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Spurs Summer Transfer Window Day 74

Spurs Summer Transfer Window Day 74


It's Monday morning and Spurs sit in the Top $ despite not playing well for the last couple of games, but still we have seven points, so plenty of positives to take to have a happy day.

Today is Spurs Summer Transfer Window Day 74 and yesterday I enjoyed a day with my daughter, her partner and my wonderful two and a half year old grandson at the air show and car show.

He loves planes so his parents were keen to bring him along and it's great to see him watch and say 'WOW' when he sees a planes flying past fast.

His favourite was the chinook helicopter aerobatics.

It all ended with the famous Red Arrows putting on a display.

We all read a game in a different way, e all see a performance in a different ay, indeed people read this blog in a different ay, some ith an agenda ho misinterpret everything for their on ends and others ho enjoy it for hat it is, something different from the norm, something researched, something calls on experience and an edumakation.

Former Spurs midfielder Danny Murphy felt that Bentancur as Tottenham's best player, man of the match went to Højbjerg, ho for me put in a shift interspersed with mistakes, although everyone made mistakes, while I gave it to the dangerous Perišić.

Spurs Summer Transfer Window Day 74

Just look at the way he has managed to wrap his foot around the ball, which was heading out of play, for the Harry Kane header in the first half.

Ryan Sessegnon wouldn't have achieved that cross.

I am always keen to hear a foreign viewpoint, perhaps why I do so much research in the foreign media so I though I'd bring you player ratings from Italy.

They are from journalist Massimiliano Rincione from the Tuscany region of Italy. So ho as his Man of the Match?

TOTTENHAM-WOLVERHAMPTON 1-0

TOTTENHAM

Lloris 6 - Inoperative for large sections of the race, leads the defence.

Sánchez 5 - A little too late in some circumstances, it makes Romero regret it.

Dier 6 - Rocky, holds a hit on the opponents.

Davies 5.5 - Light in some closures, not his best race.

Emerson 5 - Shy in some circumstances, goes too far back.

Højbjerg 6 - Battle hard in midfield, asserting himself.

Bentancur 5.5 - He does not manage some restarts in the best way, losing a playing time.

Perišić 6.5 - Always slippery on the wing, it accompanies the action.
From 76 mins Sessegnon -

Kulusevski 6 - He tries to outgass all the time, his teammates don't always follow him.
From 86 mins Bissouma -

Son 5.5 - Not his best race, he wastes too much.
From 75 mins Richarlison 6 - Enter with the right determination on the pitch.

Kane 7 - Always the most dangerous of his, man everywhere.

Antonio Conte 6 - Revitalizes his team in the second half, giving them another look.

Man of the Match: Harry Kane

They sound like realistic assessments to me and I like the fact that he gives his reasons why players didn't perform better rather than what they did to achieve a score.

It highlights areas that need work and the glaring one is a problem we consistently have, going backwards too much, something he felt Emerson as our right wing-back was guilty of too much.

7 - Kane
6.5 - Perišić
6 - Lloris, Dier, Højbjerg, Kulusevski, Richarlison, (Conte)
5.5 - Davies, Bentancur, Son
5 - Sánchez, Emerson Royal
No score - Sessegnon, Bissouma

I have seen others give Man of the Match to Kulusevski, but our Italian friend, from a nation with a defensive mindset, thought to defenders ere our worst to players on the field, Davinson Sánchez and Emerson Royal.

Do you agree with that assessment?

Spurs Summer Transfer Window Day 74

Chelsea lost, West Ham lost, Manchester City dropped points again so Spurs sit a healthy third, too early to matter but better there than where Manchester United are, or even Chelsea.

I wonder who the Chelsea petition is against this week!

Ivan Perišić demonstrated for 76 minutes that he is a different level to Ryan Sessegnon in my view, producing crosses out of nothing.

He is the level all our wing-backs have to aspire to and it is great for them he is tutoring them in training.

He is worth every penny of the transfer fee!

Spurs once again demonstrated against Wolves that we create better chances than the opposition with possession being 50-50 but Spurs had 4 shots on target to Wolves 3.

Spurs had 99 attacks, 76 dangerous attacks, Wolves had 89 attacks, 63 dangerous attacks.

