Adrien Silva

[Hakkz]

This link keeps coming up. That age for that price doesn't feel very likely however.

http://talksport.com/football/totte...reparing-ps26m-adrien-silva-offer-after-talks

Now he is the subject of more interest from England, with Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino keen on a move for the influential midfielder.
And, according to Portuguese newspaper Record, the north London club have held talks about a deal for the France-born Silva.



(There's even a Welcome to Tottenham?-clip from 10 months ago )

 

[danielneeds]

Wrong Silva. The one who joined Milan was the interesting one.

 

[Pat Rice Spurs fan]

I was watching the Confederations Cup on ITV and they said we were interested in Portugal's sub, Adrien Silva (28 yrs, CM, Sporting CP) and had supposedly put in a £20m bid.
At 28, I can't say he fits the usual template.

 

[Krule]

Spurs have bid rejected according to this article :
https://thisisfutbol.com/2017/06/blogs/premier-league/tottenham-have-silva-bid-rejected/

 

[CrouchPotato]

Personally I'd love for Spurs to sign an older player for CM despite not fitting the usual mould. Gives us time to develop Winks and Onomah without pressure. I love Winks and genuinely believe he's already good enough to play week in week out for us. However, an extra older body in there who can come in and do a good job every week won't hurt us. I feel like we have young players for CM we believe are the real deal and maybe that buying another younger player might impede their growth. That being said, I'm not sure Silva is that player, but I don't think someone of a similar mould would be too terrible an idea. However if it's 20million on a player like Silva or 25-30 on a player like Barkley, I really think Barkley is a no brainer.

 

[archiewasking]

Personally I'd love for Spurs to sign an older player for CM despite not fitting the usual mould. Gives us time to develop Winks and Onomah without pressure. I love Winks and genuinely believe he's already good enough to play week in week out for us. However, an extra older body in there who can come in and do a good job every week won't hurt us. I feel like we have young players for CM we believe are the real deal and maybe that buying another younger player might impede their growth. That being said, I'm not sure Silva is that player, but I don't think someone of a similar mould would be too terrible an idea. However if it's 20million on a player like Silva or 25-30 on a player like Barkley, I really think Barkley is a no brainer.

Really tired of these comments about how unintelligent a player he is..........

 

[talkshowhost86]

In terms of central midfielders, are we not fairly well stocked?

The defensive midfield role is covered pretty well by Wanyama and Dier, and then you have Winks and Dembele for the more creative role, with perhaps Onomah starting to come through as well.

I suppose you could argue that with Dembele's dodgy hip and Winks' inexperience it would be useful to have another option in there, but 30m seems like a lot for that sort of role.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Have no idea why people keep banging on about Barkley in midfield. IMO, he would never slot in at CM under Pochettino.

 

[CrouchPotato]

Really tired of these comments about how unintelligent a player he is..........

Well played

 

[samsonlevi]

Have no idea why people keep banging on about Barkley in midfield. IMO, he would never slot in at CM under Pochettino.

You have "no idea??"

Surely you can see at least a little bit as to why people talk about Barkley as a CM. or at least a player who's position in the coming years could evolve into a CM?

As it's been pointed out so often.... dembele was not a CM at the age Barkley is now.

I believe If we sign Barkley, we will see him in a mixture of positions, either ACM, or CM, maybe out wide(ish) sometimes too.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

You have "no idea??"

Surely you can see at least a little bit as to why people talk about Barkley as a CM. or at least a player who's position in the coming years could evolve into a CM?

As it's been pointed out so often.... dembele was not a CM at the age Barkley is now.

I believe If we sign Barkley, we will see him in a mixture of positions, either ACM, or CM, maybe out wide(ish) sometimes too.

I would never use Barkley as a CM in the Pochettino system, and for sure not when we already got Dier, Dembele, Wanyama and Winks. He'd be fifth choice for me behind those four, at best.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

Have no idea why people keep banging on about Barkley in midfield. IMO, he would never slot in at CM under Pochettino.

