We need a couple of players in January of the necessary quality. Clear as day after the past month..
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Transfers January 2023 Transfer Thread. The Big One
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I’ve given up on seeing Spence get meaningful minutes this season, which is really quite unfortunate as I do think there is a hungry player there.
We do look woeful going forward without Kulusevski . As you said were not an overly creative side to begin with, but with him being injured it does highlight how much we lack that quality in others.
For me it does then raise the question if we prioritise a RW or LW. Probably lean more towards RW as I don’t want to see Lucas starting games for us.
Per BBC :
Tottenham have reached an agreement to sign Atalanta's Ukraine midfielder Ruslan Malinovskyi, 29, in January. (Il Giorno via Express)
Cover for Kulusevski
Tottenham have reached an agreement to sign Atalanta's Ukraine midfielder Ruslan Malinovskyi, 29, in January. (Il Giorno via Express)
Cover for Kulusevski
Any good ?
I think some found him quite underwhelming.
Does seem to go against the whole "Quality over quantity"
Last season 10 goals and 7 assists in 2131 minutes or 1 goal involvement every 124 mins. 40 matches, probably half starts
This season, perhaps with only 6 months left on his contract, not used much - 1 goal and 1 assist in 394 minutes in 11 games with 4 starts and 11 off bench,
So based on last season's form, a decent alternative to Kulusevski - probably cheap (< 20m) and on say 2 or 3 year contract given his age.
Last season was 17 goal involvements (10 goals, 7 assists).
Decent stats, given we are buying him as a back up to Kulusebski - what are you expecting ?
I don’t think this kicks in for a couple of seasons
Spence is young with only Championship experience.
In the Premier League and Champions League you cannot afford mistakes. Conte's system takes risks, especially with the full backs moving out of defensive positions; so, it requires disciple and concentration.
He could have the game of his life for 89 minutes, but 1 mistake and it is difference between winning and losing.
Clearly Conte trusts Royal in this position, and despite the criticism he does seem to 'get' what Conte expects from him.
I fully expect Spence will get plenty of chances in the domestic cup competitions.
I'm not expecting anything as I'm not going to pretend to know anything about him. However, the bolded is in stark contrast with "quality over quantity"
We need to move past this " we need a backup for x", and towards "does this player make a meaningful impact to our side".
Now improving our right wing isn't very hard, as after Kulesevski, we're looking at Moura.
So you've answered your own question, he's an upgrade and if he hits similar numbers to last season, a decent upgrade as Moura has struggled to get half those numbers.
My only concern is his age. But Conte is said to like older experienced players. And at aged 29 he could be an option for 2 or 3 years which is not dire.
one thing i got from that clip is that he loves banging them from outside the box lol
Yes, he's an upgrade on Moura, still not a very ambitious signing though. I'd love a player that can challenge for the starting RW spot, not just a mere improvement on a bench player who's been out of form for a while.
Likewise, I'm also somewhat concerned about his age, we've already got a 30 year old winger in the squad. Ideally both don't need replacing in the same window.
He must have confused him with De Bruyne, i do it all the time
We already have a fourth RB: Emerson Royal
must be on the amsterdam truffles
Kicks in summer 2023.