Marcus Edwards surprised many when he decided to leave Tottenham Hotspur for Portuguese side Vitória de Guimarães in the last window.
The 20-year-old has largely been used as a right winger and has managed one goal and two assists in 11 appearances in all competitions this season. His only goal for the new club came in their 3-2 defeat to Arsenal in the Europa League clash last month.
Portuguese newspaper Record sat down for an interview with the attacker and asked him how a youngster who trained in Spurs’ academy ends up at a club based in Guimarães.
Responding to that, he said: “It is not easy to explain and it was never something that I had possibly imagined possible in the past. But the truth is that after the possibility came up it wasn’t necessary to think too much.
“I needed a project where I could develop my football, settle down and move forward in my career.
“Things were not always easy and I think I needed a challenge like that. It was also very important to feel that Vitória really wanted me. I felt very desired, and after talking to my family, the decision was easy. And for now, I couldn’t be happier for the option I took.”
“Portuguese football is not very well followed in England and the little I knew was due to my friend Willock, who was playing in Benfica,” he said.
“When the possibility of Vitória came up, I also talked to him, who told me it was a big club here in Portugal. He knows me very well and he was not wrong.”
Edwards admitted leaving Tottenham and moving to Portugal was a difficult step in his career. 
“It took some courage, it’s always a difficult step to take, to leave home. I left my family, my friends and my comfort zone,” Edwards explained.
“I came to a very different reality from the one I was inhabiting, but it was a step that I wanted to take. This was the ideal opportunity to do so. It may have been a difficult step, but it was necessary for me and for my career.”
