Spurs eye Chelsea's Conor Gallagher as Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg replacement

[mawspurs]

Tottenham have Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher in their sights as Ange Postecoglou’s squad starts to take shape ahead of the new season.

Spurs are looking at midfield options as Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has been targeted by Atletico Madrid and clubs in Germany, with Gallagher emerging as a contender to compete for a place under Postecoglou.

Source: Telegraph

 

[Japhet]

No way Gallagher is worth anything like 50m. Half that is about right but I wouldn't see him as a regular starter personally.

 

[chico]

Allegedly Arambat is available for less than £50m, and would offer us more?

 

[Chedozie]

Postecoglou loves a goal scoring midfielder and so far we’ve only one in Maddison.

 

[Japhet]

Allegedly Arambat is available for less than £50m, and would offer us more?

Kamada's available on a Bosman.

 

[Neon_Knight_]

£50m for a player who I would expect to be behind Maddison (£40m), Bentancur (£17m) & Bissouma (£25m) in the pecking order.

While it shouldn't really matter whether his transfer fee is higher / lower than existing players, as the market changes and our other recent CM signings were all running down their contracts, but £50m seems a lot for a squad player when we have other priorities and are reportedly about to spend less on a new starting CB.

He'd be a useful squad player providing depth for two of the three CM roles in Ange's system, but he's unable to play in the position where we are most lacking - CDM.

 

[Chedozie]

£50m for a player who I would expect to be behind Maddison (£40m), Bentancur (£17m) & Bissouma (£25m) in the pecking order.

While it shouldn't really matter whether his transfer fee is higher / lower than existing players, as the market changes and our other recent CM signings were all running down their contracts, but £50m seems a lot for a squad player when we have other priorities and are reportedly about to spend less on a new starting CB.

He'd be a useful squad player providing depth for two of the three CM roles in Ange's system, but he's unable to play in the position where we are most lacking - CDM.

We’ve got Bissouma and Skipp and Postecoglou only plays one, technically we’ve got N’Dombele too.

 

[Jenko]

Its 50 mil to us only I'm guessing, London rivalry surcharge. also, he's very young and home grown so the potential is worked into the price.

 

[beuller]

Whenever I see him it just takes me back to Reto Ziegler!

 

[ginola007]

For £50M, shouldn't we first get our primary centre-back target, Tapsoba, and then worry about the midfield later?

 

[Neon_Knight_]

We’ve got Bissouma and Skipp and Postecoglou only plays one, technically we’ve got N’Dombele too.

I was assuming Bissouma would primarily play as a box-to-box CM, not as a CDM. Although he played both roles a fair bit for Brighton, he seemed at his best given the additional freedom that the the box-to-box role allowed him. Playing as the deepest CM in our team under Conte seemed to really stifle him.

 

[dontcallme]

£50m is surely for a first team starter or a player with an extremely high ceiling. I'm not convinced Gallagher comes under that category.

If we're going to splash out big on a player, surely a centre back is the necessity.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Rather keep PEH.