@TheAthleticFC sad reality is, Spurs doing well will be dependent on how other teams such as Man U, Chelsea, Villa, Newcastle slip up. Not because the team or Angeball is good. Spurs are lightyears behind Man C, Liverpool and Arsenal.
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Our strongest links are Solanke and Pedro Neto. I think both would thrive under Ange thanks to Neto’s directness and Solanke’s hold up play. Hope they happen!
I've disliked all the sensible transfers from this season so far, in particular my own club liverpool and qhen I saw this notification I felt like straight up ignoring it but I've always found Alex's opinions level headed, this has easily been the best of the season
kadioglu is straight up too good to be a backup....even at a big prem club like spurs. Openda will be hard to convince without cl football. The rest is ok
@@ohmygodsteve5224 the bar is low and I don't necessarily agree with all of them, but this is the best of the year. Kadioglu still needs time to prove himself, definitely been very impressive at the euros and fenerbahce but remains to be seen how well he adapts to top 5 league Openda's playing for Leipzig and likely won't have a ton of suitors at the moment, Spurs should be able to convince him to join the project
@@colouredIncognito he's not better than udogie but is too close to his level for a number 2 and needs playing time as a number one lil bro..... dortmund wouldve been good if they didnt have ryerson already
@@arthur_168 das what im saying, hed be too expensive to be a number 2 and too close to udogie's level to sit on the bench... which is why i think the pick is not great as backup to udogie
Often suggested, and I can see the attraction. However, with a fully fit defence, the goals conceded is fine, as illustrated. The bigger issue is the rate at which transitions happened, as the season wore on. We were either not being direct and dangerous enough to peg the opposition back, and/or lost the ball too cheaply which exposed us out of shape going the other way. The transition goals could be stopped by having a more effective and efficient attack which either does damage or retains the ball, rather than a new orthodox 6.
@@b3n3jabsolutely bang on. We're desperate for reliable technical wingers with top quality control of the ball and ability pull defenders out of their shape as they carry. You'd see midfielders and attackers dropping back to fill gaps, rather than having a lot of luck stealing the ball and setting off counter attacks. A new 6 and a striker is great in theory, but honestly we've got a system that often wins the ball back high anyway and arguably the most deadly finisher in the league with back up options. I would rather spend all the money on better wingers and defensive depth.
@@b3n3jbang on. All our forwards are runners who waste the ball, apart from kulu, but he doesn't trust his right foot. Puts so much pressure on the defense to handle transitions.
I would argue that our best winger at taking on their man right now is Timo Werner. Every game he's always taking his man on and sending it into the box from the left wing with his pace. I do think we need one more winger with similar features.
Not really werner is great at crossing and his pacey man hes rapid and great on the counter hes j not clinical and can make too many mistakes hes very underrated@Izrezar
It has been clearly evident that Ange likes wide players to play WIDE, Timo stays wide, takes a defender on and gets to the bye-line a THEN cuts the ball back across goal. For a classic example look at how he played Jota at Celtic..........The Aussie Spurs Fan
Agree on the winger issue, it’s the main problem currently, with possibly Neto coming in it will help most definitely but Bakayoko availability would edge us to another level. Solanke would be a good replacement for richarlison I think, his aerial dominance would help us massively, unfortunately Richarlison being injury prone hammers the attack. Kulusevski is gradually being switched to a 10/8 where he looked quite comfortable in preseason as he’s not a good winger.
Agreed Kulu 3 assists last season, 3! He isn't it as a winger, not much of a scorer either. I agree need Openda and Richy stays or get an aerial threat in for games where passing around isn't cutting it,
Tottenham don’t need another “fast striker” - they have that in Son. What they need is someone who is able to unlock tight defenses by being a presence in the box, a clinical striker with a good header on him. Richarlison can fulfill that role at times, but struggles with consistency.
Hey, really enjoyed the video and the names suggested and how they could impact Tottenham in a positive way. A little side note however that I would like to add is that after Jose Mourinho’s appointment as Fenerbahçe HC, the team have really took a firm stance against selling any players from their last years squad, and have said numerous times that they have not even considered 35M€ bids from unnamed clubs for Ferdi after the euros. So I would really doubt Tottenham known for being stingy with their transfer funds would splash more than 40M€ on a left back, just my opinion tho
this is (as a spurs fan) the first time i’ve seen someone get this right, it looks like we’ll get solanke instead of openda but i think we’re getting him for the same reasons you addressed with openda kadioglu and bakayoko would be perfect, literally couldn’t have named better players for what we need ndicka would be good but i think 4th choice CB is a position im least worried about addressing this season, think ST / RW and full back cover is much more important
Good video you did a great job! Werner's loans was extended btw, not perm yet. From the winger / attacker perspective - I don't think Ange wants to create predetermined positions for the attacking 3 (behind the striker role). Kulu has been RW and no.10 for example. Johnson & Werner (less so for the latter) have played both sides. So I think versatility is a key requirement for that position too.
