Players Spurs must keep a hold of during the summer window

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A look at the most important parts of the summer for Spurs.

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00:00And James, let's just look ahead to Spurs' summer.

00:04Now, obviously, we've mentioned there are still a few players

00:08that they do have to keep it in terms of the squad going into next season,

00:13you know, manager if changes or not.

00:17Who are the players you feel that Spurs have to keep,

00:20that Spurs, you know, have to really nail down?

00:23You know, we've mentioned a number of times

00:24that the younger players have been the shining light

00:26of such an abysmal season.

00:28Are the likes of those the key sort of players

00:32to take the Spurs forward next season?

00:34And obviously, you know, the likes of James Madison,

00:36Heung-Min Son, where does their future stand

00:38in terms of, you know, seeing this Spurs rebuild

00:41across, you know, what has to be said,

00:43a massive summer in terms of Tottenham Hotspur?

00:47Yeah, it's a huge summer.

00:49And I think that's, again, part of the reason

00:51why I think we should announce Sanchez's departure now,

00:53because we need to start planning.

00:54You know, we can't keep hold of him until the Europa League final.

00:57Should we win that?

00:58We could be in an Eric Ten Hagman United situation

01:00when they won the Cup last year.

01:02They decided to keep Ten Hag on,

01:04and then they got rid of him halfway through this season,

01:06and it ends up being another disaster for United.

01:08So I really don't want that to be the case for Spurs.

01:10So you're right, huge summer.

01:12We need to get on with the planning.

01:14I think in terms of who we want to keep,

01:15we obviously, you know, we want to start building the team

01:17around that core of the youth, you know,

01:19the likes of Archie Gray, who, you know,

01:21he's had a rough ride this season, I must admit.

01:23He's come in and filled in at centre-back when we've needed him.

01:26He's played right back.

01:29But now there's nothing riding on the league.

01:30He still can't get a game in midfield.

01:32So, you know, we really should be playing,

01:34and that would also bore Andrew a bit of time

01:36and put a bit of credit in the bank, in my opinion.

01:38So we build it around Archie Gray.

01:40Lucas Bergwell's probably been the breakout star of the season.

01:42He's been absolutely tremendous since he's come in.

01:45Looks are real, real talent,

01:46and what a steal for eight and a half million.

01:48So they're, you know, two players we must keep and build around.

01:52Mikey Moore, who needs to, you know,

01:53obviously a very, very talented young midfielder,

01:55albeit he's a young player.

01:58Mickey van der Ven is another one we need to keep hold of.

02:00Dian Kulisiewski, you know, Destin Udoge,

02:04we've been linked with Manchester City.

02:05But again, when he's fit and he's firing,

02:08you know, we've seen the power and the pace

02:09and the performance against Frankfurt was, you know,

02:12absolutely off the scale.

02:13He was magnificent that night,

02:14probably the standout player.

02:15So there's a real core and nucleus of that youth.

02:18You'd probably add Jed Spence to that as well.

02:21He's not put a foot wrong.

02:22You could argue Jed Spence,

02:24despite not kicking a ball till late September for Spurs

02:27in that League Cup tie at Coventry,

02:28he's probably been Spurs' best player this season.

02:31Very, very consistent.

02:33A little bit unfortunate probably to miss out

02:35and be on the bench for those two Europa League

02:37quarterfinal ties as well.

02:39And then, you know, we're looking at players

02:41who've got question marks over them,

02:43you know, the likes of Romero.

02:45He's done an interview this week, hasn't he?

02:46And, you know, almost laid it out

02:48that he wants to leave Spurs in the summer,

02:50albeit not quite saying that directly.

02:53Benton Kerr's contract is another one

02:55that's rumbling on.

02:56You've got the likes of Son.

02:58He's 33, or he will be.

03:00Come next season, you know,

03:02do we keep Son?

03:03Do we hang on to him for another season?

03:04Do we let him go?

03:05So, there's some big, big questions around.

03:09I think, you know, there's still a core nucleus

03:12of top quality players there at Spurs

03:14and certainly youth in terms of coming up and coming

03:16that we need to keep hold of and build around.

03:18And, you know, the much maligned James Madison,

03:20he gets a lot of criticism from Spurs fans.

03:23He's very, very divisive among the fan base.

03:25But, you know, in my opinion,

03:27we're a better team when he's on the pitch.

03:29And, you know, you saw it against Forrest again.

03:31We lack creativity when he's not in the middle of the park.

03:34So, again, you know, I would be keeping hold of Madison

03:36and perhaps he just needs another manager,

03:39a different voice perhaps now to get an arm around him

03:42and really get the best out of him

03:43and get him back to that sort of first season form

03:45before his injury and the form he showed so often at Leicester.

03:49But in terms of, you know, where we need to improve,

03:52I do think we need to weigh in with that striker situation.

03:55I mean, Solanke's been fantastic this year.

03:57Charleston's done OK as well, to be fair,

03:59but he's never available.

04:01He's sort of made a glass a little bit, isn't he,

04:02in terms of the fitness there.

04:03So we need to be looking at the centre-forward position.

04:07Wouldn't mind Liam De Lapp, if I'm totally honest,

04:10from Ipswich.

04:10I think he looks a real player

04:11and he could really add to that core nucleus

04:14of sort of that young, hungry group of players.

04:16And then Odebeer showing flashes now again.

04:19I'd keep hold of him and try and build around him.

04:21And Matthias Tell, you know, will we take the option on him?

04:26Seems to be some noise around saying, you know,

04:28some say we will, some say we won't.

04:31Might well depend who the manager is.

04:32So lots of big decisions I have this summer.

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