Spurs scout Konoplyanka alternative
Tottenham Hotspur are currently scouting wingers or wide men who can play the inverted attacking midfielder role as one of the three behind the main striker. The club are not in the situation where we can just go out and spend spend spend as some supporters would have it.
Financial Fair Play dictates a club has to live within it's means and that means being able to service all loans. With a stadium to be built money will be tight so the model we have is to develop players from the academy and source cheaper players who will suit the 4-2-3-1 system and who are not big money stars.
To that end we have brought in Paul Mitchell who previously worked with Pochettino at Southampton. He is tasked with player recruitment so it's his responsibility to source and investigate in a very detailed manner potential purchases for approval by Pochettino.
Mitchell comes up with a series of players who are agreed by Pochettino or rejected, they are valued and placed in order of preference, Franco Baldini is then tasked with obtaining the best deal for the club.
Aaron Lennon is looking to be replaced, he has to be sold before anyone can be brought in and at the moment we can't bring in any non-home grown players, until we sell one so a summer deal for a winger is far more likely. Those who have their contract ending in the summer can be signed on a pre-contract agreement, otherwise it's looking to agree a deal in the summer.
Players who have finished their contracts like to get signing on fees so although they are free transfers you are still paying a small lump sum fee, West Ham centre-back Winston Reid for example, who is thought to have agreed a deal with Arsenal, is believed to want a £3 million ($4.5m - €4.01m) signing on fee.
Tottenham are scouting a number of wingers, Konoplyanka is one, another is Fede Cartabia.
Fede Cartabia Fact File
Name: Federico Nicolás Cartabia
Date of birth: Jan 20, 1993
Place of birth: Rosario Argentina
Age: 22
Height: 1.70 m (5ft 7in)
Nationality: Argentine or Italian
Position: Midfield - Left Wing
Foot: Left
In the team since: Jul 11, 2014
Contract until: 30.06.2015
On loan from: Valencia CF
Contract until: 30.06.2017
Transfermarkt Value: £4.4m ($6.6m - €5.89m)
Fede Cartabia - Argentine footballer who plays for Córdoba CF on loan from Valencia CF as a winger or an attacking midfielder. The 22-year-old has been one of club’s star performers this season and several Premier League clubs are scouting him including Tottenham. Cordoba have an option to buy Cartabia at the end of the season for £8 million ($11.89m - €10.70m). This he confirmed to the press in an interview in September, although he wants to return to Valencia.
Fede Cartabia Playing Fact File
League Stats: La Liga
Appearances: 15 (2)
Minutes: 1,346 (Equivalent to 14.95 games)
Goals: 3 (every 448 mins)
Assists: 5 (every 269 mins)
Goals/Assists: 8 (every 168 minutes)
Yellow: 6
Red: 0
Pass Success: 78.6%
An excellent dribbler, Cartabia can hold on to the ball and he contributes well defensively, is not afraid of a tackle, but his 6 yellow cards suggest a discipline problem. Being a dribbler he gets fouled a lot and likes to shoot from distance. As a wide man he cuts inside a lot so would fit Pochettino's system of play.
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Cordoba sit 14th in La Liga, 2 points above the relegation zone, the video below shows his game against one of the top sides, last seasons La Liga Champions Atlético Madrid. It has not been especially picked out but just a random choice against a top side to give an idea of the player in action. He seems to improve as the game goes on and clearly has a skill to develop.
Financial Fair Play dictates a club has to live within it's means and that means being able to service all loans. With a stadium to be built money will be tight so the model we have is to develop players from the academy and source cheaper players who will suit the 4-2-3-1 system and who are not big money stars.
To that end we have brought in Paul Mitchell who previously worked with Pochettino at Southampton. He is tasked with player recruitment so it's his responsibility to source and investigate in a very detailed manner potential purchases for approval by Pochettino.
Mitchell comes up with a series of players who are agreed by Pochettino or rejected, they are valued and placed in order of preference, Franco Baldini is then tasked with obtaining the best deal for the club.
Aaron Lennon is looking to be replaced, he has to be sold before anyone can be brought in and at the moment we can't bring in any non-home grown players, until we sell one so a summer deal for a winger is far more likely. Those who have their contract ending in the summer can be signed on a pre-contract agreement, otherwise it's looking to agree a deal in the summer.
Players who have finished their contracts like to get signing on fees so although they are free transfers you are still paying a small lump sum fee, West Ham centre-back Winston Reid for example, who is thought to have agreed a deal with Arsenal, is believed to want a £3 million ($4.5m - €4.01m) signing on fee.
Tottenham are scouting a number of wingers, Konoplyanka is one, another is Fede Cartabia.
Fede Cartabia Fact File
Name: Federico Nicolás Cartabia
Date of birth: Jan 20, 1993
Place of birth: Rosario Argentina
Age: 22
Height: 1.70 m (5ft 7in)
Nationality: Argentine or Italian
Position: Midfield - Left Wing
Foot: Left
In the team since: Jul 11, 2014
Contract until: 30.06.2015
On loan from: Valencia CF
Contract until: 30.06.2017
Transfermarkt Value: £4.4m ($6.6m - €5.89m)
Fede Cartabia - Argentine footballer who plays for Córdoba CF on loan from Valencia CF as a winger or an attacking midfielder. The 22-year-old has been one of club’s star performers this season and several Premier League clubs are scouting him including Tottenham. Cordoba have an option to buy Cartabia at the end of the season for £8 million ($11.89m - €10.70m). This he confirmed to the press in an interview in September, although he wants to return to Valencia.
“I really think this is going to be a good year for me. I work hard every day to make sure my learning continues. It’s a different type of environment from Valencia, we have to be more humble because our expectations are a lot different. My release clause at Valencia is 20 million euros but Córdoba have the option to sign me for 8 million, if my parent club agree to it.
"I’m still very young, I think I tried to do everything too fast at Los Che. I’m feeling much better now this is my second year in La Liga and we’re working on fixing up my game as best we can. Every game that comes I want to assert myself as an important player and to learn from such experiences.”He would appear to have the right mental attitude to work to improve every day, he used to go to work in the morning before training to help his family survive in Spain, such an experience can go a long way to keeping a players feet on the ground and keep him working at his game. He is young, he has potential and is a player we will be keeping an eye on for the rest of the season.
Fede Cartabia Playing Fact File
League Stats: La Liga
Appearances: 15 (2)
Minutes: 1,346 (Equivalent to 14.95 games)
Goals: 3 (every 448 mins)
Assists: 5 (every 269 mins)
Goals/Assists: 8 (every 168 minutes)
Yellow: 6
Red: 0
Pass Success: 78.6%
An excellent dribbler, Cartabia can hold on to the ball and he contributes well defensively, is not afraid of a tackle, but his 6 yellow cards suggest a discipline problem. Being a dribbler he gets fouled a lot and likes to shoot from distance. As a wide man he cuts inside a lot so would fit Pochettino's system of play.
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Cordoba sit 14th in La Liga, 2 points above the relegation zone, the video below shows his game against one of the top sides, last seasons La Liga Champions Atlético Madrid. It has not been especially picked out but just a random choice against a top side to give an idea of the player in action. He seems to improve as the game goes on and clearly has a skill to develop.
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