As a Spurs fan, this is a really good video. Alex really knows his stuff. Only issue here is we are right at the limit of foreign squad players, so realistically we can't be shopping across Europe for all these names here.
Good suggestions when accounted individually but Spurs have a lot of HG quota problems so these solutions are not really sensible if done in a package because Spurs need HG players. Would have loved to see some HG options in the mix too because we desperately need those.
Not entirely true. Spurs are hurting specifically for "club-trained" homegrown players (players who have been with the club for 3 consecutive seasons before the season in which they turned 21). To register a full squad in Europe, each team needs to have 4 of these club-trained players and another 4 association-trained players (homegrown players from any other club). Spurs have plenty of association-trained players but are hurting for first team players that came from their own academy. This is why signing talented 18 year olds like Gray and Bergvall makes a lot of sense, as they will become club-trained in 3 years. Basically, signing any homegrown player from another club is arbitrary and really doesn't help them with the quota at all, and they shouldn't buy any homegrown players just for the sake of it.
Openda and Bakayoko are fairly realistic but Kadioğlu and Ndicka as backups seams like a stretch imo. To high in demand type of players to be a back up, also just to good to be an understudy I think Cunha would be great, very underrated
Great video! 🖖 If Spurs want to be successful this season then Ange needs to adjust his tactics based on the players he has for the match. As Alex mentions, when we lost our core team for X reason(s), we suffered. It was talked about all the time. I loved the way we came out last season but I wasn't naive enough to think we could play that way as we started having injuries etc so it was disappointing that Ange did not adjust at least defensively. Whoever we have at the close of the window is who we have. It's up to Ange to make those players successful and realize that going 'Leroy Jenkins' into to every match is not possible nor prudent.
@@bram4609shall we go through his career stats? He's not better coming off the bench. Did he do that for Forest? Does he do that for Wales? Seems like you are going off date from one season, how silly.
@@JamesHussain82 yes i base what I say on how he plays for us in his most recent season. Doesnt really make sense to expect him to play like he played for forest or wales, does it? I dont hate on him btw, i really like johnson, and i hope he can get more consistent when starting this season. However, that doesnt change the fact we need another rw to compete with him.
Santiago gimenez should be here. His stats are pretty much identical to openda, but played 4 less games and started 4 less games too. 23 goals 6 assists. 99th percentile in npxG and 98th in non penalty goals. Hes taller, stronger and is a bigger aerial threat too.
I hate the conjecture about "leaky defense" and only looking at the back 4. The entire team defends, especially in this high-pressing system, and the back 4 is the last line of defense. Look at positions around the pitch which will help them press and contain, not just in the back line.
Bakayoko and Openda would be players I would have suggested without data just by watching them, I'd definitely sign now that data confirms it. Only thing is I'd want a 2nd option at ST more physical, aerial threat for when teams low block defend and neat passes aren't cutting it.
I find the video finding backups for us in a very similar profile to who we already have, I think we should be looking for players that add tactical depth too otherwise our plays are getting too one dimensional. With all due respect none of these are players we really need, maybe except for openda.
Openda is a big no for me, he is too similar to son. Unless son becomes the striker (wich would be a good idea) and openda becomes the backup/heir for him, then i wouldnt sign him, but son cant survive neither as a 1v1 winger by the touchline, so this change might be necessary, or postecoglu should adapt
Best case scenario Udogies backup could be solved by internal solutions. Djed Spence if he sorts his mentality out. Also feel Cuhna would be a downgrade on an already shaky Richarlison.
Can someone from within Spurs please look at this video because these signings are reeeeaaally good and they could take spurs to the next level. The transfer rumors right now for spurs does not bring me the same excitement as the one in the video!
