Lennon to Everton is no foregone conclusion
It has been assumed by many that Aaron Lennin to Everton is a foregone conclusion after his loan move there is January.
Players tend to make the right noises when on loan at clubs to show the fans they are medicated to their temporary home.. The assumption from Everton fans is that he joined them in search of first-team football, which is not actually the case. He joined because he was forced out of Tottenham, having played a part in the November arguments.
There are two pools of thought and thus two rumours came out the club, one that Pochettino had no problem with him after he explained his side of the story, that he was merely sticking up for his friends. He apologized it all was well. However he has hardly played despite the consistent failures of Townsend and Lamela so another school of thought is that he has burnt too many bridges at Spurs.
What has been clear throughout though is that he doesn't want to leave, he didn't want to go on loan but was informed he wouldn't be playing, even then he didn't want to go to Hull City and clubs at the bottom of the league. There wereonly four clubs he would entertain, Liverpool, Southampton, West Ham and Everton. West Ham would have been difficult but regardless of what some Spurs fans think, he is a top eight player, as he has once again proved at Everton. Everton do not play the Tottenham system, we do not play with wingers, but wide attackers. Whether Lennon could adapt to that role is arguable but in the right system where he can use his pace he is still a force.
Lennon will have one year left on his contract in the summer so Spurs will need to sell him rather than loan him out for a season, We need to raise funds for purchases of our own. Removing his £55,000 a week wages would allow them to be spent on someone like Andre Ayew, available on a free from Marseilles this summer.
Everton have always balked at the fee and his wages but he has surprised their fans and shown he is worth the same as Mirallas, who may not be on Pochettino's shopping list this summer. Our policy of buying players under 27 unless they are special rules him out, Mirallas is 28 in October and not in the Rafael van der Vaart bracket.
No doubt more posturing to be done by all sides to engineer a suitable deal but much will depend on how Lennon feels about his wages. Is he prepared to lower them, will he seek a move elsewhere, will Everton put their hands in their pocket or will Lennon dig his heels in at Tottenham.
Having been on loan you wouldn't expect to see him back playing for Tottenham, but this is football and anything can happen yet.
Players tend to make the right noises when on loan at clubs to show the fans they are medicated to their temporary home.. The assumption from Everton fans is that he joined them in search of first-team football, which is not actually the case. He joined because he was forced out of Tottenham, having played a part in the November arguments.
There are two pools of thought and thus two rumours came out the club, one that Pochettino had no problem with him after he explained his side of the story, that he was merely sticking up for his friends. He apologized it all was well. However he has hardly played despite the consistent failures of Townsend and Lamela so another school of thought is that he has burnt too many bridges at Spurs.
What has been clear throughout though is that he doesn't want to leave, he didn't want to go on loan but was informed he wouldn't be playing, even then he didn't want to go to Hull City and clubs at the bottom of the league. There wereonly four clubs he would entertain, Liverpool, Southampton, West Ham and Everton. West Ham would have been difficult but regardless of what some Spurs fans think, he is a top eight player, as he has once again proved at Everton. Everton do not play the Tottenham system, we do not play with wingers, but wide attackers. Whether Lennon could adapt to that role is arguable but in the right system where he can use his pace he is still a force.
Lennon will have one year left on his contract in the summer so Spurs will need to sell him rather than loan him out for a season, We need to raise funds for purchases of our own. Removing his £55,000 a week wages would allow them to be spent on someone like Andre Ayew, available on a free from Marseilles this summer.
Everton have always balked at the fee and his wages but he has surprised their fans and shown he is worth the same as Mirallas, who may not be on Pochettino's shopping list this summer. Our policy of buying players under 27 unless they are special rules him out, Mirallas is 28 in October and not in the Rafael van der Vaart bracket.
No doubt more posturing to be done by all sides to engineer a suitable deal but much will depend on how Lennon feels about his wages. Is he prepared to lower them, will he seek a move elsewhere, will Everton put their hands in their pocket or will Lennon dig his heels in at Tottenham.
Having been on loan you wouldn't expect to see him back playing for Tottenham, but this is football and anything can happen yet.
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