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Noni Madueke was the star of our Academy in his youth group, but thought his progress was blocked so refused to sign a contract.
Unlike say Marcus Edwards who was a full pro, so we were able to insert the sell-on clause.
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White Van Jan and others will know more.
Pretty decent summary.
Noni Mandueke was captain of Spurs u16's and a star in his Englamd youth group. So one to be sure we kept hold of......but left in June 2018 as there was no longer a record of youth getting first team chances.
A year after joining PSV he was starting to make a few sub appearances (19/20), then last season a break out season in terms of goals and assists, accolodes from some saying he was best young player in europe etc (hence Dortmund lining him up as Sancho replacement) etc. .....
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One of their players was v good can’t remember his name. I know isak does t play for them....Why are you mentioning WBA?
Isak plays for Sociedad. Only 21. 17 in 34 apps last season.
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Yeah him, not sure whether sudoku was agreeing with me about isak. But at 21 playing in la Liga looks a good prospect compared to some of the other names bandied about.
Dortmund buy young talent and then play them. If we bought Dortmund targets, half this board would be making Danny Rose google jokes or ripping them the first time they fucked up.
Yeah this is true to be honest. They've created the right environment for young players to thrive.
To clarify, Spurs should be taking a Dortmund/Ajax/Leicester/Liverpool approach to scouting and transfers, but we don't have the football operation setup to support it at the moment. All of those clubs generally look for the same type of manager and players that fit what the club wants short, medium and long term. We went from AVB to Poch to Mourinho. From a DoF to none to Hitchens/Levy.
If Paratici can implement an actual football operation and the organization can stick to some core tenets then we might be able to actually do it.
If Paratici can implement an actual football operation and the organization can stick to some core tenets then we might be able to actually do it.
Interesting. Fantastic game against Mexico in the CONCACAF Nations League Final but haven’t seen much of him aside from that.
Perhaps we could Loan him to City for a year, let him win several trophies just to keep him happy?
I know you're joking, but how do you think that works?
We lose him for a year... we lose maybe 50m off his transfer fee by kicking the can down the road one more season... he doesn't sign a new deal... moves to City next summer anyways.
Lose, lose, lose, lose.
Agree we do not have a consistent type over the years. Levy and ENIC had a target to turn us into a title winning team but approach wasn't clear from day one. Poch 5 years was a great chance to build on a sustainable youth reliant approach. Jose appointment I suppose was a step back in this area.
Poch tired of that ethos half way through his tenure..... No loans out (kWP, Onomah), pathway from academy deteriorated (hottest prospects left before signing pro deals) and became less interested in signing players to develop (rightfully or wrongly; believing he earned the right to players from the 50m+ shelf).... Also became overtly attached to his inner circle of players so the BVB 'sell high and refresh' strategy went out the window.
The blame's far from solely at his door though; Levy should be me more staunch over what kind of set up he wants rather than our approach wavering from manager to manager (like it has since Redknapp got his feet under the table).
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