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With all due (and genuine) respect if (as you say) English is not your first language, but your reading skills are failing you here.
You are simply failing to comprehend any and everything I've said to you from the off and responding with the written equivalent of verbal Diarrhea.
Wake up... It's not just me that's pointed out you're talking "garbage".
If this is the way you carry on you'll have half the forum on ignore within no time... Have fun.
Exclusive: Brighton expert tells Spurs fans exactly what to expect from Yves Bissouma - Spurs Web - Tottenham Hotspur Football News
Tottenham Hotspur have finally announced the signing of Yves Bissouma from Brighton on a four-year contract, much to the delight of Spurs fans everywhere (Tottenham). While Tottenham fans are well aware of the quality Bissouma can bring, especially after his masterclass against the Lilywhites...
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Exclusive: Brighton expert tells Spurs fans exactly what to expect from Yves Bissouma
BySeb Jenkins
June 17, 2022
Tottenham Hotspur have finally announced the signing of Yves Bissouma from Brighton on a four-year contract, much to the delight of Spurs fans everywhere (Tottenham).
While Tottenham fans are well aware of the quality Bissouma can bring, especially after his masterclass against the Lilywhites last season, we wanted to get some further insight into the player by speaking to a life-long Brighton fan.
Who better to speak to than the founder of BHA Today, LetsTalkBHAFC podcaster, and freelance journalist, Charlie Haffenden.
In response to email questions from The Spurs Web, Charlie said:
What are Bissouma’s key strengths and weaknesses?
Yves Bissouma is a proper box-to-box midfielder capable of being a right menace in the attacking third. But his best attribute is undoubtedly the overall energy he brings to a midfield, and his desire to win possession back for his teammates.
Brighton’s positive possession play quite often can lead to the ball being given away cheaply, but Bissouma being in the team made this far less of an issue. You’d have your heart in your mouth but then Bissouma would mop it up and start another attack. He’s exceptional at that.
In terms of weaknesses, I’d probably have to say the lack of consistent accuracy with long shots is up there. Don’t get me wrong, Bissouma can score an absolute belter from time to time, but – a bit like Thomas Partey at Woolwich – many fall way wide of the mark.
This is something he’s definitely improved on in the last few years though, and I’m sure he’ll only mature from now on.
How do you think he could fit into Conte’s back three/counter-attacking style?
I think he’ll fit in very well. Graham Potter’s favoured system is very similar to Conte’s and Bissouma has proven himself as a near-enough world-class player whilst playing within it.
He’s someone who will not only work the yards to win back possession, but he’ll drive forward too. With the likes of Heung-Min Son, Harry Kane and Dejan Kulusevski so lethal in the channels, Bissouma will speed up Spurs’ counterattacks even more.
Having his presence anchoring the midfield is great for wing backs, too. It means they can bomb forward with less worry as Bissouma will cover them more often than not. His tackle success rate speaks for itself really.
Will Brighton be sad to see him go? Or was this just an inevitable step in his career?
Of course, it’s absolutely devastating to lose arguably your best player – it would be for any side – but even more so for Brighton given he’s so key to the way they operate. I think most Seagulls supporters are trying to see the positives with this deal, though.
£25m – around £30m with add-ons – for a player with 12 months left on his contract isn’t bad at all. A year or so ago he was probably worth double that, but you’d argue Albion wouldn’t have had a top-half finish without him.
I think it was worth keeping hold of him, and now is the right time to let him go. A sad goodbye, and a hell of a bargain for Spurs, but fond memories to look back upon.
Should Spurs fans be excited?
Yes is the simple answer, and I don’t quite think they’ll know just how good he is until he’s hitting the ground running in a Spurs shirt.
Bissouma is more than ready for the Champions League and I think he’ll be key in helping Spurs retain their place in the top four for years to come. He really is that good. There’s a reason the likes of Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester United have been circling for so long.
I would say one thing, you manager is fantastic and you play a great style, your scouting also seems to be spot on.
Saints issue was that they produced loads of players and sold them but didn’t reinvest to the level they needed to so gradually their level dropped. £25m for Bissouma and £50m or whatever Cucurella is good money but you probably want to spend wisely and add a bit to it and end up with 4-5 new players who are decent to avoid the long term saints trap.
We used to sell our players to United back in the day, Sheringham, Berbatov, Carrick etc or Madrid with Bale and Modric. While RM obviously is miles and miles ahead of us, we now have a better stadium, training ground, squad, manager than Man United so long term change can happen for the better.
Really good signing, talented, knows the league and language and works his socks off.
They've done tremendously well with these 3 signings so far tbh.
They've done tremendously well with these 3 signings so far tbh.
Apologies if already posted but I’ve watched the interview with him and seems a really grounded and sensible guy. Knows his roots and where he came from. Knows the value of hard work. Promising.
Bentencur and Bissouma is one serious midfield upgrade from where we were. Well done Conte/Paratici. Buzzing.
Absolute Rolls Royce of a midfielder.
Potential to become one of the best midfielders in Europe if Conte can improve him 10-15% (and why not at his age?).
Potential to become one of the best midfielders in Europe if Conte can improve him 10-15% (and why not at his age?).
A lot of football to be played between now and then so they all have the chance to earn their spot. Which is the good thing about the group - not that much between them.
But for me on paper as of now it's Bentancur & Bissouma - Hobjerg isn't as good on the ball as Rodrigo or defensively as Bissouma.
Genuinely exciting signing.