Abdukodir Khusanov

[THFCSPURS19]

Tottenham and Newcastle battling for Abdukodir Khusanov transfer in January

Premier League rivals considering swoop for 20-year-old defender who could be prised away from Lens for £25 million

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Tottenham and Newcastle battling for Abdukodir Khusanov transfer in January​

Premier League rivals considering swoop for 20-year-old defender who could be prised away from Lens for £25 million

Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle are chasing Lens centre-back Abdukodir Khusanov ahead of a deal in the next transfer window for the breakout star of Ligue 1.

Khusanov, 20, has forced his way into Lens’ team after arriving from Belarusian club Energetik-BGU Minsk just 18 months ago and attracting scouts from Europe’s top teams to watch a player who was signed for €100,000.

While Paris St-Germain have been linked with the Uzbekistan international, it is understood that seven English top-flight clubs are interested in Khusanov, who has started nine of his club’s 13 matches in the campaign.

Lens stand to make a huge profit on a player who could fetch more than £25 million in the current market, with his value poised to increase as he continues to shine in Will Still’s team.

Still, the Belgian-born Briton who was appointed as head coach at Stade Bollaert-Delelis this summer, has picked Khusanov when available, and recalled the defender to the team for this weekend’s win over Reims after he had served a suspension. Khusanov can also play as a defensive midfielder but has been the mainstay of Still’s defence.

Spurs will weigh up whether they need a centre-back in January, injuries having denied them their first-choice pairing of Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven in recent weeks. Their stunning 4-0 win against Manchester City came with Ben Davies moved inside to centre-back to partner Radu Dragusin.

Newcastle, meanwhile, have watched Khusanov and consider him a promising young talent who could make the step up to the Premier League from French football.

Lens have an impressive record of nurturing talent in recent seasons, with Lois Openda joining RB Leipzig for €46 million, while Elye Wahi moved to Marseille last summer for €30 million.

 

[Trix]

Tottenham and Newcastle battling for Abdukodir Khusanov transfer in January

Premier League rivals considering swoop for 20-year-old defender who could be prised away from Lens for £25 million

www.telegraph.co.uk

Tottenham and Newcastle battling for Abdukodir Khusanov transfer in January​

Premier League rivals considering swoop for 20-year-old defender who could be prised away from Lens for £25 million

Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle are chasing Lens centre-back Abdukodir Khusanov ahead of a deal in the next transfer window for the breakout star of Ligue 1.

Khusanov, 20, has forced his way into Lens’ team after arriving from Belarusian club Energetik-BGU Minsk just 18 months ago and attracting scouts from Europe’s top teams to watch a player who was signed for €100,000.

While Paris St-Germain have been linked with the Uzbekistan international, it is understood that seven English top-flight clubs are interested in Khusanov, who has started nine of his club’s 13 matches in the campaign.

Lens stand to make a huge profit on a player who could fetch more than £25 million in the current market, with his value poised to increase as he continues to shine in Will Still’s team.

Still, the Belgian-born Briton who was appointed as head coach at Stade Bollaert-Delelis this summer, has picked Khusanov when available, and recalled the defender to the team for this weekend’s win over Reims after he had served a suspension. Khusanov can also play as a defensive midfielder but has been the mainstay of Still’s defence.

Spurs will weigh up whether they need a centre-back in January, injuries having denied them their first-choice pairing of Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven in recent weeks. Their stunning 4-0 win against Manchester City came with Ben Davies moved inside to centre-back to partner Radu Dragusin.

Newcastle, meanwhile, have watched Khusanov and consider him a promising young talent who could make the step up to the Premier League from French football.

Lens have an impressive record of nurturing talent in recent seasons, with Lois Openda joining RB Leipzig for €46 million, while Elye Wahi moved to Marseille last summer for €30 million.

Just not what we need right now. Another inexperienced (although talented) youngster in a position where we have unexperienced talented youngsters coming through. Just feels we would be again focussing on what he will be in 5 years as opposed to what he can bring to the team now.

 

[McFlash]

Just not what we need right now. Another inexperienced (although talented) youngster in a position where we have unexperienced talented youngsters coming through. Just feels we would be again focussing on what he will be in 5 years as opposed to what he can bring to the team now.

Yeah, I love nabbing the talented youngsters but not to the detriment of the first team and right now, we undoubtedly need some experienced leadership first and foremost.

 

[Tucker]

We also seem stacked for youngsters at CB with Vuskovic, Phillips and Dorrington all highly rated.

 

[sidford]

Can't see this happening. If we have cash available in Jan surely it can be used better elsewhere

 

[Snarfalicious]

Hell yeah, Talented Youngsters: Gotta Catch ‘Em All!

 

[Mr Pink]

Enough fucking youngsters, we need experience and fast.

This whole approach of ours is so boring.

Fed up reading about the next star in whatever league.

 

[Snarfalicious]

Enough fucking youngsters, we need experience and fast.

This whole approach of ours is so boring.

Fed up reading about the next star in whatever league.

