What's new

Player Watch Player Watch: Giovani Lo Celso

  • Thread starter Deleted member 29446
  • Start date

dagraham

Well-Known Member
Sep 20, 2005
19,130
46,117
Guys obviously take this with a pinch of salt...

My sister's family is off on holiday today and my brother in law got chatting to an old guy next to him on the plane because my nephew is wearing his Spurs shirt.

So this guy said Lo Celso is with Spurs at the moment doing his medical and looks like a done deal. His daughter is part of the medical team at Spurs so gets some good info. He has been with us for a day already.

My brother in law said he was a really unassuming chap and only got chatting because of the Spurs link.

Fits in with the media at the moment too.

Exciting times!

We all love a bit of plane ITK (y).
 

Timberwolf

Well-Known Member
Jan 17, 2008
10,328
50,217
Guys obviously take this with a pinch of salt...

My sister's family is off on holiday today and my brother in law got chatting to an old guy next to him on the plane because my nephew is wearing his Spurs shirt.

So this guy said Lo Celso is with Spurs at the moment doing his medical and looks like a done deal. His daughter is part of the medical team at Spurs so gets some good info. He has been with us for a day already.

My brother in law said he was a really unassuming chap and only got chatting because of the Spurs link.

Fits in with the media at the moment too.

Exciting times!
Fantastic! Nothing beats Old Man Airport ITK! :oldman:
 

Paq

Well-Known Member
May 12, 2008
360
437
Guys obviously take this with a pinch of salt...

My sister's family is off on holiday today and my brother in law got chatting to an old guy next to him on the plane because my nephew is wearing his Spurs shirt.

So this guy said Lo Celso is with Spurs at the moment doing his medical and looks like a done deal. His daughter is part of the medical team at Spurs so gets some good info. He has been with us for a day already.

My brother in law said he was a really unassuming chap and only got chatting because of the Spurs link.

Fits in with the media at the moment too.

Exciting times!

This is the stuff. Love this shit x
 

hughy

I'm SUPER cereal.
Nov 18, 2007
31,914
57,114
Hoping he picks squad number 14. My lucky number, and such an iconic number for me as far at Spurs is concerned. 3 of my favourite players since I've supported the club (Ginola, Poyet, Modric) all having worn it. It's been cursed since.

Deserves another potential superstar to claim it.
 

Primativ

Well-Known Member
Aug 9, 2017
3,229
12,486
Saw this on red cafe, poster who has watched him a lot.

If the price is true, this is a very good deal for Spurs. He will fit Poch and them like a glove. In a few years, plenty of posters will say why we didnt go for him. He will have a Bernardo Silva type of impact on Spurs, not necessarily that he plays like Bernardo, but just by being one of their best players and instrumental. You just know Poch has a clear idea how to use him. Said from the beginning he is very keen on him. While this all sounds a lot of praise, i was amazed by how drastically he improved over the last 2 years. Spurs is also absolutely the right move for him, regardless of what Eriksen does.

I have a soft spot for Argentinian football, so while Lo Celso moves to a 'rival', he is a semi raw gem waiting to be polished to brilliance. He has made some good moves after PSG with Betis and now with Spurs. Helps with Pochettino there and continuity to convince the player to join.

I started to watch him once we got linked to him a few years ago at Rosario before he moved to PSG. Then a bit at PSG under Emery, once he started to play a bit more. Then at Betis and the National Team.

He started out as an AM at Rosario, played a bit more deeper at PSG under Emery. At Betis he played some sort of CM/AM hybrid. Pretty similar to Eriksen, KDB, Pogba or Bruno Fernandes position wise. He is not a deep lying playmaker, even if he drops deeper to collect the ball and drive it forward. Will probably play a bit higher than Ndombele.

Both him and Ndombele are better and more consistent at dribbling than passing, although Ndombele isnt someone i watched that much. Lo Celso has the tools to be playing deeper, but at the moment he lacks the consistency in passing, positioning and defensive nous for that role, that someone like Rodri has. He plays riskier passes that not always work out and can be a bit hit and miss. Unless Pochettino wants to change him, he should be playing in a more advanced central midfield or 10 position. Pretty much like Eriksen in your current setup.”
 

dagraham

Well-Known Member
Sep 20, 2005
19,130
46,117
Without wanting to derail the thread too much, airport ITK is on par with Dr. ITK ( not to be confused with Dr. No :D).

Who can forget the Zokora plane ITK and the guy who was part of Sigurdson’s medical. Those were the days.
 

rawhide

I have issues...
Jan 28, 2011
16,736
31,186
Without wanting to derail the thread too much, airport ITK is on par with Dr. ITK ( not to be confused with Dr. No :D).

Who can forget the Zokora plane ITK and the guy who was part of Sigurdson’s medical. Those were the days.
I think my favourite was Huntelaar confirming Holtby on the Schalke flight.
 

L-man

Misplaced pass from Dier
Dec 31, 2008
9,979
51,367
Hoping he picks squad number 14. My lucky number, and such an iconic number for me as far at Spurs is concerned. 3 of my favourite players since I've supported the club (Ginola, Poyet, Modric) all having worn it. It's been cursed since.

Deserves another potential superstar to claim it.
I can't imagine we'll let Georges-Kevin give that one up
 

swarvsta

Well-Known Member
Jul 25, 2008
773
4,061
I said it previously and got about 50 ‘dislikes’ but Ally Gold is not ITK at all. He is only fed info the club want everyone to know....

I’m trusting Hercules on this one!
 

Luka Van der Bale

Well-Known Member
Jan 29, 2011
6,041
13,611
Yeah I get the technicalities of it, but it’s bollocks. The whole point of the HG regulations were to ensure British and academy players were given more playing time.

Yet someone like Fabregas is home grown and an English player isn’t.

Like a lot of rules and regulations in football it’s dumb.
This one isn’t on football to be fair. I’m pretty sure it goes against EU regulations to discriminate by nationality when hiring. Which seems a pretty reasonable law to me.
 

George94

George
Feb 1, 2015
3,687
19,511
We're gonna win the league lads.

Herc mentioned a completely new formation this season, I reckon this is it ;)

Screenshot 2019-07-23 at 11.17.05.png
 
Top