Spurs must comply to demand of min amount of homegrown players and that makes us to look at English players on the market. The biggest vulnerability of "Ange ball" is contrattacking actions by quality opposition when losing possession. We need Rodri-like player as DM
Just an opinion but I genuinely think we don't need a back up lb or lcb . We need two transfers a back up striker and creative midfielder like eze. Reasons we don't need a lb or lcb Jamie donley and djed Spence have been class this preseason and I hope they get an opportunity to play europa league or cup games. Now lcb with only 20 days or less left in this transfer window i think atleast till January we can hold out on the lcb option and save some fund there really on the likes of dragusin and Philips. We need to focus strongely on a st Someone like a toney who I know will be going for at the end of this window because Brentford will sell him they are not gonna let him go for a free . Other striker optiond like solanke and gyokeres even openda are too expensive at this point in time. Now on a creative mid or winger likes of Eze , Neto , bakayoko will be great but I believe we need to go all in one eze
Spence didn’t do at all well when he played there in the friendly - why ‘hold out’ when we can plug the gap now? It’s not the most important position to fill right now, but Ange doesn’t seem to feel Philips can do it yet and when we’re in five competitions I don’t want to really on a 19 year old attacking midfielder and Ben Davies to be our primary back up options…
@@noahrussell2043 no hate , I think you need to go back in your spare time and watch some of the performances djed Spence has put out this pre season against. Bayern especially defensively he was solid also he is really suited for that inverted full back role and he can play both lb and rb so we are actually sorted and we need to give our youth a chance players like donley need to be tested out at lb . About a lcb I do agree with you . We might need one. But us being in 5 competitions isn't a new thing we are a top 4/ champions league club and I believe that our academy players has enough quality to start cup games in the early stages/ rounds. But for depth having a lcb isnt like you said our priority. So for now its best we don't spend money on that and focus on getting in prem proven players like eze and toney.
@@armaan7844 To be fair I didn’t see the Bayern game, only listened to the commentary so perhaps i was wrong about his performance, that was just the impression I’d got, but even so we should have a capable replacement in every position so I wouldn’t be happy to go into the season with him as cover for both left and right back. I’d rather have a left sided defender than Eze though, I feel that’s more important, as he’s a luxury player who doesn’t really fit into the squad with Sonny as LW and Maddison and Kulu already occupying CAM.
yeah - he's better at linking play centrally than Son but still very inconsistent and certainly worse than most other 9s in the league. it's probably one of his biggest weaknesses tbh.
So these are some points I’ll make as a Spurs fan before the video starts. Firstly, I don’t believe anyone inside the club sees Kulusevski as a right winger anymore. Rather, Kulu has most frequently been used so far in pre season as the no. 9 as well as the 10 and the 8. It’s clear he’s going to be a central player for us this season making the emphasis on signing a new 8/10 less important whilst signing a new winger becomes crucial. Next, and to nobody’s surprise, we need a striker. This will only be facilitated by Richarlison’s exit which is partly down to the fact that I believe the club now sees Kulusevski as competition for that striker role. It’s important that we sign the correct profile of player for our system to guarantee success as much as possible as strikers are typically the least predictable of new signings. On top of that, we are still having home-grown player status issues which brings me to Ivan Toney and Dominic Solanke. Solanke is currently in better form and is better suited to how we play, however will be the more expensive of the two. In terms of our defense, even with Emerson leaving we won’t need to sign a new right back as Spence has been one of our standout performers in pre season and Archie Gray can also cover there. Our starting backline is fantastic and needs no improvement. I believe with Dragusin as our 3rd choice center back, we should designate the 4th choice to Ben Davies who proved reliable (and seemed better suited there than left back), meaning, for me, the only defensive player we need to recruit is a left back to compete with Udogie. Currently my pick would be Locko from Brest but I would also like the idea of Robinson from Fulham. So that’s it for me, ideally this summer (on top of our official outgoings and incomings) we sell Richarlison to Saudi, Emerson to Milan, Skipp to a lower EPL side, Lo Celso, Reguilon and Solomon whilst bringing in a new right winger a Striker and a Left back. The most likely players for those three would probably be Neto, Solanke and Locko
Unfortunately none of these transfers consider the need for HG players. We've got the money to spend but we need HG players. I think Solanke is a decent signing, not for £55m however. Missing out on Neto is really tough but it makes sense for Neto who is injury prone to move to a £££ club and get an 8 year contract and sit in the club receiving treatment for most of that contract. For me we need Kadioglou and Bakayoko but we can't sign both unfortunately. If Emerson and Richarlison both leave then we will have freed up room for two non HG players.
@@tvojemamajetakthese PENmier league fans who think their farmers league is above all the others lol... Spurs should pay whatever they ask and pray the guy accepts playing for such a small club
@@ViniciusLevy92 It's because simply all the other leagues have less money, except the Saudis, which is a retirement league. Nothing to do with quality, but simply that people cares less about all the other leagues, so Ndicka will want to come as he will get better money in a less racist country, perfect.
