According to a recent Italian report, Tottenham are among the teams interested in signing Juventus’ Italian winger Federico Chiesa this summer.
However, this potential transfer could cause problems for Dejan Kulusevski.
Tottenham Hotspur Transfer News Report claims the Lilywhites have contacted the Turin-based side over the Italian’s future, but may have to compete with Manchester United and Roma for a signing his signature.
Although interest from the Red Devils and Giallorossi is far from ideal, the good news is that the report claims the former Fiorentina star is valued at just under 30 million euros, or around £25 million.
This could be a complicated transfer to navigate, but given Chiesa’s reasonable price, the comparisons with Son and his potential to replace Kulusevski, Daniel Levy and Co will continue.
Comparing Chiesa with Son and Kulusevski So, before we look at how Chiesa’s recent record compares to Kulusevski, let’s first look at this comparison with club captain Son .
It comes from FBref, which compares players in similar positions in Europe’s top five leagues before creating a list of the 10 most comparable players for each league.
In the case of the Italians, they placed the Lilywhites ace in seventh place.
most similar forward.
This comparison is best seen in some of their most similar basic numbers, such as shots on target, key passes, passes into the box, interceptions, clearances success, running and ball recovery all equal 90.
So Now his similarities with the Korean superstar have been clarified, Juve’s trump card compared to the player he is What are the alternatives in North London?
Well, when it comes to the most important aspect of a modern-day winger, his production, it’s the Genoa-born star who comes out on top.
In 37 appearances for the Old Lady last season, the “unstoppable” striker, as his former team-mate Giorgio Chiellini dubbed him, scored 10 goals and provided three assists, meaning he was on average scored 1 goal in 2.
86 matches.
In contrast, the Swedish Lilywhites star scored eight goals and provided three assists in 39 appearances last season, equating to a slightly less impressive average of scoring every three .
54 games.
Furthermore, it was a similar story last season, when both wingers scored 10 goals, the Swede did it in 37 games, while his potential replacement His did it in just 33 appearances.
Ultimately, Kulusevski is a talented player and a great winger to have in the team, but based on the past two seasons, it looks like Chiesa will be an upgrade, at least from a perspective.
attack point in all cases.
The fact that it is available at a reasonable price and compared to Son is just a great thing.
Tottenham are preparing to sign a “Spanish player” who, according to Diego, is “one of the best”.
There will be tougher tests ahead for Tottenham, which is why Postecoglou wants to see some new signings arrive as soon as possible.
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