Spurs Transfer Chat

There you go, some people will listen to journalists!

Ahead of the game telling you Djed Spence was a part of the Radu Drăgușin deal with Genoa, who can buy him for €8m (£6.88m) in the summer and we received a £1m loan fee from Leeds United.

Additionally, there was nothing from me about Bayern Munich interest, blown out of all proportion by social media latching onto clickbait stories from journalists.

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Two in already and we want two more but it depends upon outgoings. 

As I have consistently said, Spurs will bring in a midfielder IF Piere-Emile Højbjerg leaves. 

Spurs are happy to let Højbjerg leave and he is keen to depart, knowing he isn't a first-choice starter but we want a guaranteed sale, not a loan and clubs want to take him on loan.

There is AFCON to consider of course but if we can upgrade the squad by moving him on and replacing him we will.

Since Ange Postecoglou has arrived Tottenham have signed 10 players costing £239 million and some hared-hearted are suggesting Postecoglou isn't being back. 

What world these people are living in is a mystery, a virtual reality world instead of a reality world perhaps.

Lloyd Kelly

Lloyd Kelly, the 25-year-old (26 in October) Bournemouth centre-back is still on our radar.

He is homegrown, an England U-20 international, left-footed and out of contract in the summer so has a lot of off-field positives, quite apart from his on-field game which includes strong ball retention qualities.

VfB Stuttgart, Juventus and AC Milan all interested and will be making advances to him now, however, he very keenly wants to join Tottenham. 

He can provide left-back cover and we'd like to bring him in if possible.

Morten Frendrup

Tottenham are eyeing up 23-year-old (24 in April) Genoa central midfielder Morten Frendrup.

Genoa signed the Dane in January 2022 for €3.90 million (£3.36m)  from Bröndby who are entitled to €1.2 million (£1.03m) in bonus and have a 15% (of any profit) sell-on clause.

Postecoglou likes versatility and Frendrup is an energetic all-rounder with excellent ball-winning abilities. He also has experience at both full-back and wing-back on both the left and right.

I should point out that Connor Gallagher remains the first choice, partly because he is homegrown but he wants to remain at Chelsea, although they possibly need to sell to help adhere to the new sustainability rules that took over from Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.

Lloyd kelly, for the same homegrown reason, is probably ahead of Frendrup in our pecking order.

Timo Werner

As I said before, I'm excited to see Timo Werner arrive because there is a high-quality player in there that needs resurrecting.

Do that and he is almost instantly worth 60m more than we will be paying for him if we decide to keep him, which obviously we will do if he is a success.

He is excellent off the ball, with a high work rate and movement when attacking, which creates space for others.

On the ball, he is excellent running at players, including his time at Chelsea so I think he is going to be providing plenty of chance creation and if we can recapture his dormant goalscoring talent then we will have quite a player on our books.

Spurs are a team who run with the ball at opponents, we are 2nd in the Premier League for progressive carries this season, with only Manchester City ahead of us.

Successful take-ons of opponents, Spurs also sit 2nd behind Wolverhampton Wanderers, 3rd for carries into the final third and easily 1st for carries into the opposition penalty box with 198 carries ahead of 169 for Man City and 159 for our North London rivals.

Gareth Bale used to run at the byline and cross the ball across the 6-yard box, Timo Werner does the same, but not so prolifically as Bale used to do.

He is arguably the best player Tottenham have had with this skill since the Welshman. Time will tell, but his signing, initially on loan is intriguing.

Statistics show that at Chelsea he outperformed most other forwards running at opponents, so he is proven at one essential skill for our system.

If you delve into his Chelsea stats, carrying the ball he is right up there, particularly into the opposition box so potentially, Spurs have an absolute bargain on their hands.

Werner works hard off the ball, as do Spurs, we are top of the league for winning the ball back in the final third and having a shot after a turnover Tottenham are 2nd (just 3 off the top) and joint top for goals scored from these turnovers.

The German international fits in well with this style of play and again, at Chelsea, his stats for blocking passes put him in the top echelons.

One to keep a close eye on.

COYS