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How much summer movement is expected at Tottenham?
National World - LocalTV
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18/03/2025
A look ahead to the summer and possible business.
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Just on the summer, how much movement do you feel there will be out of the club? Obviously
00:07
we don't really know the managerial situation. It's probably likely that we can say that
00:10
Ange might not be in the dugout come the start of next season. That turnover period of manager
00:18
to signings is really, really tight. We've mentioned the young core to the team. Maybe
00:24
that could be the saving grace at the start of next season for Spurs. Do you see a lot
00:28
of movement in the summer in terms of outgoings? Who could they bring in? What sort of areas
00:34
do they need to improve on?
00:36
Yes, I think so. There's going to be big question marks over Romero in the future. That's the
00:43
big one. Two years left on his deal. Will he engage in tops or sign a new contract?
00:48
I hope so because he's a terrific player. I think he's never quite hit the heights consistently
00:53
for Spurs, which has been a disappointment. Again, he's suffered with his fitness, so
00:58
centre-back is going to be a position we need to look at anyway because we have only got
01:02
three natural centre-backs. Ben Davies is coming to the end of his contract. Terrific
01:06
servant for Spurs. Will he get another 12 months potentially as a squad player? Again,
01:11
he gets a lot of stick, Ben Davies, but there's certainly been worse people and players at
01:15
Spurs over that past 10 years. So, centre-back will be really, really interesting and again
01:21
a position we need to fill. Will we go back in for Mark Gaye after a failed effort there
01:26
come the end of January? This time around, the central midfielder, as I say, Bissouma,
01:31
I can't see him being at Spurs next season. I think there's a lot of talk about Benton
01:35
Kerr maybe getting another contract. I actually feel sorry for Benton Kerr because he's a
01:40
Rolls-Royce of a midfielder on his game. He's obviously had some horrendous injury problems
01:45
and now when he plays, he's just woefully exposed as part of the system as we've just
01:50
been speaking about. The midfield has been such a wide open space. He's covering the
01:54
work of three players, albeit he has lost a bit of form and a little bit of fitness.
01:58
You can see the confidence. When I was there a couple of weeks ago, it had just drained
02:02
out of him and he's another one who's really suffering on current form. Johnny Cardoso,
02:07
this is the American midfielder. We've got the option on from Real Betis. He's doing
02:13
very, very well in La Liga this season. £25m buy option, I think, before the end of July
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for him. I could see him coming in, which would be a good move, but obviously we don't
02:22
want to block the paths of Val and Gray, but we do need some experience in that midfield
02:27
and general leadership in terms of the team, particularly in the midfield at the back,
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as I say. Then if you look at the front positions, I still think we're short. There's a question
02:36
mark over Matthias Tell. He's shown flashes. Again, he's a very, very young man. He's scored
02:43
a good goal in the FA Cup against Aston Villa, but has petered out a little bit ever since,
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albeit we know the reasons around the team and not playing particularly well at the moment
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in the Premier League form, etc. So, do we take the option on him for £50m? That feels
02:57
like a little bit of a leap of faith at the moment, to be honest with you. That said,
03:02
there's clearly a talented player there. You don't play for Bayern Munich if you're not
03:06
a talented player, so that'll be interesting. Then you're looking at potentially the likes
03:10
of Brennan Johnson. He's got 14 goals this season, but has been really, really poor,
03:16
almost like he doesn't trust his hamstrings after some significant injury problems over
03:21
the past eight, nine months. He's always there at the back post to finish off, but his general
03:26
play is extremely poor. We've just seen the impact Wilson Odebrecht has had in the Europa
03:33
League. So, I'd be a little bit worried if I was Brennan Johnson at the moment. He was
03:36
hooked at half-time against Fulham as well, which is never good for your confidence.
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And then the striker position, he's got Solanke back in the mix now, really great Solanke.
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He's been a very, very good signing for Spurs this season. We've definitely missed him when
03:50
he's been out injured. But then there's Richarlison. Do we look to cash in on Richarlison? Again,
03:56
you just can't seem to get him on the pitch, which has curtailed his career. When he had
04:01
a run last season, he scored, it might have been eight, nine goals, ten goals on the bounce,
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and then looked really, really good. But I just wonder whether we could ever get him
04:09
back to that level in terms of his fitness, really. So, do we look to move Richarlison
04:13
on and fill that striker gap? But I think overall, with the right coach and the right
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coaching methods, there's the nucleus there of a really, really strong side. It just needs
04:24
augmenting with those key positions I've just outlined and some more leadership in that mix.
04:32
And speaking of leaders, is Seung Min Song going to still be at Spurs next season?
04:36
No, he's signed the contract extension. But do Spurs look to cash in now? Is it a form
04:43
issue? Is it the fact that he's getting on a bit, he's played a lot of football,
04:48
still a quality player and he's shown flashes this season. But is the time right for Song
04:53
to move on? Should he get a big money offer from the likes of the MLS or Saudi Arabia?
04:59
Who knows? But as I say, the squad's not a million miles away. I still strongly believe
05:05
that. But the system, the set-up's just not working. And we definitely need some
05:09
players to help us there in terms of that augmentation, in terms of leadership and senior pros.
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