos when replacing Hugo Lloris. He was one of two players to miss both games on the club's South Korean tour after testing positive for coronavirus while in Asia.

With just over ten minutes remaining, he was called into action when James Sands attempted a header from point-blank range, but the English stopper did well to meet the effort that could have levelled the tie late on.

Fraser Forster was given a special Ibrox welcome due to his Celtic connections

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Djed Spence - 5

Tottenham's most recent signing Spence came on with 20 minutes to go for his debut, slotting in a right wing-back that allowed Lucas Moura to move into more of an advanced position.

Did not see too much of the ball and found himself tested at times when attempting to deal with former Liverpool man Ryan Kent.

Clement Lenglet - 5

Centre-back Lenglet, on loan from Barcelona, was called into action within minutes of replacing Davinson Sanchez, with a block on a shot from Scott Wright doing enough to keep Forster from being forced into a low save.

Soon after that, he rushed in to try and deny John Lundstram shooting from range, but the Scotsman just glided past him, a sign of being too rash when he just needed to put pressure on the midfielder.

Yves Bissouma - 6

Djed Spence, Ivan Perisic and Yves Bissouma all made their Spurs debuts vs Rangers

Having missed the pre-season meetings in South Korea after testing positive for coronavirus alongside Fraser Forster, £25million midfielder Yves Bissouma was one of two half-time introductions, coming on to replace Rodrigo Bentancur at the interval. Partnering Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in midfield, he kept the ball well in possession, knowing when to keep hold of it and equally, when to move it on quickly.

He did make one good interception, a sign of Conte's side continually pressing high to win the ball back and counter attack. He also took one dangerous looking free-kick late on, although nothing came of it.

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