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Transfers January 2020 transfer thread
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....Hense I'm not convinced getting a new RB that's also iffy at the back is the answer.
Aaron's is at least young enough to be taught to be better at the back however.
Also I think the system we play highlights our fulkback issues we are asking players like Son and Eriksen to track back and help out and they just can't. We get a proper DM in who can clean a mess up before it gets to our 1/3 we will.look much better
Not sure what our style is in the interim tbh, but we are not the hard pressing team of a few years ago. If we persist how we are then I'd suggest defensively sound FBs is more important than flying wingbacks.
DM: Yes, signing one would be nice, but actually being intent on fielding a specialist DM is key. Right now Poch doesn't seem to want to.
So Eriksen on the bench then? Finally!
(A Bola? ....Any relative of E?)
All very well, but RB & DM links would excite me more.
.....Our resident scouts got a verdict on this chap?
Is this the DM we're all dreaming of?
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Erisken is sweeping out the toiletsSo Eriksen on the bench then? Finally!
So a £35m goalkeeper, a £60m AM and a £50m DM? We cannot allow ourselves to fall into the trap of buying at bloated pieces when we could easily have got certain players far cheaper a year or two before
I like him a lot but he is a limited footballer. It's a lot of money for a guy who cannot help you play out from the back. I have seen him make tasty vertical passes, but only really when the opposition have just lost possession and there are gaps to be exploited.
A few lines comparing him to Fabinho from the below website:
Fabinho joined Liverpool in the summer of 2018 for a fee in the region of €45m and plays in a similar position, so it seems fair to compare the two. So far this season, Zakaria has recorded a WhoScored rating of 7.27 in the Bundesliga, compared to Fabinho’s 7.02. Zakaria also beats Fabinho for blocks and interceptions per-game, whilst also being dribbled past by opposition players almost half as much.
There is no denying that Fabinho is a top player, or he would not be anchoring the midfield of one of the best teams in the world, which makes Zakaria’s statistics all the more impressive. It also suggests that €50m would represent a good deal for Tottenham if they went through with the move.
Very torn on this TW: love the idea of buying 3/4 of these type of young players who we seemed to linked with for £10m, who end up moving on the following for £50m as the next big thing. Take a few punts in the hope at least one pays off which covers the rest.
However, looking at the opportunities afforded to the likes of KWP (and potentially Skipp going down this road) I worry we won’t actually give anyone the chance to play enough to develop into the players they can be. And we seem to be very bad at picking appropriate loans. I appreciate its a conundrum at a lot of top clubs.
I suppose we’ll probably have Europa next year to blood them all like Woolwich are doing.
However, looking at the opportunities afforded to the likes of KWP (and potentially Skipp going down this road) I worry we won’t actually give anyone the chance to play enough to develop into the players they can be. And we seem to be very bad at picking appropriate loans. I appreciate its a conundrum at a lot of top clubs.
I suppose we’ll probably have Europa next year to blood them all like Woolwich are doing.
We seem mostly linked with Onana, Aarons, Zakaria & Bruno Fernandes as it stands. £175m worth of talent right there and hand on heart I don't know if any of them are good enough to take us up sufficient steps. Tough to expect that over the next two windows let alone one.
Hand on heart if offered just one of these in January I'd bite your hand off, purely because new blood is required and the most pressing is probably a top DM. I love Winksy but we leak goals with him and I'd tell Dier he has a future with us but only as a CB or we sell him. Time to get tough, after all wasn't it Poch himself that said he saw Diers future at CB but shifted him to DM to keep Eric sweet? No more playground shit, they get paid to play where they are told to play.
A few lines comparing him to Fabinho from the below website:
Fabinho joined Liverpool in the summer of 2018 for a fee in the region of €45m and plays in a similar position, so it seems fair to compare the two. So far this season, Zakaria has recorded a WhoScored rating of 7.27 in the Bundesliga, compared to Fabinho’s 7.02. Zakaria also beats Fabinho for blocks and interceptions per-game, whilst also being dribbled past by opposition players almost half as much.
There is no denying that Fabinho is a top player, or he would not be anchoring the midfield of one of the best teams in the world, which makes Zakaria’s statistics all the more impressive. It also suggests that €50m would represent a good deal for Tottenham if they went through with the move.
Not too bad a price. 25m up front and 20m over 3 years should do it.
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