Player Watch Player Watch: Micky van de Ven

[Gassin's finest]

Future captain material.

If we can hold onto him long enough. I guarantee the likes of Real Madrid will be all over him if we don't start making serious progress.

 

[KirstyG]

I love this cheeky little cheaper option

 

[Yantino]

If we can hold onto him long enough. I guarantee the likes of Real Madrid will be all over him if we don't start making serious progress.

Same comment comes up every time we have a player playing really well.

 

[fecka]

Absolutely sensational player.

If he can sort out his tendency to get turned he'll have a shout for the best defender in the world. Already so good and you can still see plenty of areas for him to improve. An absolute cheat code of a defender.

 

[BorjeSpurs]

 

[djhotspur]

For all we question some of the transfers in recent years this signing is a simply outstanding piece of business

Yup. Don’t not get how we got such a free run at him

 

[djhotspur]

Same comment comes up every time we have a player playing really well.

They’re gone buy back regs any minute now

 

[Gassin's finest]

Same comment comes up every time we have a player playing really well.

For a long time we've been doing well enough to keep those sorts of things at bay, but another season out of the CL and it becomes harder to convince players to stay if the biggest clubs come in. Mickey is clearly an elite footballer in the making.

 

[spurmin]

Quite simply, there is no one else in football that does what he does.

An absolute beast.

Don’t forget Tim Sherwood thinks he’s a bit wooden.

 

[mil1lion]

The Johnson goal was basically a reverse of the Son goal against Burnley. VdV does all the running and Johnson does the Vertonghen at the end of it.

 

[rabbikeane]

His contract is very secure for us, but we should offer one to raise his wage level to be fair. One of our lowest paid, while he was awarded our Player of Season.

 

[Marauder]

Micky van de Bale!

 

[Gassin's finest]

Micky van de Bale!

I genuinely think Ange should turn him into a forward. I think he'd be a world beater.

 

[Yiddo100]

I genuinely think Ange should turn him into a forward. I think he'd be a world beater.

His attributes our perfect for our CB role, possibly LB put him anywhere and he’d be nowhere near as effective, understandably.

 

[Gassin's finest]

His attributes our perfect for our CB role, possibly LB put him anywhere and he’d be nowhere near as effective, understandably.

Obvs he's a great CB, but I also think he's a better forward than any of our actual forwards.

 

[Trix]

Yup. Don’t not get how we got such a free run at him

Probably because he had only played a handful of senior top flight games before we bought him. This one is a real win for our recruitment department because they've identified the player based pretty much purely on attributes, and fit for how we intend to play. He only had one season of Bundesliga behind him, and a handful of games in the Dutch second tier, so he is very inexperienced for a CB. Him 'being very fast' wouldn't have been enough for most clubs to take a 40mil chance, but for us it was a massive tick because of how we play.

 

[dontcallme]

For a long time we've been doing well enough to keep those sorts of things at bay, but another season out of the CL and it becomes harder to convince players to stay if the biggest clubs come in. Mickey is clearly an elite footballer in the making.

We’ve lost top players before when in the CL.

We lose players simply because they become elite and an elite club puts up huge money to get them.

If Real Madrid decide one of our players is their number one target and go all out for him, at some point they’ll get him. Regardless of us finishing top four.

 

[PCozzie]

Question if we put Davies in at CB is who plays LB when Spence isn't registered.

Could go: Porro, Gray, Romero, Davies

Not ideal, but I think we really need to be careful with Micky's hamstrings. Depends how Udogie is and whether it's just precautionary. If he's fit then try to get 45 out of him, though I suspect we'll be very cautious with him too.

 

[HildoSpur]

He is one of the best signings we have made in years - full credit to the scouting team for identifying him and fair play to Levy and the club for stumping up the cash to get him.

 

[Gassin's finest]

He is one of the best signings we have made in years - full credit to the scouting team for identifying him and fair play to Levy and the club for stumping up the cash to get him.

He's like Jan Vertonghen with rocket boosters.