Roberto De Zerbi has spoken about Archie Gray’s fit for the right-back role after the Tottenham youngster struggled during the 3-0 loss to Brentford.With Micky van de Ven and Pedro Porro not fit to feature against Bees, and James Maddison not making the starting line-up, Gray was handed the armband at the Gtech Community Stadium.He made history by becoming Tottenham’s youngest-ever captain at just 20 years and 163 days, with the England U21 international featuring at right-back.While that is the position Gray has predominantly played during pre-season, the youngster struggled to cope with the double threat posed by Kevin Schade and Keane Lewis-Potter down the Brentford left.Credit: @thatfootballphotog / InstagramRoberto De Zerbi is confident Archie Gray can play as a right-back for TottenhamIn his pre-match press conference, De Zerbi seemed to rule out the signing of a new right-back to replace Djed Spence, hinting that he is happy for Gray to cover multiple roles.The 46-year-old’s opinion on the Leeds United academy graduate has not changed despite his struggles at the Gtech Community Stadium.When asked what role Gray will play this season, De Zerbi told Football.London: “Archie Gray can play as a full-back, as a midfielder. But I think he’s much better than his performance today. But not just Archie Gray, also JP Van Hecke, Sandro Tonali, Richarlison, everyone. We didn’t play a good game. But we can’t change our idea on Archie Gray for today, or for Richarlison or Mathys Tel.”De Zerbi not alarmed by Spurs’ struggles in set-pieces against BrentfordSome Spurs fans on social media are concerned with the lack of height in the current Tottenham squad, and Brentford seemed to expose that yesterday.However, De Zerbi pointed out that Keith Andrews’ side are the best in the Premier League in set-pieces and opined that his side’s inability to win duels was a bigger concern.When asked how Tottenham are planning to refocus their set-piece work, having lost Joao Palhinha and Cristian Romero, the Italian said: “Listen, Brentford in set-pieces are maybe the best team in the Premier League. So it’s normal to suffer. I think we suffer more the duels, more the second ball than in the set-pieces.”READ MORE: Tottenham player ratings vs Brentford as 7/10 star leaves the only positive markThe post Roberto De Zerbi doubles down on Archie Gray’s Tottenhan role after Brentford struggles appeared first on Spurs Web.