Seven years ago, Cameron Lancaster was on a very different career path. Aged 19, the London-born forward was getting plenty of time training with the first team of his local club, Tottenham Hotspur. He had just returned from a short loan spell at Dagenham & Redbridge the spring prior — then in England’s League One — and had been tapped as the next forward to break through for the first team.
His debut in the Premier League finally came in January 2012, when the young forward saw the field for the final 15 minutes of a 3-1 victory over Wigan Athletic.