Player Watch - Sergio Reguilón (Brentford)

fishhhandaricecake · Sep 16, 2020

What is all this bollocks slagging off Ben Davies and also this back 3 chat.
1) Reguilon is a hell of a player and a brilliant upgrade and exactly the quality we need
2) Davies is a perfectly capable player and will be a great squad option who will get plenty of matches
3) Jose very rarely plays with a back 3, it will still be a back 4 but we will have a better first choice LB, simple as that

ZParis · Sep 16, 2020

tottenhamlad said:
Totally agree. 12 months at Leeds with Bielsa would be great?

We may be a little leery of loaning players to Bielsa after the Jack Clarke loan no?

SUIYHA · Sep 16, 2020

robertgoulet said:
drew

Thought a report yesterday said buyback expired after 2 seasons.

Slightly more encouraging then. But also there is a risk that Real try and fuck us if (inevitably Chelsea in this scenario even though they just bought Chilwell) decide they want Reguilon - they can just go to Madrid and offer ever so slightly above what the buyback clause is - Madrid then buy him back and sell him on for a profit to our rivals and we have no say in the matter. Think they did that with Morata IIRC.

Levy should make sure there is a clause in the contact stopping that - hopefully he learned from the Bale/Ozil affair

Strikeb4ck · Sep 16, 2020

Just a brilliant signing, even if it's only for 2 years in the end it will be well worth it. Takes pressure off Sessegnon and allows us to find a really good loan for him as he develops, potentially the same for Cirkin.

JamieSpursCommunityUser · Sep 16, 2020

Donki said:
That still needs clarity.

I'm not bumming this deal btw, the kid is quality, if the buy back clause was higher I would be quite happy.

I'm sure Levy would be happier too. But isn't it great that we've got the deal (almost) done with 2 weeks to go?

Ordinarily Levy's ego without the influence of Mourinho (and possibly Birch I'm unsure) would compel him to squeeze the pips on the deal right up to deadline day until it falls apart.

Maybe the deal becomes so attractive that a bigger fish gazumps us. Or Marcelo or Mendy get a big injury - any manner of Spursy clusterf*cks which have self sabotaged us in the past.

We cannot look at every hole in the team as an opportunity to make profit, or we'll continue to fall short.

Various punts won't work out - or we'll take 5 windows to find the perfect deal. During which time our stars have gotten older, been decimated by injury, or pushed for a move.

We have to be more flexible and strategic in how we operate - like Dortmund, like Liepzig - so I take this deal as a positive sign.

jpascavitz · Sep 16, 2020

fishhhandaricecake said:
What is all this bollocks slagging off Ben Davies and also this back 3 chat.
1) Reguilon is a hell of a player and a brilliant upgrade and exactly the quality we need
2) Davies is a perfectly capable player and will be a great squad option who will get plenty of matches
3) Jose very rarely plays with a back 3, it will still be a back 4 but we will have a better first choice LB, simple as that

Love this post, one of my biggest pet peeves of us as Spurs fans is binning players when we sign upgrades in that position. Jose is very much about the whole squad. Having Doherty and Aurier makes sense just as much as Regulion and Davies. It gives us so many more options depending on the opposition and in an ideal world they'll all split time and be battling for more matches.

fishhhandaricecake · Sep 16, 2020

jlunduski said:
Love this post, one of my biggest pet peeves of us as Spurs fans is binning players when we sign upgrades in that position. Jose is very much about the whole squad. Having Doherty and Aurier makes sense just as much as Regulion and Davies. It gives us so many more options depending on the opposition and in an ideal world they'll all split time and be battling for more matches.

Yep, two good players in every position, simple as that. Ideally the first XI pick themselves quite clearly and then there is a 2nd string of players who defensively are reliable and offensively can come in and make a difference. This level of quality and depth in the squad is needed especially when you want to go far in many different competitions.

This will be a fantastic signing.

JayB · Sep 16, 2020

fishhhandaricecake said:
What is all this bollocks slagging off Ben Davies and also this back 3 chat.
1) Reguilon is a hell of a player and a brilliant upgrade and exactly the quality we need
2) Davies is a perfectly capable player and will be a great squad option who will get plenty of matches
3) Jose very rarely plays with a back 3, it will still be a back 4 but we will have a better first choice LB, simple as that

The back three speculation is simply a case of people believing that it's what now fits our squad best. Doherty only came alive after Nuno implemented a back three with WBs, and Reguilon is brilliant in the attack as well, so our starting fullback pairing is not going to be suited to Jose's lopsided formation that he's used thus far. There's surely going to be a tactical tweak of some sort given that you'd expect that neither Doherty nor Reguilon will tuck in in the manner that Davies has done.

