Sky Sports reporter Dharmesh Sheth expects Tottenham to be busy in the January transfer window but what he says about the kind of players that the club will target might not please Spurs fans.
Ange Postecoglou has had to deal with a major injury crisis at Tottenham and over the last month, the Australian has repeatedly talked about the need for adding reinforcements in January.
The Spurs head coach has even spoken about the need for the club to slightly tweak their transfer policy and add some more players with more experience to the squad.
However, at the same time, Postecoglou has also been candid about how difficult it would be to find the right players mid-season and has hinted that Spurs may make signings intended to bolster the squad rather than ones who would be guaranteed starters.
Sheth is not in any doubt that we will see new faces arrive at Hotspur Way over the next month, especially given the club’s extremely busy schedule.
However, he believes that Tottenham will continue targeting young, up-and-coming players, who might not be ready to deliver consistently at the highest level yet.
Sheth told GiveMeSport about the Lilywhites’ January plans: “They’re still fighting for a top-four finish, or at least a European finish. They’re still fighting to get into the top eight, into the automatic qualification spots for the Europa League. They’re into the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup as well.
“The FA Cup is to come too, and that’s a game against a non-league team, if I remember correctly. So, they’d expect to progress in that competition as well. So they’re going to have a lot of fixtures. So maybe, numbers-wise, they might look at January as an opportunity to bring in one or two players, but the approach from Tottenham has been clear.
“They’re not going into the market and buying the established 25, 26-year-olds anymore. They’re going at the other end of the market. The young players with potential, but with that is going to come inconsistency.”
Spurs are not likely to completely abandon their approach of signing young players and developing them into finished products.
But by the same token, they would perhaps target players with some Premier League experience for a couple of key positions across the pitch, similar to the Dominic Solanke move back in the summer.
One can argue that one or two more experienced heads are needed in the dressing room to provide some leadership and guide the young core of the squad.
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