The 20-year-old remains a raw and impetuous talent but Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino believes the Argentine is destined for greatness
Wednesday night's Champions League meeting between Tottenham and Inter at Wembley should have been an opportunity for Juan Foyth to line out against fellow Argentines Mauro Icardi and Lautaro Martinez.
Instead, the young defender was forced to watch from the sidelines because he had not been included in Spurs' Champions League squad for the 2018-19 group stage.
"That is so painful," Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino admitted beforehand. "It's a mistake we made that at this level of football we cannot repeat again.