Guys, or fanst..., I know u'll hate this but this rebuild will take 4-5 years minimum. That is what it took Klopp and he is really really good. I believe in Ange, but he is given limited means to invest in the squad upgrade or Angeball-type of players that he wants so expect it to be a long process.
Ndicka won't come here to be a backup to Vdv. All other seem good. Openda looks impressive. Cunha is a good shout but looks like we're going to pay 65m for solanke
Don’t think more defenders are required. A striker if Richarlison is sold and another right winger as Kulu will likely play in more central roles this season.
I don't know much about these players but, if they want to close the gap, these players should also be good enough for Arsenal or City. Are they that good?
These would be reasonable purchases but the video fails to mention the homegrown issue Tottenham has this season as well as their desperate need for a holdup striker in some game-states last season
How well do you think Tottenham will do this season?
7th at this stage.
@TheAthleticFC sad reality is, Spurs doing well will be dependent on how other teams such as Man U, Chelsea, Villa, Newcastle slip up. Not because the team or Angeball is good.
Spurs are lightyears behind Man C, Liverpool and Arsenal.
6th to 8th?
Top 3
4th
Sensible Transfers was a series that I've been watching as a fan for years. To get the chance to write and present one myself was an absolute honour. Hope you enjoyed everyone!
great work!
awesome work man!
great job, Alex!
Congrats myguy
Absolute madlad
Holy crap, N’Dicka, Kadioğlu, Bakayoko, and Openda? That would be a scary good team
Not that scary, it would mean a top 4 finish though and we aren't getting that right now.
@@footiegambler1347yeah scary is a stretch 😂
They’d be scary until they pull on a Spurs shirt😂
NDicka wasnt great last year.
I personally like Neto but like Bakayoko as well. I would rather Solanke instead of Openda
Werner is not back on a permanent, hes been loaned out for a 2nd year
@@JohnDoe-tv4zfit’s not permanent tho. It’s an extension of the loan. He goes back to Leipzig after the 24/25 season.
@@JohnDoe-tv4zf ?
With a £8-12m buy option.
makes you question if its worth hearing their opinions when you hear a basic mistake like that.
Our strongest links are Solanke and Pedro Neto. I think both would thrive under Ange thanks to Neto’s directness and Solanke’s hold up play. Hope they happen!
Chelsea just confirmed neto
@@Notahero121 and Tottenham just signed Solanke
I've disliked all the sensible transfers from this season so far, in particular my own club liverpool and qhen I saw this notification I felt like straight up ignoring it but I've always found Alex's opinions level headed, this has easily been the best of the season
kadioglu is straight up too good to be a backup....even at a big prem club like spurs. Openda will be hard to convince without cl football. The rest is ok
@@ohmygodsteve5224no he's not😂 but good to see you watched the euros
@@ohmygodsteve5224 the bar is low and I don't necessarily agree with all of them, but this is the best of the year.
Kadioglu still needs time to prove himself, definitely been very impressive at the euros and fenerbahce but remains to be seen how well he adapts to top 5 league
Openda's playing for Leipzig and likely won't have a ton of suitors at the moment, Spurs should be able to convince him to join the project
@@colouredIncognito he's not better than udogie but is too close to his level for a number 2 and needs playing time as a number one lil bro..... dortmund wouldve been good if they didnt have ryerson already
@@arthur_168 das what im saying, hed be too expensive to be a number 2 and too close to udogie's level to sit on the bench... which is why i think the pick is not great as backup to udogie
I’m going to need someone to put the teams together of all the sensible transfer videos and sim a season on FM please.
That's why I'm watching this! I won't be simulating it though. Pretty United will win the league in FM
I remember sugesting Nico Williams at the wing last season...
Okay…. your point is…?
@@frglrk Dont you get it - he had the foresight NOONE had about barcelona wonderkid #1 Nico Willams. Patry shoud be hired by every football team
Nico was considered a target in the first place by Tottenham. It's just that the board and manager went for Brennan Johnson instead.
Yea, and I wanted him 3 years ago when he was just getting started
@@timmyl8344bro had a vision
'He's just happy to be here'😅
Timo werner loan is not permanent, they have Just extended it .
Werner for me is the classic player for the type you would need in your team to add strength the whole squad in a long season.
Cun-ha was killing me haha
Cun-HA! Hahahaha totally got me too 😅
this!!
@@klinical7304 Mourin-HO haha
FINALLY SPURS!!!!
Good to see you doing great work on here Alex! As a Belgian Spurs fan, couldn't agree more with your suggestions
Ironic, considering its not even possible 😅😂😂
@colouredIncognito what do you mean?
