Tottenham Hotspur transfer window latest with three midfield targets identified

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Spurs are in the market for a new defensive anchor this summer - who are the names in the frame? James Trembath, of LondonWorld.com, gives his opinion on who the club should target.

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00:00so james in terms of spurs and the sort of summer window the way it's uh turning out to look um you

00:08know we've mentioned a few times the sort of positions on the pitch that thomas frank's going

00:12to want to improve and and spurs fans want to see some maybe you know fresh faces fresh bit of life

00:17injected into those positions uh the number six role particularly is quite a big one um in terms

00:23of going into the new season and you know under and postakoglu those sort of rotating sixes or

00:28sometimes two at a time you know so much football so much high energy football and back and forth

00:34that they had to play under him and and it's sort of got the very best of them especially in the

00:38premier league with that poor form last season um who would you like to see come into the number

00:42six role is there any sort of links rumors that hopefully spurs are looking at in terms of

00:48possibly coming to fruition and going into this new season with a new manager new era and you know

00:53obviously back into the champions league as well so the demand is definitely going to be there for

00:58spurs players coming in yeah 100 and it's certainly a position that spurs need to look to address in

01:04the in the summer as we've spoken about previously you know we've got archie gray

01:07uh thomas frank tried to sign at brentford ironically um who will be a candidate for that position but

01:13obviously he's very young he's very raw still sort of playing his trade and learning that premier league

01:18uh sort of role but um yeah three key candidates i think to be honest for the for that six role for

01:23me anyway certainly that that's really stand out i mean the ideal scenario would be would be adam

01:29wharton from crystal palace but obviously he's going to be taking big money i mean you know they're

01:32talking 100 million potentially which is crazy money i mean he's a he's a heck of a talent um

01:38he's taken the premier league by storm hasn't he but getting him out of crystal palace would be

01:42very very difficult so i think then we're looking at the sort of more realistic

01:46premier league proven uh experienced options if you like and that's definitely something that spurs

01:52should be looking at around that experience uh quota this summer joe palina um former fulham

01:57midfielder now at bayern munich not really played too much there but you know a real good ball winning

02:02midfielder robust premier league player um certainly made a big difference in the premier league when he

02:07was with fulham and um there's talk he might be available so you know in my opinion he'd be he'd be

02:12an excellent addition to spurs really had some steel and some grit to that that holding role in front of

02:16the back four and then you've got douglas louise you know a real curious case this one isn't it he was he was

02:21very very good at aston villa went off to juventus um hasn't really played too much there's a lot of

02:27talking may well be available um and interestingly juventus have been linked with these basuma as well

02:32i mean that's uh there was a swap deal to be done uh that'd be a real perfect signing for spurs i think

02:38douglas louise would be you know available reasonably priced even if it was a loan move with an option to

02:43buy but again you know really does add a add a layer to that midfield and bolster that position so

02:49yeah three three key players there in my opinion um let's see what gets done yeah you obviously

02:55mentioned the experience quota that they need to go for this summer um how important is it they do get

03:01some experienced heads through the door especially uh for that champions league campaign you know you

03:05want players who yes are young you want to get the right balance of young and experienced players

03:11throughout the side but you know it costs them massively going with with quite an inexperienced side

03:16last season especially in the premier league but you know the champions league is a bit of a

03:20different ball game you know you can't really go incredibly far with with a younger side it's been

03:25very far few and far between that teams have done that maybe ajax obviously that spurs beat um those

03:31those seasons ago that was a very young side um but you know in terms of an experience in the

03:37champions league it's sort of invaluable um when you are going to to sort of rejoin the europeans elite

03:42yeah really important we've spoken before haven't we about the need for spurs to get some experience

03:48heads in um and and never more so than than for this season you know they've obviously all got

03:52the european uh europa league win under the belt which will be you know invaluable in terms of that

03:58experience and bringing on some of the emerging talents but you know the average age of the squad

04:02now is so young you know you look through the spine of the team um there's only really some that's

04:06over the age of 30 i think if i'm if i'm not mistaken uh one or two nudging towards that that bracket

04:12obviously madison's getting towards 30 basuma uh benton care as well but you know in terms of

04:18that experience quota we we really do need to bolster it and um dovetailing that with with you know the

04:23likes of bergval um you know destiny adogi pedro porra mickey van der ven um you know some real

04:29exciting talent talent matthias tell and wilson odebear etc you know some some really good upcoming talent

04:35um but obviously that brings inconsistency and understandably so when they're all sort of learning

04:40the craft so you know if we could get a spine of the team uh that has just that little bit more

04:45experience you know it's going to be crucial for that champions league room we need some real

04:48experience and i'll say you know the likes of japan near douglas louise could be really two good

04:53additions and really make it make a huge difference and bring valuable international and european experience

04:59as well

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