I think it's been pretty much covered why "people are banging on about Barkley in midfield". He's actually played in CM for Everton at times too. The point is many of us see Barkley's skillset as not too dissimilar to Dembele's and that's why with Poch's coaching ability the potential is there.

The fact Alli came to us as a deep lying goalscoring midfielder and is now pretty much a defactor second striker shows Poch is not adverse to being flexible with a players position.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

I think it's been pretty much covered why "people are banging on about Barkley in midfield". He's actually played in CM for Everton at times too. The point is many of us see Barkley's skillset as not too dissimilar to Dembele's and that's why with Poch's coaching ability the potential is there.

The fact Alli came to us as a deep lying goalscoring midfielder and is now pretty much a defactor second striker shows Poch is not adverse to being flexible with a players position.

If it is covered enough, why does it pop in every other thread of even remote relation to CM, huh? Playing CM for a mid-table team isn't the same as playing CM under Pochettino. That's why I go on and on about stressing "under Pochettino", "in Pochettino's system" etc. I think the differences between Dembele and Barkley are more important in this context. I don't know much about this Silva guy, but I know we shouldn't not sign him just because some SC users believe that Barkley is a better option.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

If it is covered enough, why does it pop in every other thread of even remote relation to CM, huh? Playing CM for a mid-table team isn't the same as playing CM under Pochettino. That's why I go on and on about stressing "under Pochettino", "in Pochettino's system" etc. I think the differences between Dembele and Barkley are more important in this context. I don't know much about this Silva guy, but I know we shouldn't not sign him just because some SC users believe that Barkley is a better option.

Everton are hardly midtable side and the point is Barkley has the skillset to play as CM. Poch has the coaching ability to develop what is missing from his game to make him a top CM - namely discipline and work rate.

Either way I know nothing about Silva so i'm not going to comment on whether we need him or not.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Everton are hardly midtable side and the point is Barkley has the skillset to play as CM. Poch has the coaching ability to develop what is missing from his game to make him a top CM - namely discipline and work rate.

Either way I know nothing about Silva so i'm not going to comment on whether we need him or not.

What Barkley namely needs is anything that at least looks like an attempt at having an interest for defensive tasks. He can't slot into CM under Pochettino without it. Hence, going into this thread and bringing up Barkley in the first place is redundant. That's my point as it related to this topic.

 

[jimbo]

Is nowhere safe from the discussion about the merits of Ross Barkley as a centrocampista?

 

[SDogg]

Came on this thread to read about Silva, not Barkley!

 

[worcestersauce]

Came on this thread to read about Silva, not Barkley!

Who's Silva?

 

[Pizza]

In terms of central midfielders, are we not fairly well stocked?

Just because we're well stocked doesn't mean there's no room for improvement.

The defensive midfield role is covered pretty well by Wanyama and Dier, and then you have Winks and Dembele for the more creative role, with perhaps Onomah starting to come through as well.

Defensive side is 100% fine.
Creative side leaves a little to be desired. Dembele, for all his great qualities, isn't particularly damaging with his passing. Winks looks very good, but he's still inexperienced and coming off a serious ankle injury. Onomah has shown nothing at a high level.

I suppose you could argue that with Dembele's dodgy hip and Winks' inexperience it would be useful to have another option in there, but 30m seems like a lot for that sort of role.

30 million pounds today is what 10 million pounds was 5 years ago.

 

[MattPhilpott]

Stylistically, for anybody who hasn't seen him play, he is quite a lot like Moutinho, not necessarily world class at anything, but very good at nearly everything. Very busy athletically and will get stuck in a lot, has 17 caps for Portugal and I reckon he would have more, if it wasn't for Moutinho himself keeping him out of the side.

Scored 6 in 36 all comps this year, so a strike rate of 1 in 6 which is not bad for a central (often deeper sitting) midfielder... For 15-20 mill I would be down, he isn't young but we do need some experience in he side I feel, he would be good for a player like Winks