🚨 Tottenham announce youngsters on pre-season tour
Damola Ajayi
Harry Byrne
Tye Hall
Tyrese Hall
Malachi Hardy
Rio Kyerematen
Mikey Moore
Reiss Russell-Denny
Dylan Thompson
Tyler Tingey
Luca Williams-Barnett
Make it make sense, VAR.
⚽️ Ekitike push vs Spurs - Goal
❌ Romero push vs West Ham - No Goal
❌ Muani push vs Arsenal - No Goal
⚽️ Wilson push vs Spurs - Goal
Identical situations. 4/4 decisions go against Spurs.
@fc_mossman Enjoy your work. The graphs seem created to include as much info/context as possible for the most “fair” data which can be great, but sometimes less is more and you can stand to make the relevant takeaway/datapoint stick out more and be more naturally understood
It’s now been 1 year and 8 months since this post about Djed Spence.
He’s since won the Europa League for Tottenham and now England have called him up.
The replies to this and other tweets about Mathys Tel are crazy. His raw talent and potential is insane, I have no idea why so many spurs fans are so down on him
Go look at the lineups he was in last year and who he had to connect plays with. Just have patience and he’ll explode
Don’t really get where this whole ‘Tel has been shit’ narrative has come from.
Joined under the most difficult of circumstances, only really played in the league (that we fielded a weakened team in every week and our own manager stated he didn’t priorities)…and he wasn’t that bad. Was he great, did he set the league alight? No. But he certainly wasn’t shit. Had good moments and bad moments
And as for this season, it’s been four games and he hasn’t started a single one. He’s 20 years old.
He needs trust, time and opportunities. He might not come good, he might explode, but patience is needed with him and he definitely has the talent.
Adoni Iraola outclassed Thomas Frank by simply nullifying Spurs’ strengths while maximizing his own players.
A 🧵 on how the Spaniard dismantled Spurs away from home.
For the attackers. So much depends on how this season goes. Need to stop over relying on BJ and see what Odobert and Tel can offer. Need clarity on Richy. Is RKM the future Richy replacement? Solanke is clearly a good player but is he injury prone? Can’t have two brittle strikers
How we look for summer 26 at the close of this window
• Palhinha and RKM loans expiring
• Davies, Biss, Bentancur contracts expiring
• Solomon and Dragusin are loan/sales
• Decisions to make on Bents extension & whether to loan Vuskovic/Mellia/Takai/Moore/Lankshear/Donley
All that said, summer 25 is a good window but not great. Left our defense short a left footer, left our midfield short on passing. The former simply requires a depth purchase, the latter probably requires one big $$ purchase, moving on JP/Bents, and Gray proving ready to go
So in total — Kudus (£55m), Xavi Simons (£51m), Tel (£37m), Takai (£4m), and then £8m in loan fees for Palhinha and RKM
About £155m spent. The business we did was quite good imo both in terms of quality and value. Needed to do more tho, no left footed defender is crazy
#Tottenham’s 2025 Summer Window Incomings
🇫🇷 Mathys Tel
🇯🇵 Kota Takai
🇬🇭 Mohammed Kudus
🇳🇱 Xavi Simons
🇵🇹 Joao Palhinha (Loan)
🇫🇷 Randal Kolo-Muani (Loan)
How would you rate them out of 10, Spurs fans? 🤔
Xavi Simons is a phenomenal signing. He is the ideal left half-space player, something the Spurs squad lack with Maddison out. Exceptional on the half-turn, he has enough core strength to take contact in ground duels, can carry and accelerate play post-reception between the lines, has a good eye for through balls, and possesses a big enough range for long passes. His ball striking is top tier, and he has also developed a socio-affective base at Leipzig alongside his out-of-possession work.
His top speed is limited despite his acceleration, and his weak foot is serviceable. Even so, there is little more you could ask for.
The key to maximizing him is always having runners around him and avoiding touchline static receptions as much as possible.
⚪️🔵 Spurs finally land Xavi Simons from RB Leipzig, hijacking Chelsea’s move after links with Gibbs White, Eze and Nico Paz. With Maddison and Kulusevski injured, Frank desperately needed creativity and Xavi could transform their midfield.
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