Who the hell is Danny Rose? 10 things you need to know about long-range Spurs star

Published 21:05 14/04/10

1) Daniel Lee Rose was born on July 2, 1990. He was six years away from being born when Woody Allen released his comedy gangster caper Broadway Danny Rose in 1984

2) A lively wide man, given his lack of inches - he's just 5ft 8in - it could be argued that he'd be more at home in Arsenal's team of midfield midgets.

3) He began his career as a junior in the Leeds Academy, and found himself involved in a transfer row in the summer of 2006 when Elland Road chairman Ken Bates accused Chelsea of tapping up some of his young stars. Tom Taiwo and Michael Woods left Yorkshire for London, but Rose decided to stay put.

4) Rose eventually left Leeds without making a single first team appearance, moving to White Hart Lane in the summer of 2007 for a reported fee of £1million as the cash-strapped Elland Road club continued to sell its most promising players to raise funds.

5) A regular in Spurs' reserve team, Rose was close to a first-team breakthrough in the early part of 2008. He was named on the bench to face Sunderland in January that year but his progress was then curtailed by a knee injury which sidelined him for three months.

6) He eventually made his first team debut for Tottenham in a League Cup tie in August 2009 away to his home-town club, Doncaster. He replaced Tom Huddlestone after 72 minutes by which time Spurs were 5-1 up, and that's how the game ended.

7) He had loan spells at Peterborough and Watford before making his first start for the north Londoners in January 2010 in an FA Cup tie at White Hart Lane, ironically against his former club, Leeds.

8) He has represented England at Under-17, Under-18, Under-19 and Under-21 levels. He scored his first goal for the Under-21s last November in a European Championship qualifier against Portugal.

9) He is best mates with Manchester United striker Danny Welbeck.

10) Harry Redknapp was reticent to give away too much when quizzed about Rose ahead of his Premier League debut in last night's north London derby, telling Sky's man with the mic that he "didn't want to give away his secret". Ten minutes in and Arsenal found out exactly what the hell it was!