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It has been some first season for Archie Gray as a Tottenham Hotspur player. Joining from Leeds United at the beginning of July 2024, the teenager will wrap up his first campaign in north London with a Europa League winners' medal in his possession.

ended their 17-year wait for a trophy on Wednesday evening following . Brennan Johnson scored the only goal of the contest just prior to half-time after finishing off Pape Matar Sarr's cross into the box.

was to play his part in the final victory after helping Tottenham see out the game following his introduction in place of Sarr in the 90th minute of the contest. Come the full-time whistle, Gray and the rest of the Tottenham team celebrated wildly in Bilbao as they finished such a frustrating season on an incredible high following their Europa League triumph.

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The former Leeds United man was involved in a touching moment with Spurs boss after the game. At a time when the Australian was applauding the travelling Tottenham faithful, the versatile player went over to him, tapped him on the shoulder and they shared an embrace for a good ten seconds or so as they took in the moment.

Speaking to football.london in an exclusive interview back in November, .

"It has been a pleasure just to learn things under him in training and being able to work under him is a pleasure and I'm really grateful for it," he said. "There's so much more that I can learn from him and I'm just taking it day-by-day in training and the games, so I'm just very grateful."

Gray has featured 45 times for Tottenham in his maiden season in N17, with the vast majority of his appearances coming at centre-back due to an injury crisis earlier in the term. The Durham-born ace will be looking to kick on even more in the 2025/26 season and .

In his time with the media after the game, Postecoglou spoke about a momentous night for Tottenham in Europe and the power of winning a European trophy.

"I’m still taking it all in. I know what it means for this football club," he told TNT Sports. "The longer it goes, the harder it is to break that cycle. I could sense the nerves in everyone at the club and until you take that monkey off your back you never understand what it feels like. We have a young group and I hope by tasting this, the players feel different about themselves and what it means to them is unbelievable.

"I’ve always felt knockout football is different to league football and when you’re in that situation it comes down to good organisation, having a real gameplan and moments and you can minimise moments by having a strong foundation.

"I felt we were going to be really hard to break down. We could’ve been better in transitions but I felt comfortable that if we got ahead we could deal with most of what Manchester United would throw at us."