Naughton should be leaving with our best wishes
Kyle Naughton's days at Tottenham have been numbered for a while and this season has been an unfortunate one for him.
Swansea were interested in taking him in the summer but as with any transfer, you don't sell until you have a replacement lined up. That was even more important with the position of Kyle Walker, who missed the run-in to the close of the season and still has not played. It would have been foolish to sell him then with DeAndre Yedlin signed but only with the agreement that he finish the USA season first. He is an exciting prospect with pace to burn but will obviously need to get used to a different standard of football.
The American has been obtaining his Latvian passport so he doesn't have to worry about a work permit and Kyle Walker has started training again so Kyle Naugton would probably slip down the pecking order next season.
Ryan Fredericks is on loan at Middlesbrough and is working on his game, specifically his defensive positioning so could well be third choice next season if he remains on Tottenham's books.
Naughton started pre-season well, looked to have improved and was then sent-off, rather harshly, against West Ham in the first game of the season. He was then left with little choice but to trip Victor Moses against Stoke thanks to his fellow defenders so now faces a second ban.
Eric Dier filled in and started well until teams worked out a weakness on his inside. Hardly his fault, he is a centre-back, but he has suffered recently and began to get fatigued playing so many games. He will now have to step in again, while still trying to learn the centre-back role so the club can release Vlad Chiriches.
A January sale will be dependent upon the progress of Walker but if he regains fitness and doesn't pick up the muscle injuries that often follow a long absence then he could leave during the winter transfer window. I would have though though that a summer sale is more likely.
Naughton has been a decent servant to Tottenham, always playing second fiddle to Walker but filling in at left-back on numerous occasions all while still on a low wage and helping our home-grown quota. He receives abuse from the mindless, but then who doesn't. When we sell him he should be leaving with our best wishes.
Swansea were interested in taking him in the summer but as with any transfer, you don't sell until you have a replacement lined up. That was even more important with the position of Kyle Walker, who missed the run-in to the close of the season and still has not played. It would have been foolish to sell him then with DeAndre Yedlin signed but only with the agreement that he finish the USA season first. He is an exciting prospect with pace to burn but will obviously need to get used to a different standard of football.
The American has been obtaining his Latvian passport so he doesn't have to worry about a work permit and Kyle Walker has started training again so Kyle Naugton would probably slip down the pecking order next season.
Ryan Fredericks is on loan at Middlesbrough and is working on his game, specifically his defensive positioning so could well be third choice next season if he remains on Tottenham's books.
Naughton started pre-season well, looked to have improved and was then sent-off, rather harshly, against West Ham in the first game of the season. He was then left with little choice but to trip Victor Moses against Stoke thanks to his fellow defenders so now faces a second ban.
Eric Dier filled in and started well until teams worked out a weakness on his inside. Hardly his fault, he is a centre-back, but he has suffered recently and began to get fatigued playing so many games. He will now have to step in again, while still trying to learn the centre-back role so the club can release Vlad Chiriches.
A January sale will be dependent upon the progress of Walker but if he regains fitness and doesn't pick up the muscle injuries that often follow a long absence then he could leave during the winter transfer window. I would have though though that a summer sale is more likely.
Naughton has been a decent servant to Tottenham, always playing second fiddle to Walker but filling in at left-back on numerous occasions all while still on a low wage and helping our home-grown quota. He receives abuse from the mindless, but then who doesn't. When we sell him he should be leaving with our best wishes.
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