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Talented young Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Marcus Edwards has been named among the club's U19 squad to travel to Germany for the Volksbank Cup, a tournament featuring the likes of Liverpool and Werder Bremen.

The 18-year-old attacker, known as 'Mini Messi' around the club's training ground, has dropped out of the first team picture at Spurs in recent months following an ankle injury which slowed his progress after an exciting cameo display in the EFL Cup against Gillingham back in September.

In recent weeks, despite an injury crisis at Tottenham, Edwards has not been selected among Mauricio Pochettino's substitutes. In the final two Premier League matches at Leicester and Hull, his development squad team-mates Filip Lesniak, 21, and Samuel Shashoua, 18, have both been named ahead of him, the former in both matches and the latter at Leicester.

Lesniak came on in that match and grabbed an assist for one of Harry Kane's four goals.

Now Edwards and Shashoua have been selected for the youth cup in Stemwede, Germany. Spurs took part in the tournament two years ago, losing out to Liverpool on penalties in the semi-finals.

The Reds are involved again this time around, although they’re in a different group.

Spurs are up against Red Bull Brazil, FC Copenhagen, Werder Bremen and Mühlenkreis Team in the group stage.

The fixtures, which begin on Thursday, are:

Thursday, May 25

Spurs v Werder Bremen (4.30pm)

FC Copenhagen v Spurs (7.30pm)

Friday, May 26

Spurs v Red Bull Brazil (2.10pm)

Mühlenkreis Team v Spurs (5.30pm)

Spurs' 17-man squad includes: Freeman (GK), Whiteman (GK), Bennetts, Brown, Edwards, Georgiou, Gonzalez-Velasco, Griffiths, Harrison, Lock, Loft, Marsh, Omolabi, Reynolds, Roles, Shashoua, Tsaroulla.