Pol Fernandez? Much as I'd like to see a new Boca player come to Tottenham, I can't see Ange seeing him fit his system, although Boca do play very differently to us so you never know. He was only 21 until he was 22 last October, by the way, and his contract runs out at the end of the calendar year, so that will definitely help keep the price down. He has recently been linked with a couple of Brazilian clubs, and I reckon that's more his level than even back up here, but would love to be wrong.
They don't look like the most credible rumours, but Huijsen looks an unreal talent. Scored this goal the other day in the league. Imagine having the composure and skill to carry a ball from CB like that then score at 18! Plus he's fucking massive
Some great talent in the Serie A at the moment. Huge advantage for us to have Paratici using his contacts for us there.
He's very highly rated by Juve, i'm not convinced they will be looking to sell him come summer if he continues to impress on loan. It's true they need money but I think they will sell others like Soule and maybe even Chiesa considering his contract situation before selling Huijsen.
I just don't see the rationale in allocating funds this summer to CB when we have a plethora of talent there both in terms of 1st team quality (Romero, VdV, Dragusin) and highly rated youth (Phillips, Dorrington, Vuskovic).
Huijsen does look like a fantastic talent and thus far seems to be proving himself Roma. But I agree with you, he will have turned 19 by the time the summer window reopens so he's not even a player that one day might be HG. Obviously we need to see how he does the rest of the season but surely, considering how well he seems to be doing thus far, Phillips is the player to take the last CB spot.
Without trying to contradict myself too much, I do think we should always be in the market for high quality youth prospects but we have to be mindful of pathways here and the message it sends out to our academy.