The reality is we could probably use a couple of loans for some guys that could come in, do a job for a few months and then reevaluate their fit moving forward. A Werner-esque move or two would go a long way in bridging the gap to the summer and hopefully steady the ship while we wait for our better players to return. There’s got to be a few of those types around the always-financially-hurting football leagues.

 

[spursville]

The reality is we could probably use a couple of loans for some guys that could come in, do a job for a few months and then reevaluate their fit moving forward. A Werner-esque move or two would go a long way in bridging the gap to the summer and hopefully steady the ship while we wait for our better players to return. There’s got to be a few of those types around the always-financially-hurting football leagues.

Louis Saha and Ryan Nelsen say hi...

 

[eddiev14]

His playing style is eerily similar to Romero. Some succession planning taking place?

 

[longtimespur]

Just not what we need right now. Another inexperienced (although talented) youngster in a position where we have unexperienced talented youngsters coming through. Just feels we would be again focussing on what he will be in 5 years as opposed to what he can bring to the team now.

Levy to a tee. Buy young and cheap. Sell on for profit.
The team doesn’t as we need experienced players now
As you say we already have young players coming through.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Oh i didn't realise we had a thread for him. I'd be all for getting him as a 4th choice CB but I don't think its a priority position at the moment. Can easily wait until summer. We need a rotation LB and at least one quality attacker in Jan.

 

[Martinhotspur]

Levy to a tee. Buy young and cheap. Sell on for profit.
The team doesn’t as we need experienced players now
As you say we already have young players coming through.

Name a few recent ones, I'm struggling to think of many.

 

[$hoguN]

Oh i didn't realise we had a thread for him. I'd be all for getting him as a 4th choice CB but I don't think its a priority position at the moment. Can easily wait until summer. We need a rotation LB and at least one quality attacker in Jan.

Do we need that with Vuskovic, Phillips and Dorrington?

 

[freeeki]

Born 29th February 2004, meaning he’s now 5.

No thank you.

 

[robotsonic]

Levy to a tee. Buy young and cheap. Sell on for profit.

Not that I think we should be signing this lad but this has to be the biggest myth going about Daniel Levy. I am always at an absolute loss for young players we have bought to sell and made any money on. I cannot think of literally one single player that fits that description and yet somehow this comes up time and again.

We are one of the worst clubs in the world for selling players for a profit (or otherwise). We buy at any age and hold on to them too long and they go on a loan, on a free, or for some negligible fee. That's Levy to a tee, the polar opposite. Our biggest sales are players that we wrung what we could out of and couldn't hold on to any longer but didn't want to sell.

 

[dontcallme]

Not that I think we should be signing this lad but this has to be the biggest myth going about Daniel Levy. I am always at an absolute loss for young players we have bought to sell and made any money on. I cannot think of literally one single player that fits that description and yet somehow this comes up time and again.

We are one of the worst clubs in the world for selling players for a profit (or otherwise). We buy at any age and hold on to them too long and they go on a loan, on a free, or for some negligible fee. That's Levy to a tee, the polar opposite. Our biggest sales are players that we wrung what we could out of and couldn't hold on to any longer but didn't want to sell.

Who was the last player we sold for a big profit? I can't believe some fans, not you, still focus on this.

We were doing it in the first 10 years of ENIC's time in charge when our turnover was much lower.

The last players we've had of real value have been Kane and Son and we've been holding onto them as long as we could and offered them big contracts to stay instead of cashing in.

 

[Klinsmannesque]

Born 29th February 2004, meaning he’s now 5.

No thank you.

Means he’ll never need registering as will forever be u21. Smart

 

[For the love of Spurs]

Not that I think we should be signing this lad but this has to be the biggest myth going about Daniel Levy. I am always at an absolute loss for young players we have bought to sell and made any money on. I cannot think of literally one single player that fits that description and yet somehow this comes up time and again.

We are one of the worst clubs in the world for selling players for a profit (or otherwise). We buy at any age and hold on to them too long and they go on a loan, on a free, or for some negligible fee. That's Levy to a tee, the polar opposite. Our biggest sales are players that we wrung what we could out of and couldn't hold on to any longer but didn't want to sell.

I also don’t think that model works that well anyway in todays climate. In the past you could sell a Romero level player for X then buy mbeumo, Neto and one or two others with the profit so it made sense. There is so much money in the game that the so called smaller teams don’t need to sell cheap to survive, they have cash. So when you sell a top player you might only be able to get another 1 maybe 2 with the money. Clubs that have continued a bit with the model like Brighton have the best scouting in the league and get bargain foreign players who nearly always work out. It’s a hard gig these days.

 

[HildoSpur]

I also don’t think that model works that well anyway in todays climate. In the past you could sell a Romero level player for X then buy mbeumo, Neto and one or two others with the profit so it made sense. There is so much money in the game that the so called smaller teams don’t need to sell cheap to survive, they have cash. So when you sell a top player you might only be able to get another 1 maybe 2 with the money. Clubs that have continued a bit with the model like Brighton have the best scouting in the league and get bargain foreign players who nearly always work out. It’s a hard gig these days.

You can sell and then buy from European clubs though - I agree if you are trying to buy within the Premiership.