You kinda answered your own question… he has not played much as an attacking / flair player in Conte’s defensive system as Conte does not like creative players who don’t follow his restrictive ‘football by set patterns’ tactics.
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Transfers Summer 2026 Transfer Thread
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Brilliant player. Will very obviously go somewhere like Palace or Brentford and do well
That he's a hermaphrodite? Yes
That he has a vagina?
Ability wise, he’ll be the best available winger on the market this summer. Don’t know if De Zerbi would want though, because he doesn’t press hard or run back at all.
I kinda hate that football has got to a place where every winger has to play like a full back or they don’t get in the team. There used to a place for mavericks and luxury players in a team as long as they done the business and could come up with big moments in games.
We need 2 wingers anyway with the injuries we have, and we desperately need someone with a track record of scoring goals, so in an ideal world, we’d sign Savinho and Leao. They’re the two different types that we need; Savinho’s the touchline winger that will help us hold onto the ball up top and give us width. Leao will be more that Son-type winger who comes inside and gets 15-20 goals a season.
Don’t know what De Zerbi’s thoughts on him are, but apparently he’s available for about £40m this summer. If the Lewis kids are as ambitious as they say they are, they’ll put their money where their mouth is and get us both.
We’ve got 9 attackers already, 8 without Muani. I know a few are long term injured but that’s a lot of expense…..move on Richy I guess, perhaps loan for Tel and hope Maddison makes a good recovery over the summer, same for Solanke/Kudus.
Simons,Odoand Kulu long term still - all a bit messy really
I highly doubt this is true. He, like Ndombele, are world class talent - and, like Ndombele, aslo world class lazy.
Barca would have bought him instead of Gordon if he was that good.
View: https://x.com/thfc_T_news/status/2060860974836371593
Barca would have bought him instead of Gordon if he was that good.
View: https://x.com/thfc_T_news/status/2060860974836371593
We're probably looking at him as a cheaper option to make up a group of three right wingers rather than spending big on another marquee signing when we've already got Kulusevski and Kudus. There's also a fair chance one of them isn't fit for the start of the season, and Kulusevski's injury situation complicates any plans to move him on.
The raw numbers don't tell the full story either. He barely played for Napoli and rarely got full matches. From January onwards he produced 7 goal contributions in just 926 minutes. That's actually a strong goal involvement comparable with players like Saka and Semenyo managed last season. I'm not saying he's better than them, but his output rate will be more in the Bowen and Neto bracket from a very small sample size. It'd be interesting to see what those numbers look like over 2,500-3,000 minutes (a season).
He doesn't look like some game-changing superstar. He looks like a promising 23-year-old who has followed the typical Italian development route through Serie C and Serie B, producing good numbers whenever he's had regular football. This feels more like a low-risk signing that either turns into a masterstroke if he keeps progressing, or at worst gives us solid squad depth and competition for Kudus and Kulusevski without breaking the bank.
He can also deputise for Maddison in the No.10 role if we need more creativity. If Maddison is tired, injured, having an off day, or we're chasing a goal, I'd rather have another technical creator available than forcing someone like Gallagher into that position. That's especially relevant while Xavi is out, because he's not going to be back anytime soon.
We also need to be realistic about where the budget is likely to go. We need improvements in multiple areas, and clubs don't usually spend huge money on positions where they're only looking for depth rather than a guaranteed starter. The big investment is more likely to be reserved for a centre-back if Romero leaves, a defensive midfielder, a striker, a left winger and probably a goalkeeper. If that's the case, picking up a talented, versatile attacking player for a sensible fee rather than spending £50-60m on another right winger makes perfect sense.
The Bergvall and Sarr comment aren’t relevant comparisons because they play completely different positions.
As usual Spurs enters the TW with many if and buts and bit question marks, which messes up the transfer plans quite a bit:
Kinsky - is he actually good enough to be a starter now or should Spurs spend on a top-quality GK?
Udogie - injury prone and never get match-fit before he's out injured again.
de Souza - is he good enough to be an understudy LB now?
van de Ven - will he stay?
Romero - will he stay?
Porro - keep him and hope he'll improve defensively or sell and hope for an upgrade?
Archie Gray - give him regularly footy as CDM and hope he'll develop into a top-class CDM or buy a top class CDM
Bergvall - played all over the CMF: keep him as a utility man or give him a fixed spot?
