Gorman delight at Convey

Convey has joined Tottenham from DC United, subject to receiving a work permit, after catching the eye of Spurs boss Glenn Hoddle and Gorman.

"We are absolutely delighted to sign this lad. I just hope it all goes through -we're just waiting on the work permit which we hope is finalized quickly," said Gorman.

"In my time in America I saw many young players developing and it's great to see them develop and come to the Premier League in England. It shows there is fantastic talent in America and sometimes it's untapped.

"Through the years I've felt that a lot of players with great talent weren't given the opportunity to come to England and now it's happening. I think it should be made a bit easier even when they don't have the number of international caps.

"Anyway, we've got Bobby Convey and we're delighted to have him. With manager Glenn Hoddle we believe in the right way of playing football and Bobby will be working with our coaching staff with me and Colin Calderwood.

"We're going to spend a lot of time working with Bobby and help him improve his game. We watched him train in D.C. and we were impressed with him in training.

"Then we kept a close eye on him with his club and his country. I can't wait to get Bobby over here and start working with him."

Gorman believes the future is looking bright for Spurs with the number of young players they have brought in this summer.

"We've got some other young players with the club: the captain of South Africa who's 22. We've also signed Postiga from Portugal who turned 21 last Sunday and played for Porto and Bobby Zamora is 21 and played for Brighton.

"With Bobby joining us as well and the attitude from other young players, to name a few, we should have a great future at Tottenham with the young boys we're bringing in."