Need a dominant No. 6 to stop transition goals against
Often suggested, and I can see the attraction. However, with a fully fit defence, the goals conceded is fine, as illustrated. The bigger issue is the rate at which transitions happened, as the season wore on. We were either not being direct and dangerous enough to peg the opposition back, and/or lost the ball too cheaply which exposed us out of shape going the other way. The transition goals could be stopped by having a more effective and efficient attack which either does damage or retains the ball, rather than a new orthodox 6.
@@b3n3jabsolutely bang on. We're desperate for reliable technical wingers with top quality control of the ball and ability pull defenders out of their shape as they carry.
You'd see midfielders and attackers dropping back to fill gaps, rather than having a lot of luck stealing the ball and setting off counter attacks.
A new 6 and a striker is great in theory, but honestly we've got a system that often wins the ball back high anyway and arguably the most deadly finisher in the league with back up options. I would rather spend all the money on better wingers and defensive depth.
We need new everything
@@thomasdavies2555 you need a new attitude fella
@@b3n3jbang on. All our forwards are runners who waste the ball, apart from kulu, but he doesn't trust his right foot. Puts so much pressure on the defense to handle transitions.
I would argue that our best winger at taking on their man right now is Timo Werner. Every game he's always taking his man on and sending it into the box from the left wing with his pace. I do think we need one more winger with similar features.
Which really says a lot about our winger situation.
@@Izrezarno it shows how underrated werner is
Bit of both
Not really werner is great at crossing and his pacey man hes rapid and great on the counter hes j not clinical and can make too many mistakes hes very underrated@Izrezar
It has been clearly evident that Ange likes wide players to play WIDE, Timo stays wide, takes a defender on and gets to the bye-line a THEN cuts the ball back across goal. For a classic example look at how he played Jota at Celtic..........The Aussie Spurs Fan
Please more videos from this guy, he is way better than the others
Agree on the winger issue, it’s the main problem currently, with possibly Neto coming in it will help most definitely but Bakayoko availability would edge us to another level. Solanke would be a good replacement for richarlison I think, his aerial dominance would help us massively, unfortunately Richarlison being injury prone hammers the attack. Kulusevski is gradually being switched to a 10/8 where he looked quite comfortable in preseason as he’s not a good winger.
Agreed Kulu 3 assists last season, 3! He isn't it as a winger, not much of a scorer either. I agree need Openda and Richy stays or get an aerial threat in for games where passing around isn't cutting it,
I think Neto would be a great fit. I'd be excited to see him in a Spurs shirt!
Man, don't trust that Dutch league, it's broken to core. It's way more probable that he would fail whatever random reason.
Tottenham don’t need another “fast striker” - they have that in Son. What they need is someone who is able to unlock tight defenses by being a presence in the box, a clinical striker with a good header on him. Richarlison can fulfill that role at times, but struggles with consistency.
Best Sensible Transfers video of this window! Excellent choices and not just linking rumored transfers like with the other teams.
Hey, really enjoyed the video and the names suggested and how they could impact Tottenham in a positive way. A little side note however that I would like to add is that after Jose Mourinho’s appointment as Fenerbahçe HC, the team have really took a firm stance against selling any players from their last years squad, and have said numerous times that they have not even considered 35M€ bids from unnamed clubs for Ferdi after the euros. So I would really doubt Tottenham known for being stingy with their transfer funds would splash more than 40M€ on a left back, just my opinion tho
You know it's a good sensible transfer episode when Alex has his hands on it!! Love seeing you man!
this is (as a spurs fan) the first time i’ve seen someone get this right, it looks like we’ll get solanke instead of openda but i think we’re getting him for the same reasons you addressed with openda
kadioglu and bakayoko would be perfect, literally couldn’t have named better players for what we need
ndicka would be good but i think 4th choice CB is a position im least worried about addressing this season, think ST / RW and full back cover is much more important
Great suggestions
Good video you did a great job! Werner's loans was extended btw, not perm yet. From the winger / attacker perspective - I don't think Ange wants to create predetermined positions for the attacking 3 (behind the striker role). Kulu has been RW and no.10 for example. Johnson & Werner (less so for the latter) have played both sides. So I think versatility is a key requirement for that position too.
As a Spurs fan, this is a really good video. Alex really knows his stuff.
Only issue here is we are right at the limit of foreign squad players, so realistically we can't be shopping across Europe for all these names here.
Great video best one so far from this series
Like the Evan N'Dicka shout
Attitude issues, big wages and reportedly rejected us in the past - I don’t think so
Good suggestions when accounted individually but Spurs have a lot of HG quota problems so these solutions are not really sensible if done in a package because Spurs need HG players.
