Player Watch Player Watch: Radu Dragusin

Nayim60yards said:

Click to expand...

mil1lion said:

It feels like we're picking up Serie A talent like Wenger picked up Ligue One talent.

Click to expand...

fishhhandaricecake said:

Players from Serie A tend to adapt well to the Premier League I feel but yea with Don Fabio puppetmaster pulling the strings from underground we are hoovering up the talent, love it.

Click to expand...

ButchCassidy said:

Koulibaly, Scamacca, McKennie, Pogba, Lukaku, Arthur Melo - it’s very easy to blow an incredible amount of money on crap from Serie A, we shouldn’t undersell how important it has been to have Paratici picking the targets.

Click to expand...

Annabel said:

I think Damaio is still going

Click to expand...

GioW said:

Posting here as it's semi relevant and can't find spence thread lol

Click to expand...

Player Watch - Djed Spence - Genoa

when you say drop down another level, what level are we talking about here? League 1. He's undoubtedly got the ability to play Championship and maybe even PL but his application is sorely lacking and with respected managers like Warnock and Farke telling it how it is, I'm not sure many clubs in...

spurscommunity.co.uk

GioW said:

Posting here as it's semi relevant and can't find spence thread lol

Click to expand...

Snarfalicious said:

I just want to take a moment to really appreciate how much our club has transformed in 6 months. From the coaching side, to the structure of the footballing side at the club and obviously the improvement in style and overall performances. All of that is huge, and it is pretty shocking how it all seemingly is coming together at the rate it is. We still have a long way to go, but this was the surgery the club needed. And honestly, Levy deserves credit for this. Sure, it sounds like he's still meddling, and hopefully over time that's more and more rare. But, we've seen how it can be beneficial in certain scenarios (Porro and now apparently with Dragusin). But, he's making changes. Significant ones, and while some will point to this should have happened long ago, I'm just taking the view that I'm glad it's happening, at all.

That being said, looking at the squad, with Dragusin and Werner, we are looking really sound at a lot of positions. There is most definitely work to do, but even seeing the club being willing to throw in Spence for an option of only 10m is a sign of growth, in a way. Hopefully that continues to be the trend as we look forward and try and right the wrongs of years past. It really is feeling like a fresh start, top to bottom, inside and out. And we have been pining for so long for this, and it's really awesome to see it starting to actually happen.

I know this post is kind of off-topic for the Dragusin thread, but it feels like Dragusin could be a sliding doors moment. He's a 21-year old defender, lots of potential, and he chose Tottenham over Bayern. It feels significant, it fosters belief in what Ange is doing and where we are going as a club.

Click to expand...

CantSmileWithoutYou said:

Tell him to man up.

He shouldn't be crying at 11...

Click to expand...

McFlash said:

I'm the one who's 11.

Click to expand...

cjsimba said:

You’re too old to cry over a football player mate.

I’ll let your son off though (assuming he is the obligatory 11 years old).

Click to expand...

cjsimba said:

You’re too old to cry over a football player mate.

I’ll let your son off though (assuming he is the obligatory 11 years old).

Click to expand...

samsonlevi said:

Obviously what was covered off in this all sounds great. Im excited for this signing.

also…… The Italian reporter in this clip was brilliant. Very impressed with the way she delivered that insight.

Click to expand...

GioW said:

Posting here as it's semi relevant and can't find spence thread lol

Click to expand...

Trix said:

I've said it before but it's a great market to be shopping in. The big Italian clubs that would usually snap these players up, can't compete financially right now. Also helps that we have the number one guy for finding and facilitating the moves for these players as far as Italy is concerned.

Click to expand...

Ghost Hardware said:

Also to add in general the quality of Seria A has really gone up over the last few years. Juve are no longer dominating the league and a lot of clubs play their youth players due to limited finances. There’s been a notable shift away from defensive slow paced football. Yes it’s still tactical but it’s less static and far more aggressive.

With the shift towards more attacking football mixed with teams relying on youth, ether from within Italy or abroad, you end up with somewhat a hot bed of well developed young talent. It really is an excellent league to farm at the moment. The fact Inter got to the CL final is proof enough the league is having a resurgence of late. For me personally it’s my second favourite league after the PL.

Click to expand...