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Transfers January 2022 - Transfer Window

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Bentancur doesn't play the same way as Bissouma at all.

Bissouma can dominate the ball, be the guy who takes it from the back 3 and moves it through the midfield to the attackers, can move the ball out to WB's, be that deep lying playmaker in a 3-5-2 that Conte often relies on.

Bentancur make simple passes mainly sideways and back, he isn't able to control the game and can't come close to providing the necessary distribution that a player like Bissouma can.
Why Have we paid £15M on him then, just don’t get it. Complete waste!
 
So glad we got rid of GLC.

Him being here just made me sad, remembering watching his awesome highlight reel when we first signed him. The expectation vs the absolutely meh reality.
 
A few thoughts….

1) The purge of players needed to happen. There’s absolutely an argument that it leaves us light of creativity in MF, but if Conte believes these players are surplus to requirements and / or not good for the dressing room, they have to go. We had a similar purge under Poch.

2) I think the transfer activity suggests Conte will prefer 343 for us. Shame as I think we (and Kane in particular) play better in a 352 but everything seems to point to a 2 man clogger CM to me.

3) If that’s the case, RWB is a huge issue and Conte has to consider deploying one of the more attacking options there. Royal cannot be the answer. It’s time to give Moura / Bergy a chance at least.

4) Paratici doesn’t appear to know much about football outside of Italy.

5) The notion that Levy would take the shackles off for Conte has been disproven. I still think we’ll have a busy summer, but reports of an agreed net spend were obviously wide of the mark.

6) All ITKs are still cunts.
 
Would love it if we had done a sly transfer under the radar like Villa did with Ings and Chambers. Problem for us is that it always gets out before it’s completed.
 
Why Have we paid £15M on him then, just don’t get it. Complete waste!

Cheap option that can come in and do a job for Conte. I understand bringing him in as an individual player he adds to the team.

My bigger concern is how he fits in overall as we have 3 players that do the same thing and would play in the same position as him and nobody to add something different.

Individually it makes sense, but as an overall squad building move I don't see it, which is business as usual for Spurs.
 
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