Player Watch - Arnaut Danjuma

[gibbospurs]

Can he take a decent free kick? serious question

 

[Rosco1984]

We've needed an tricky & pacy wide player to challenge Son and Danjuma could be a great fit for us. I imagine he'll win us a fair few set-pieces and more chance for us to add to our goals from those situations.

what a relief it will be to see Kane hit the wall a few more times a game ?

 

[razor1981]

I just looked at his stats he only has 2 in 10 this year as well so if you take it up until the end of last season its 20 in 40 very good for a winger in any league. Does anyone know why he's not been on it this year and being allowed to leave?

His 10 league appearances only add up to a total of 476 minutes though, so it's not quite as bad as it seems.

If you add in cup & European games he has 6 goals in 813 minutes, or 0.67 goals per 90 - which is a decent rate, albeit on a very small sample size.

 

[SpursSince1980]

Bloody hell, we just pulled a Willian.

 

[Quiffco]

Just wait until Conte converts him to LWB...

 

[Spursfan1414]

Then the only solution is the opposite way, sack the manager. Don't hire an Auteur and then demand they make the next avengers movie in your studios style. Hire a manager that fits that paradigm but don't try and implement what you're saying (which I prefer) with a manager who doesn't fit that system. We hired a manager with a specific project, he told us what he needed, we agreed and we went out to get it and on the way decided we know better or more to the point we didn't really know what we actually wanted. That's the thing we Spurs, we never do.

Whilst Conte is here we know we have hired a manager with a specific style who needs specific resources to be the best version of himself, back him by giving him what he needs or sack him and hire a manager to suit the approach you said. We haven't sacked him so back him with what he wants.

What we disagree on is "he told us what needed".

What Conte needs should not be a list of specific players, it should be a list of characteristics and attributes for each role. Then the recruitment experts can draw up a shortlist and Conte can have input or even a veto into that.

But otherwise yeah, I think the most likely route to success for us is in that style so it is a problem if Conte can't adapt to that. It'll be a problem elsewhere too, because other elite clubs are updating how they recruit. Bayern would never just hand control to him in that way for example.

 

[mattspur1986]

OK so told the Danjuma stuff is true, agent led and we've bitten.

LEVY OUT!!!

jesus fucking Christ when will he learn? If this isn’t a conte choice, why is levy signing him? It’ll be spence all over again?

 

[SpursSince1980]

This signing feels like we're stealing a sandwich from a homeless person.

Quite easily one of the funniest comments I’ve read on SC.

 

[only1waddle]

Or we've decided to call it on Lucas and assume he won't be available in the 2nd half of the season.

I think they know Moura is done anyway, every Danjuma goal for Villareal is off the left or central, I'd be shocked if he plays RWF.

 

[PCozzie]

Looks like this lad called it first, might be worth keeping an eye on his account for rest of window. Leaks on our stuff tend to come from Italy.

'Conterio'

 

[Bablu37]

Not mad keen on fucking over Everton and it does raise questions about his character but maybe this is modern football.

The guy did his medicals and before signing the manager has got the sack. I think in the circumstances it's fair to reconsider.
If you were about to join a company and your direct manager was fired a couple days before your first day, and you had alternatives, you'd probably take your alternatives.

 

[WiganSpur]

The Zaniolo talk was Roma insisting upon an obligation in the summer. If that’s true & we weren’t comfortable, then I can see why this deal is attractive.
Then in the summer we can evaluate if we want to keep Danjuma, go for Zaniolo, both or neither!

He's nothing like Zaniolo. And Conte wants him. No excuse not to back the manager - or we might as well sack him now.

 

[JW72]

I was replying to the comment I quoted.

Fair enough. Seem to be a lot of conclusions being jumped to though (generally, I'm not referring to your post here) about what this potential signing does or doesn't mean for other areas of the squad. Frankly, anything that improves our options is welcome!

 

[Spursfan1414]

I think they know Moura is done anyway, every Danjuma goal for Villareal is off the left or central, I'd be shocked if he plays RWF.

Moura is hard, obviously he plays as a right winger but his profile is miles away from what Conte wants from that role. It's not necessarily a direct replacement but would allow Richarlison to play on the left/central, without losing depth on the right.

 

[werty]

A bit underwhelming and sounds like a stop gap. Good record in the Champions League last year might be something to cling some hope too.

 

[H-SF]

Will be our most exciting, fastest most skilful winger, just hope the manager is ok with it.

Not really sure why people are rating this as funny. As good as Son can be he's never been amazing technically. Danjuma has great feet, an amazing burst of speed and genuine 1v1 ability. Kulusevski and Gil are very skilful and can beat their man but not with the same ease and regularity as Danjuma.

 

[Scot-Spur]

This is a great deal seriously.

If he does well it probably will include Gio I’d imagine.

 

[Dakes]

I Love a bit of Levy bashing

Yeah, this has been meat and drink for me of late, but this signing makes a lot of sense if it doesn't affect the Zaniolo deal.

 

[CookieYiddo]

As many have said if it doesn't affect Zaniolo then its a smart deal that we cant lose with. But i have my suspicions that Zaniolo is falling through.

 

[Aleks]

Well this is exciting