Would have loved to see some HG options in the mix too because we desperately need those.
Exactly. I think the home grown problem has handicapped us in this transfer window but most fans won't understand.
Just a guess but do spurs need home grown players?
Not entirely true. Spurs are hurting specifically for "club-trained" homegrown players (players who have been with the club for 3 consecutive seasons before the season in which they turned 21). To register a full squad in Europe, each team needs to have 4 of these club-trained players and another 4 association-trained players (homegrown players from any other club). Spurs have plenty of association-trained players but are hurting for first team players that came from their own academy. This is why signing talented 18 year olds like Gray and Bergvall makes a lot of sense, as they will become club-trained in 3 years.
Basically, signing any homegrown player from another club is arbitrary and really doesn't help them with the quota at all, and they shouldn't buy any homegrown players just for the sake of it.
Openda and Bakayoko are fairly realistic but Kadioğlu and Ndicka as backups seams like a stretch imo.
To high in demand type of players to be a back up, also just to good to be an understudy
I think Cunha would be great, very underrated
Davies at CB wasn't the problem, Royal was.
Great video! 🖖
If Spurs want to be successful this season then Ange needs to adjust his tactics based on the players he has for the match.
As Alex mentions, when we lost our core team for X reason(s), we suffered. It was talked about all the time.
I loved the way we came out last season but I wasn't naive enough to think we could play that way as we started having injuries etc so it was disappointing that Ange did not adjust at least defensively.
Whoever we have at the close of the window is who we have. It's up to Ange to make those players successful and realize that going 'Leroy Jenkins' into to every match is not possible nor prudent.
If spurs keep all their players fit I think they can get top 4, but that’s a big if
I think Brennan Johnson has been bought for that right sided role, we should focus our attention on a striker as we need more of a presence in the box
You dont start a season with one rw, who is also better when coming off the bench.
You dont start a season with one rw, who is also better coming off the bench.
Ok so you want us to only have 1 right winger for the entire season?
@@bram4609shall we go through his career stats? He's not better coming off the bench. Did he do that for Forest? Does he do that for Wales? Seems like you are going off date from one season, how silly.
@@JamesHussain82 yes i base what I say on how he plays for us in his most recent season. Doesnt really make sense to expect him to play like he played for forest or wales, does it? I dont hate on him btw, i really like johnson, and i hope he can get more consistent when starting this season. However, that doesnt change the fact we need another rw to compete with him.
Big fan of the Ndicka and Kadioğlu calls. Kadioğlu was very impressive during the euros
This video is well done.
Understood every word 👌
Really good assessment and options provided ❤
Eze, Solanke, Neto are the targets. Maybe a different striker but those are the actual ones
Don't hate it, except Neto way too injury-prone, get Bakayoko instead.
Openda is good, but a physical presence capable of pressing and holding up the ball would be hugely beneficial to us. Can see why we’re after Solanke
Santiago gimenez should be here. His stats are pretty much identical to openda, but played 4 less games and started 4 less games too. 23 goals 6 assists. 99th percentile in npxG and 98th in non penalty goals. Hes taller, stronger and is a bigger aerial threat too.
Excellently presented!👏
The Turkish left back was really good at the euros.. I will be delighted if he joins
I hate the conjecture about "leaky defense" and only looking at the back 4. The entire team defends, especially in this high-pressing system, and the back 4 is the last line of defense. Look at positions around the pitch which will help them press and contain, not just in the back line.
Crazy how Minteh went to Brighton with relatively low level of interest in him, will be the best RW in the world soon!
Some good suggestions here. Thought would be usual expensive PL suggestions like Neto, Solanke, Toney etc
Ange needs a Besart Berisha type up top imho
Love it
And a Thomas broich
Openda is just unrealistic, £68m release clause that doesn't become active until next summer.
Bakayoko and Openda would be players I would have suggested without data just by watching them, I'd definitely sign now that data confirms it. Only thing is I'd want a 2nd option at ST more physical, aerial threat for when teams low block defend and neat passes aren't cutting it.
Solanke would be an amazing player for Tottenham. Chiesa might be a good winger option.
I find the video finding backups for us in a very similar profile to who we already have, I think we should be looking for players that add tactical depth too otherwise our plays are getting too one dimensional. With all due respect none of these are players we really need, maybe except for openda.
