Despite Team GB's exit on penalties from the Men's Olympic Football tournament, former Yeovil Town loanee Steven Caulker will be hoping his displays in the heart of their defence haven't gone unnoticed by new Spurs manager Andre Villas Boas.
Caulker, 20, who spent last season on loan in the Premiership with Swansea City, was ever present for Stuart Pearce's side in the competition in a team which also featured his former Swans' teammates Joe Allen, Neil Taylor and ex-Plymouth Argyle loanee, Scott Sinclair.
Just as in his 44 league appearances for Yeovil during the 2009-10 season, when, as an 17 to 18 year-old, he never gave the impression to the Huish Park faithful that they were watching a teenager in action, his performances for Team GB didn't equate to that of a player barely in his twenties appearing in his first major tournament.
The next challenge awaiting Caulker will be to build on his performances at Old Trafford, Wembley and the Millennium Stadium during Spurs' pre-season training ahead of the start of the 2012-13 season on August 18th.
This is when he will be looking to convince AVB that he is a better bet in the centre of the Spurs defence than Jan Vertonghen, Michael Dawson, Younes Kaboul or William Gallas.
Time will tell whether Caulker gets the nod or not, but he has agreed a new contract which will keep him at White Hart Lane until 2016, which indicates AVB could be prepared to give him the chance to fill the boots of the recently retired Ledley King.
