They may still have a chance to win the Europa League, but this season has been a disaster for Tottenham Hotspur.
The North Londoners would have started their campaign in hopes of improving their fifth place finish last year and competing in the Champions League.
However, with less than two months remaining in the season, Ange Postecoglou’s side is 14th in the Premier League, with more losses than victory.
That being said, there was one big positive in the campaign. It’s how well their youth are doing, and based on recent reports, it appears Daniel Levy and Co are meant to add another up-and-coming talent to their team with £50 million Dean Huizen. However, they may already have rented out their own version of Spaniards.
Why does Spurs want to sign Fuizen?
Without them having to be a huge summer of transfer activities before them, why would the Spurs want to spend a fair amount of money on Huizen?
Well, there are a few reasons, the first is their vulnerability behind them. With Mickey Van des Ben being incredibly prone to injury, the club needs another centre-back who can fill when needed, as well as challenge both places in the starting lineup.
For example, despite being only 19 years old, the Spaniard has made 29 appearances for Bournemouth this season. Of those, 24 have started, and it’s encouraging, considering Cherry has five fewer goals than the North Londoners in the league this year.
Plus, he won his first senior cap in Spain last month and appears to be on track at the top of the game.
Finally, he has some underlying numbers that are truly impressive for his name. FBREF put him in the top 1% of the central back in Europe’s top 5 leagues, along with the top two leagues of intercept, plus top 2% of non-comprehensive targets, top 4% of clearances, top 5% of shotcrete action, and around 90.
Huijsen’s Fbref Scout Report | ||
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statistics | Around 90 | Percentile |
Intercept | 2.10 | Top 1% |
Non-penalty prediction G+as | 0.17 | Top 2% |
clearance | 6.78 | Top 4% |
Shot creation action | 1.64 | Top 5% |
Progressive Carry | 1.45 | Top 8% |
Non-penalty goals | 0.09 | Top 10% |
Touch the attack box | 1.36 | Top 12% |
All statistics via FBREF |
In short, Huijsen will be a great signature for the present and the future, but that may be unnecessary as one of Tottenham’s Loanees looks like he could become a teenager version.
Huijsen from Spurs
The Spurs have some exciting young people who have been loaned out this season, from Ashley Phillips to Yang Min Hyuk, but it’s not surprising to everyone who follows him that the player we’re talking about is Luka Vułłekk.
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Though not ideal, this allowed the youngster to go out on loan, and he spent this season with KVC Waterloo in Belgium.
So why is he becoming like Huissen?
Well, the first and most obvious point of the similarity is that both players are very large for ages, with the Spaniards at 6 feet 6 and the Croto at 6 feet 4.
In addition to that, a similar level of expectation is placed on Lily White’s gem.
For example, respected talent scout Jacek Kulig described him as “a truly amazing CB,” declaring him he was “destined to be amazing.”
At the same time, soccer analyst Ben Matinson describes the teenager as a “freak athlete” and a “freak talent” with a “scary ceiling.”
Finally, Bournemouth men show themselves as someone who can tip themselves with one or two goals, but the outlook for split births is on another level.
Vuskovic’s 24/25 | |
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player | Vuškovic |
exterior | 29 |
A beautiful sheet | 5 |
the goal | 7 |
assist | 2 |
Involvement of goals for each match | 0.31 |
All statistics through the transfer market |
For example, this semester, he scored seven goals and provided two assists in his first team appearances.
Ultimately, signing Huijsen is not a bad idea, but Tottenham shouldn’t think they need them. Like Vušković, they already have their own version of the Spaniards.
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