Xavi Simons - out for at least half of next season...
Maddison - quality player...when he's fit, which is rare.
Kulusevski - will he ever become match-fit?
Odobert - out for parts of next season, and will he recover properly...
Richarlison - injury prone
Kudus - will he recover 100 %?
Kinsky - is he actually good enough to be a starter now or should Spurs spend on a top-quality GK?
Udogie - injury prone and never get match-fit before he's out injured again.
de Souza - is he good enough to be an understudy LB now?
van de Ven - will he stay?
Romero - will he stay?
Porro - keep him and hope he'll improve defensively or sell and hope for an upgrade?
Archie Gray - give him regularly footy as CDM and hope he'll develop into a top-class CDM or buy a top class CDM
Bergvall - played all over the CMF: keep him as a utility man or give him a fixed spot?
Xavi Simons - out for at least half of next season...
Maddison - quality player...when he's fit, which is rare.
Kulusevski - will he ever become match-fit?
Odobert - out for parts of next season, and will he recover properly...
Richarlison - injury prone
Kudus - will he recover 100 %?
First of all, he's played as AM in 11 out of 12 Serie A matches this season, so definitely not thought to be depth for a right wing position.
Second, how do we know he's cheap? A Premier League club coming for a "promising" player in a top club in Serie A is rarely going to be cheap.
I do agree we need depth in the AM position but why not give Alfie Devine or some other academy player the chance then?
Not unexpectedly, Spurs are now linked with a lots of Italianos ...
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Tottenham keen on Niccolo Pisilli
Tottenham Hotspur are showing serious interest in signing the AS Roma midfielder Niccolo Pisilli.
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Because that's exactly the profile we always go for. Just in case they're good.
Except we always get it wrong. We had the chance to sign the likes of Eze, Olise, Wharton, Rogers and even Maddison for cheap when they were coming up, but didn't.
And instead, we signed the likes of N'obody over and over N'gain
Could he converted into playing more centrally? Considering the absolute lack of decent centre forwards surely more teams will have to consider playing wide forwards in a more central position
In this way Leao would be under less pressure to track back and do the hard work he wound have to in a wide position
Allegri played him as a CF this season and he stunk the place out. He's a LW through and through.
The issue isn't really the player, it was the club. If we'd signed Eze from QPR when we were linked, Poch wouldn't have played him and Mourinho wouldn't either, and Conte definitely wouldn't. He'd have been the next Jack Clarke. Same for the others.
The reason why those players all are what they are is because they went to clubs that would play them in their formative years.
Every manager since Redknapp seems to live off the notion that a young player isn't good enough unless they are already first team quality. I'll make an exception for Mourinho, who was perhaps the one to hand out more chances and opportunities, but the 'rep' Poch had as a nurturer of young players was circumstantial instead of intentional
Yeah but that's for Allegri and his anti football tactics
Anyway Leao isn't coming here so I guess it's pointless even speculating about him
Firstly, we need creativity behind Maddison while Xavi is out, and he can also play off the right, so we’re getting a player who can cover two positions. We've got Maddison there and then a huge drop-off in creativity if he's unavailable. While Xavi is out, there's definitely room for another player who can operate centrally and drift wide. He also has the ability to play on the right and has done so throughout his career. If you've actually watched him, he's very much a like-for-like profile to Kulu, comfortable receiving in tight spaces, carrying the ball, linking play and drifting inside rather than being an out-and-out touchline winger.
Secondly, I said probably cheaper, not definitely cheap. Cheaper than if we were to get an established creative midfielder or right winger. We’re talking probably 25mil. We’ll be allocating major funds towards other areas where logic suggests we're not spending another £60m-£80m on a player who isn't arriving as an undisputed starter.
Thirdly, you keep mentioning players like Devine (who is probably leaving as Preston have activated his option to buy price), Bergvall, and Sarr who are nothing like Vergara, and not creative number 10s.
We just finished the season with Tel, Richy and Spence as our front 3. Simons and Odobert are long time crocks. Kudus looks like he may be out for a while. Kulusevski may never play again. Muani is a PSG player. And Richy is not good enough and needs to be sold. That leaves us with Solanke and Tel. We need to start the season with 6 fit, decent forwards. So we need to buy at least 4 new players IMO.