Tottenham Transfer Talk
Tottenham Transfer Talk
Thank you to the Athletic. You will have read my article from the 20th February on the mentality issues of Troy Parrot and a few days after this is pinned to my Twitter profile the Athletic writes an article to suggest exactly the same thing. A pleasure to help you out with ideas chaps.
Parrott, another with the wrong mental attitude?
An update on that front, things are now looking a lot more positive with Parrott seeming to accept that his attitude hasn't been what it should have been. Fingers crossed that he has turned an important corner.
In other striker news, Harry Kane is once again ahead of schedule in his recovery from his hamstring injury picked up against Southampton. Mousa Sissoko is ahead of schedule too.
Right, on with the Tottenham Transfer Talk on Friday.
I mentioned it in January, but Spurs have negotiated a deal to bring 21-year-old (22 in June) QPR attacking midfielder Eberechi Eze to Spurs in the summer. It is part of the reason we have loaned players to QPR this season.
It is a done deal and has been so for a month from everything I hear.
Tottenham have a midfield problem where the shield in front of the back four isn't good enough and there is a lack of ability to beat the press too.
In other striker news, Harry Kane is once again ahead of schedule in his recovery from his hamstring injury picked up against Southampton. Mousa Sissoko is ahead of schedule too.
Right, on with the Tottenham Transfer Talk on Friday.
I mentioned it in January, but Spurs have negotiated a deal to bring 21-year-old (22 in June) QPR attacking midfielder Eberechi Eze to Spurs in the summer. It is part of the reason we have loaned players to QPR this season.
It is a done deal and has been so for a month from everything I hear.
Tottenham have a midfield problem where the shield in front of the back four isn't good enough and there is a lack of ability to beat the press too.
Harry Winks is being passed too easily on the edge of our box, Eric Dier lacks the mobility but does possess aerial power, Mousa Sissoko is poor positionally preventing us from building from the back, Ndombele hasn't yet found any fitness, Skipp is still developing and only Giovani Lo Celso seems to be up to scratch.
Jose Mourinho, therefore, has us looking at possible replacements or reinforcements.
Over to Germany now and Hoffenheim midfielder Florian Grillitsch is on our radar. The 24-year-old (25 in August) is also being tracked by Newcastle United, Southampton, Inter Milan, and Arsenal
The Austrian international central midfielder has played 16 times for his country scoring one goal vs Luxembourg. He has been in the squad 28 times, started 11 games and been used as a sub in 5 games. He has also been injured for 6 games and obviously had to miss those too.
There has been plenty of speculation that Tottenham are among the clubs interested in Barçalona's left-back Marc Cucurella who is catching the eye this season.
The 21-year-old (22 in July) is on loan at Getafe but has been playing primarily as a left-sided midfielder.
We are led to believe the Spanish U-21 international (5 caps, 1 goal vs Montenegro U-21's) has a release clause of €25m (£21.09m) that Atlético, Sevilla Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and Arsenal are also tracking.
Barça will receive 40% of any possible sale popular Spanish radio station Cadena Cope report, which will mean they get 40% of any profit, not any transfer fee.
Atlético Madrid have made an informal enquiry and back in 2017 Manchester City tried to sign him.
Atlético Madrid have made an informal enquiry and back in 2017 Manchester City tried to sign him.
He is quick, good on the ball and can whip in a very good ball whilst carrying out his defensive duties very well.
Tottenham Hotspur are showing a strong interest in signing him. , as a result of Getafe CF’s strong season so far. Cucurella can be signed permanently by Getafe for €6m (£5.13m).
Tottenham Hotspur are showing a strong interest in signing him. , as a result of Getafe CF’s strong season so far. Cucurella can be signed permanently by Getafe for €6m (£5.13m).
Over to Germany now and Hoffenheim midfielder Florian Grillitsch is on our radar. The 24-year-old (25 in August) is also being tracked by Newcastle United, Southampton, Inter Milan, and Arsenal
The Austrian international central midfielder has played 16 times for his country scoring one goal vs Luxembourg. He has been in the squad 28 times, started 11 games and been used as a sub in 5 games. He has also been injured for 6 games and obviously had to miss those too.
Grillitsch is under contract with the Bundesliga outfit until 2022 and has a release clause to the Premier League of €25m (£21.09m). To show how clubs inflate the fee of a player if an English club wants to sign a player, his release clause to anyone other than a Premier League club is only €20m (£17.09m).
The same applies to wages their agent asks for which then makes them a more difficult player to sell if they don't perform to expectation at the club.
The same applies to wages their agent asks for which then makes them a more difficult player to sell if they don't perform to expectation at the club.
A transfer is fraught with far more danger than the man in the street realises, such discrimination is rife and demonstrates the resentment clubs in Europe have for the commercial success of the Premier League.
Still on the subject of Germany, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg used to play for Bayern Munich. Now at Southampton, he is attracting the attention of Tottenham, Everton and Leicester City.
Still on the subject of Germany, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg used to play for Bayern Munich. Now at Southampton, he is attracting the attention of Tottenham, Everton and Leicester City.
The Danish international has changed his agent to Pini Zahavi, surely a move that signals he is looking to move to a bigger club with Champions League football.
Could that club be Tottenham?
We showed interest in him in January but Southampton wasn't interested in letting him move on. His contract expires in 2021 and Southampton have a policy of moving players on rather than letting them run down their contract and become a worthless asset.
Zahavi will undoubtedly be busy this summer.
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