SpartanSpur · Sep 16, 2020

fishhhandaricecake said:
What is all this bollocks slagging off Ben Davies and also this back 3 chat.
1) Reguilon is a hell of a player and a brilliant upgrade and exactly the quality we need
2) Davies is a perfectly capable player and will be a great squad option who will get plenty of matches
3) Jose very rarely plays with a back 3, it will still be a back 4 but we will have a better first choice LB, simple as that

I will absolutely stunned if Reguilon is joining to play as an auxillary LCB as Davies has been doing.

I doubt we have signed Doherty to sit on the bench while Japh plays the RCB role on the other side.

Logic dictates this leads to a new system, either a 4-3-3 or a 3-4-3. Obviously logic is bollocks.

Hazelton · Sep 16, 2020

Not sure if this counts as ITK but his missus is stunning.

fishhhandaricecake · Sep 16, 2020

JayB said:
The back three speculation is simply a case of people believing that it's what now fits our squad best. Doherty only came alive after Nuno implemented a back three with WBs, and Reguilon is brilliant in the attack as well, so our starting fullback pairing is not going to be suited to Jose's lopsided formation that he's used thus far. There's surely going to be a tactical tweak of some sort given that you'd expect that neither Doherty nor Reguilon will tuck in in the manner that Davies has done.

Yes sure I understand that but we don't have enough CB's or strikers to play 3-5-2 regularly so it doesn't make sense as we'd have to keep chopping and changing our formation.

I think it'll most likely now be 4-3-3 with a CDM dropping in to have the 3atb in build-up if Reguilon and MD push on but i could be wrong.

I'd be shocked if we played 3atb tbh unless we sign another CB and striker then mabye but then it would be 3-4-3 most likely e.g.
Lloris

Doherty
Toby
Dier
Sanchez/Davies
Reguilon

PEH
Lo Celso

Son
Kane
Bale

3-5-2 wouldn't really work IMO but yea i can see it could now be an option sure which is no bad thing.

nedley · Sep 16, 2020

Was Jose asked about him in the conference?

Maxtremist · Sep 16, 2020

The good and bad of this deal happening with Bale's is that Sergio can kind of almost go under the radar/have less pressure on him.

Attention is (understandably) going to be on Bale. Shame that Sergio won't get the full fanfare he deserves but hopefully should mean he can get up to speed without much scrutiny

Donki · Sep 16, 2020

Hazelton said:
Not sure if this counts as ITK but his missus is stunning.

Good job Verts has left then... :cautious:

JCRD · Sep 16, 2020

Hazelton said:
Not sure if this counts as ITK but his missus is stunning.

Yeah erm she is taken yeah... so go ogle at someone elses girlfriend or missus

bloody hell

Chirpystheman · Sep 16, 2020

SpartanSpur said:
Real are expected to have the option to buy back the 23-year-old for around €40m (£36.5m) in two years and meet any fee Spurs agree with another club.

From Dan KP article, reads to me like he's ours for 2 years minimum, which makes sense as that is when Marcelo's contract expires. Supposedly they have a hot prospect at LB in their academy so no guarantees they take this option.

Well if he improves massively they might take him back to just sell on. Pretty sure they did that with Morata. Although if he has to agree to go back there then if he knows he isn't going back to play then he might not agree.

Donki · Sep 16, 2020

Giggedy!

bbunc · Sep 16, 2020

fishhhandaricecake said:
Yes sure I understand that but we don't have enough CB's or strikers to play 3-5-2 regularly so it doesn't make sense as we'd have to keep chopping and changing our formation.

I think it'll most likely now be 4-3-3 with a CDM dropping in to have the 3atb in build-up if Reguilon and MD push on but i could be wrong.

I'd be shocked if we played 3atb tbh unless we sign another CB and striker then mabye but then it would be 3-4-3 most likely e.g.
Lloris

Doherty
Toby
Dier
Sanchez/Davies
Reguilon

PEH
Lo Celso

Son
Kane
Bale

3-5-2 wouldn't really work IMO but yea i can see it could now be an option sure which is no bad thing.

Have to remember that one of Bale or Kane likely to be injured at all times so 2 of the three up top would work.

Also, have plenty of hybrid CBs to play this way if we want. Tang and Davies can easily play one of the outside CBs in a 3.

Great thing is so many tactical options now. It’s not just 4231 or 442 now.

PrettyColors · Sep 16, 2020

Hazelton said:
Not sure if this counts as ITK but his missus is stunning.

Also a famous Madrid socialite and TV personality from what it seems. Which gives credence to the whole impermanence of this move, with reports that he’s going to want to return to Spain as playing for Madrid has always been his dream.
That said 2 years is a long time and much can change in football.

BringBack_leGin · Sep 16, 2020

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