Tottenham keep tabs on young Italian striker
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Tottenham continue to monitor players, as all clubs do regardless of whether they need players or not. Certainly Mauricio Pochettino's side do need further players and a striker is definitely a required target.
Emmanuel Adebayor puts the effort in when he feels like it ti seems and Roberto Soldado, whilst being a goalscorer has lost that art at the moment, although the team are not helping much. As Steve Archibald pointed out in his tweets during the League Cup tie against Nottingham Forest, Soldado seems to be the last person they want to pass to. When he did score we promptly took him off.
Harry Kane is learning his craft and is blowing hot and cold. He can sometimes look like Bambi on ice, all legs and no coordination but at other times plays quality through balls and bangs the ball in the back of the net. With Kane not yet the finished article and being unable to rely on either Adebayor or Soldado, the need for striking reinforcements is obvious.
Tottenham would prefer to sign a proven young forward and one youngster we have been watching is 22-year-old once capped Italian striker Manolo Gabbiadini. He plays for Sampdoria who only own 50% of his economic rights, his former club Juventus still hold the other 50%. These deals common in Europe and very common in Italy are not allowed in the Premier League, a club must own 100%.
Tottenham have seen the difficulties first-hand dealing with third parties, We couldn't sign Joao Moutinho when the third party wouldn't sign the paperwork despite a dealbeing agreed, negotiations for Leandro Damiao went on for years with all his family to deal with and Mateo Masacchio couldn't be bought because Villarreal, who own 35% of him, wanted 76% of the transfer fee.
The player’s agent, Silvio Pagliari, admits his client is flattered by interest in him but will make no decisions now. La Liga champions and UEFA Champions League runners-up Atletico Madrid are also watching Gabbiadini and had sporting director Andrea Berta run an eye over him at the weekend.
The downside is that he has a contract until 2019 although transfermarkt value him at £9.68 million ($15.67m - €12.45m) 2 goals in 3 Serie A games and 3 goals in 4 games overall is early stages. Last season he scored 8 goals in 34 appearances in the Italian league so while he can score goals is hardly what you would call prolific at this stage and with no Premier League experience would be quite a gamble to take.
Our policy is to buy proven Premier League ability where possible so while we will continue to monitor his progress, a deal looks unlikely.
Emmanuel Adebayor puts the effort in when he feels like it ti seems and Roberto Soldado, whilst being a goalscorer has lost that art at the moment, although the team are not helping much. As Steve Archibald pointed out in his tweets during the League Cup tie against Nottingham Forest, Soldado seems to be the last person they want to pass to. When he did score we promptly took him off.
Harry Kane is learning his craft and is blowing hot and cold. He can sometimes look like Bambi on ice, all legs and no coordination but at other times plays quality through balls and bangs the ball in the back of the net. With Kane not yet the finished article and being unable to rely on either Adebayor or Soldado, the need for striking reinforcements is obvious.
Tottenham would prefer to sign a proven young forward and one youngster we have been watching is 22-year-old once capped Italian striker Manolo Gabbiadini. He plays for Sampdoria who only own 50% of his economic rights, his former club Juventus still hold the other 50%. These deals common in Europe and very common in Italy are not allowed in the Premier League, a club must own 100%.
Tottenham have seen the difficulties first-hand dealing with third parties, We couldn't sign Joao Moutinho when the third party wouldn't sign the paperwork despite a dealbeing agreed, negotiations for Leandro Damiao went on for years with all his family to deal with and Mateo Masacchio couldn't be bought because Villarreal, who own 35% of him, wanted 76% of the transfer fee.
The player’s agent, Silvio Pagliari, admits his client is flattered by interest in him but will make no decisions now. La Liga champions and UEFA Champions League runners-up Atletico Madrid are also watching Gabbiadini and had sporting director Andrea Berta run an eye over him at the weekend.
“All this interest in Manolo can only be flattering for us, but he is very happy at Sampdoria. We will talk about the future in the summer.”
The downside is that he has a contract until 2019 although transfermarkt value him at £9.68 million ($15.67m - €12.45m) 2 goals in 3 Serie A games and 3 goals in 4 games overall is early stages. Last season he scored 8 goals in 34 appearances in the Italian league so while he can score goals is hardly what you would call prolific at this stage and with no Premier League experience would be quite a gamble to take.
Our policy is to buy proven Premier League ability where possible so while we will continue to monitor his progress, a deal looks unlikely.
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