This is the best sensible transfers ever produced
Udogi was a fantastic signing, what a player
Openda is a big no for me, he is too similar to son. Unless son becomes the striker (wich would be a good idea) and openda becomes the backup/heir for him, then i wouldnt sign him, but son cant survive neither as a 1v1 winger by the touchline, so this change might be necessary, or postecoglu should adapt
I feel like the swed from Sporting would be a pretty good pick up his value is only like 40 mil
The dream is having these videos for my football manager save
Best case scenario Udogies backup could be solved by internal solutions. Djed Spence if he sorts his mentality out. Also feel Cuhna would be a downgrade on an already shaky Richarlison.
Can someone from within Spurs please look at this video because these signings are reeeeaaally good and they could take spurs to the next level. The transfer rumors right now for spurs does not bring me the same excitement as the one in the video!
Spurs must comply to demand of min amount of homegrown players and that makes us to look at English players on the market.
The biggest vulnerability of "Ange ball" is contrattacking actions by quality opposition when losing possession. We need Rodri-like player as DM
Excellent work!
Doku would slot in well. But he's busy warming the bench at City.
Fairly poor here. Missing that dragusin was brought in and Werner wasn’t made permanent but another loan for the season.
Great video :)
Just an opinion but I genuinely think we don't need a back up lb or lcb . We need two transfers a back up striker and creative midfielder like eze.
Reasons we don't need a lb or lcb
Jamie donley and djed Spence have been class this preseason and I hope they get an opportunity to play europa league or cup games.
Now lcb with only 20 days or less left in this transfer window i think atleast till January we can hold out on the lcb option and save some fund there really on the likes of dragusin and Philips.
We need to focus strongely on a st
Someone like a toney who I know will be going for at the end of this window because Brentford will sell him they are not gonna let him go for a free .
Other striker optiond like solanke and gyokeres even openda are too expensive at this point in time.
Now on a creative mid or winger likes of
Eze , Neto , bakayoko will be great but I believe we need to go all in one eze
Spence didn’t do at all well when he played there in the friendly - why ‘hold out’ when we can plug the gap now? It’s not the most important position to fill right now, but Ange doesn’t seem to feel Philips can do it yet and when we’re in five competitions I don’t want to really on a 19 year old attacking midfielder and Ben Davies to be our primary back up options…
@@noahrussell2043 no hate , I think you need to go back in your spare time and watch some of the performances djed Spence has put out this pre season against. Bayern especially defensively he was solid also he is really suited for that inverted full back role and he can play both lb and rb so we are actually sorted and we need to give our youth a chance players like donley need to be tested out at lb .
About a lcb I do agree with you . We might need one. But us being in 5 competitions isn't a new thing we are a top 4/ champions league club and I believe that our academy players has enough quality to start cup games in the early stages/ rounds. But for depth having a lcb isnt like you said our priority. So for now its best we don't spend money on that and focus on getting in prem proven players like eze and toney.
@@armaan7844 To be fair I didn’t see the Bayern game, only listened to the commentary so perhaps i was wrong about his performance, that was just the impression I’d got, but even so we should have a capable replacement in every position so I wouldn’t be happy to go into the season with him as cover for both left and right back.
I’d rather have a left sided defender than Eze though, I feel that’s more important, as he’s a luxury player who doesn’t really fit into the squad with Sonny as LW and Maddison and Kulu already occupying CAM.
You think Richarlison is “adept on the ball and good at linking play centrally?” He’s horrible at it
yeah - he's better at linking play centrally than Son but still very inconsistent and certainly worse than most other 9s in the league. it's probably one of his biggest weaknesses tbh.
So these are some points I’ll make as a Spurs fan before the video starts.
Firstly, I don’t believe anyone inside the club sees Kulusevski as a right winger anymore. Rather, Kulu has most frequently been used so far in pre season as the no. 9 as well as the 10 and the 8. It’s clear he’s going to be a central player for us this season making the emphasis on signing a new 8/10 less important whilst signing a new winger becomes crucial.
Next, and to nobody’s surprise, we need a striker. This will only be facilitated by Richarlison’s exit which is partly down to the fact that I believe the club now sees Kulusevski as competition for that striker role. It’s important that we sign the correct profile of player for our system to guarantee success as much as possible as strikers are typically the least predictable of new signings. On top of that, we are still having home-grown player status issues which brings me to Ivan Toney and Dominic Solanke. Solanke is currently in better form and is better suited to how we play, however will be the more expensive of the two.
In terms of our defense, even with Emerson leaving we won’t need to sign a new right back as Spence has been one of our standout performers in pre season and Archie Gray can also cover there. Our starting backline is fantastic and needs no improvement. I believe with Dragusin as our 3rd choice center back, we should designate the 4th choice to Ben Davies who proved reliable (and seemed better suited there than left back), meaning, for me, the only defensive player we need to recruit is a left back to compete with Udogie. Currently my pick would be Locko from Brest but I would also like the idea of Robinson from Fulham.
