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Trippier arrival signals concerns over Walker fitness

Tottenham Hotspur have been negotiating with Kieran Trippier to join us this summer and by all accounts terms have been agreed and he'll be becoming a Spurs player soon.



The question I posed before when this story first broke was why are we signing him, are we concerned by Kyle Walker's fitness or because DeAndre Yedlin is not up to scratch yet.

DeAndre Yedlin had not impressed Pochettino in training but then produced two performances of promise in the games against Malaysia and Sydney. We have then sent a scout to watch and report back on his subsequent performances for USA.

From what I understand we have reservations over Walker, not his ability, but his fitness. He had an injury that can end a career. He recovered and played and played 22 games, 15 Premier League, 3 UEFA Europa League, 3 League Cup ties and an Under-21 game.

He then suffered a Malleolar injury (ankle) which kept him out for the rest of the season and he didn't make the AIA Cup squad for the two end of season games. When he returned he was rusty and that may well be the case next season. When you have a serious injury you tend to protect it, subconsciously or not, and that puts pressure on other joints and muscles that can then give way.

It took Younès Kaboul and extra season to recover having niggling little injuries and he hadn't returned to his best. To go into a season where Walker may have niggling injuries with only Yedlin as cover is asking for trouble. A third right-back will mean one playing in the UEFA Europa League and give us the option of loaning Yedlin out initially until January.

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3 comments

  1. Walker is a liability, sell him while we can get good money for him.
    Yedlin looks more than competent and whats happened to Fredricks?
  2. Trippier and Walker to fight for first choice with Dier as reserve would make the RB position extremely strong. I would send Yedlin out on loan to an English club. End of next season Walker, Yedlin and presumably Trippier will have at least 3 years left on their contracts which allows Tottenham to cash in on one of them and use this season to decide which two will be kept going forward. My moneys on Trippier and Yedlin. Side note, 3.5m for Trippier is a bargain and is worth the buy for the resale value if nothing else. If he has a good season, with European football under his bealt spurs could be looking at 10m.
  3. Trippier and Walker to fight for first choice with Dier as reserve would make the RB position extremely strong. I would send Yedlin out on loan to an English club. End of next season Walker, Yedlin and presumably Trippier will have at least 3 years left on their contracts which allows Tottenham to cash in on one of them and use this season to decide which two will be kept going forward. My moneys on Trippier and Yedlin. Side note, 3.5m for Trippier is a bargain and is worth the buy for the resale value if nothing else. If he has a good season, with European football under his bealt spurs could be looking at 10m.