Son didn't pass to Kane for an easy goal in our first home game and he didn't pass to Perišić in this one for another easy finish.

Two goals from set pieces this season suggests that Gianni Vio is worth his weight, which I for one am delighted to see.

I'll now have to keep an eye on our throw-ins to see if they are improving or if they are not a part of his remit. The 'untapped' area needs work, every little 'extra' can make a difference.

Spurs have a strong Italian influence making footballing decisions at the club now and for me the way we are behaving is becoming more professional, now that we generate the funds to achieve our goals.

Daniel Levy has built the club to be a big club, now on the brink of trophies, the next step was upgrading the football side with the money the business generates.

Bringing in the right people was key to that and we turned to another of Europe's top clubs to achieve that by appointing Fabio Paratici and giving him the authority to 'run' the football side of things.

As a result we have a top manager, we are working on and take more notice of my pet 'mentality' before we buy players, allowing them to integrate quicker.

How long did it take the undoubtedly talented Érik Lamela to settle and how long has it taken Dejan Kulusevski, Cristian Romero, Rodrigo Bentancur, Richarlison or Ivan Perišić.

Mentality has achieved that, not only theirs but the mentality of the environment too, an overlooked aspect by many, well, not my readers.

I do feel the mistake Spurs have made pre-Paratici is simply an understanding of the difference mentality makes and that includes from previous managers.

Winning mentalities are everything and I am all for changing a manager who proves not to have the level of winning mentality a club needs to be successful.

Even if you can not afford the top players, either transfer fee or salary, then you must seek players with the mentality, not just the skill, to make a difference to a club.

That could have been achieved with psychologists or though a recruitment team that understands mentality.

That is the real reason we haven't picked up more trophies, not placing enough importance on mentality purchases with the requisite skill levels.

Pundit Quote

Former Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas on Emerson Royal:
“He went to war with Zaha [Crystal Palace] probably not knowing what he was getting into (on his debut) and got found out.

“But I think again a bit of guidance, bit of structure, a bit of understanding about how Antonio Conte wants him to play and he really developed towards the end of last season.

“You know, there was talk of him leaving at one point but he’s nailed down his spot.”

Transfer Snippets

"Malinovskyi, Tottenham horizon", was the headline of the Corriere di Bergamo, the provinces daily newspaper, on Saturday morning.


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FURTHER READING

Sergio Reguilón

Lazio and Inter have reportedly agreed a fee for 35-year-old (35 next February) centre-back Francesco Acerbi to replace Tottenham linked Milan Škriniar, who will surely now get his move to PSG.

Acerbi will cost Inter €500,000 on loan and around €4m and they'll receive around €50m for Škriniar, raising a substantial amount of the funds they need to raise this transfer window to meet their loan payments.

Once that is completed Lazio will look at a loan move for Emerson of Chelsea or Sergio Reguilón of Spurs, paying only a part of their salaries.

Lazio have Durmisi and Fares as full-backs, in addition to Akpa Akpro, Raul Moro and Kamenovic who are available for transfer. 

They may have to look to release one of those before bringing in Emerson or Reguilón, so don't expect any imminent movement.

Jack Thompson

Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester City are all watching 15-year-old (16 in December) Derby County U-18 goalkeeper Jack Thompson.

Chelsea have a domestic sanction on them so can not legally make an approach for the young keeper.

It's rather like the holy grail an English goalkeeper playing in the senior team as it frees up an outfield non-homegrown player place in the squad.

Clubs are continually scoring for English goalkeepers and Thompson is marked down as a potential future star.

His style has been compared to Jordan Pickford and he is described as a modern goalkeeper who is good with his feet.

Derby County, managed by former England captain Wayne Rooney, are still in administration (over 6 months now) so any cash injection is welcome thus Spurs could pick up a high potential youngster to develop.

They fielded 7 players who have come through their academy on Saturday.

Thompson is an England youth international and has represented his county at the Under-15s and 16s age groups.

The Rams are developing a reputation within the game for bringing talent through the Moor Farm Academy and Thompson could be another moving to a Premier League club following in the footsteps of Liam Delap (Manchester City), Kaide Gordon (Liverpool) and Dylan Williams (Chelsea).

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