So that’s it for me, ideally this summer (on top of our official outgoings and incomings) we sell Richarlison to Saudi, Emerson to Milan, Skipp to a lower EPL side, Lo Celso, Reguilon and Solomon whilst bringing in a new right winger a Striker and a Left back. The most likely players for those three would probably be Neto, Solanke and Locko
The idea of Openda and bakayoko playing together on the regular 🤩🤩🤩
Unfortunately we only have one foreign player spot for Europe League registration, so we won't be signing four foreign players.
Excellent excellent analysis
A very thoughtful video.
Unfortunately none of these transfers consider the need for HG players. We've got the money to spend but we need HG players. I think Solanke is a decent signing, not for £55m however. Missing out on Neto is really tough but it makes sense for Neto who is injury prone to move to a £££ club and get an 8 year contract and sit in the club receiving treatment for most of that contract. For me we need Kadioglou and Bakayoko but we can't sign both unfortunately. If Emerson and Richarlison both leave then we will have freed up room for two non HG players.
great video, one note, i don't believe tottenham made the the werner transfer permanent, i think they just extended the loan another year
Terrible choice of striker. We need someone to hold up the ball in attack and help lay it off whilst being able to press well and be a good finisher.
I closely follow AS Roma. Ndicka might make sense for the Spurs but he's not for sale. Smalling is, and he's over 30
Who cares if he is or not for sale, it's Roma 🤣
Keep Smalling
@@tvojemamajetakthese PENmier league fans who think their farmers league is above all the others lol... Spurs should pay whatever they ask and pray the guy accepts playing for such a small club
@@tvojemamajetak wtf are you talking about
@@ViniciusLevy92 It's because simply all the other leagues have less money, except the Saudis, which is a retirement league. Nothing to do with quality, but simply that people cares less about all the other leagues, so Ndicka will want to come as he will get better money in a less racist country, perfect.
Ndicka wont leave Roma after just beingt bought and doesn't have the pace needed. A good alternative would be Lacroix
To show how lazy this has become....
This is literally is impossible with their squad registration
I like the insight and suggestions, but we need homegrown players, so unfortunately these signings arent sensible.
Openda & bakayoko are both unrealistic 😭
We have no money despite all the revenue..classic levy
@keanulee2142 all transfers are unrealistic as long as Levy is in charge. Levy only operates if there is a sale.
Amazing video.
This was interesting thanks.
Very good as always. However you lost me with the sentiment that richarlison is ‘good on the ball’ 😂😂😂
been saying we should sign bakayoko for ages now gutted they wont do it
Guys, or fanst..., I know u'll hate this but this rebuild will take 4-5 years minimum. That is what it took Klopp and he is really really good. I believe in Ange, but he is given limited means to invest in the squad upgrade or Angeball-type of players that he wants so expect it to be a long process.
Ndicka won't come here to be a backup to Vdv.
All other seem good. Openda looks impressive.
Cunha is a good shout but looks like we're going to pay 65m for solanke
realistic transfers and the first one is the only person that De Rossi has said is untouchable
Don’t think more defenders are required. A striker if Richarlison is sold and another right winger as Kulu will likely play in more central roles this season.
With only three real CBs, one LB + Ben Davies for all the normals comps + Europa - definitely need at least one more left sided defender!
I don't know much about these players but, if they want to close the gap, these players should also be good enough for Arsenal or City. Are they that good?
I don't think you factored in homegrown numbers with these picks. I like them all though, particularly Openda and Ndicka.
These would be reasonable purchases but the video fails to mention the homegrown issue Tottenham has this season as well as their desperate need for a holdup striker in some game-states last season
Great vid man but I don't think Opienda's price tag makes him a sensible transfer
Great now do one for Chelsea especially in terms of outgoings
Werner hasn't been made permanent - the loan has just been extended to end of this coming season.
i think pedro neto takes spurs to the next level if he stays fit ofc
The goblin Kings squire looks promising.
But don’t you think players like ndicka wouldn’t want to transfer to sit on the bench?
Bakayoko would be perfect for us. Surprised we arent linked
Good picks but I don't see Spurs getting much more business done in this window.
I think it's crazy that one is talking about Jonathan David as a striker option... Available for 40m and is a proven goal scorer in a top 5 league.
Before watching im going to go: LCB Lucumi RB Geertruida DM Stach RW Bakayoko ST Gyokeres
Much better than previous anchor
Do Ipswich please, rather than just the “big clubs”
Ron Weasley is bang on with the analysis.