UNDER ANGE POSTECOGLOU, TOTTENHAM PERSISTED WITH THEIR STRATEGY OF SIGNING YOUNG GEMS AND GIVING THEM A PLATFORM TO FULFIL THEIR POTENTIAL. GIVEN THE AUSTRALIAN’S PHILOSOPHY OF GIVING PLAYERS THE FREEDOM TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, IT WAS A GOOD FIT, AND IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ARGUE THAT IT DID NOT WORK WELL, GIVEN HOW THE LIKES OF DESTINY UDOGIE AND LUCAS BERGVALL DEVELOPED.
HOWEVER, TOWARDS THE END OF HIS TIME AT SPURS, EVEN POSTECOGLOU SPOKE OF THE NEED FOR TOTTENHAM TO ADD MORE EXPERIENCE TO THE SQUAD. TOTTENHAM ARE SHOPPING FOR MORE EXPERIENCE THIS SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW.
SOME SPURS FANS WERE WORRIED THAT THE CLUB’S POLICY MIGHT NOT CHANGE AFTER POSTECOGLOU WAS SACKED AND THE LILYWHITES’ EARLY BUSINESS HAVE ONLY SERVED TO STRENGTHEN THOSE CONCERNS.
HAVING SECURED MATHYS TEL IN A PERMANENT DEAL, TOTTENHAM ARE SOON EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE THE ARRIVAL OF 20-YEAR-OLD CENTRE-BACK KOTA TAKAI.
HOWEVER, DESPITE THOSE EARLY DEALS, SAMI MOKBEL HAS ASSERTED ON THE LAST WORD ON SPURS PODCAST THAT TOTTENHAM WILL PRIORITISE SIGNING EXPERIENCED PLAYERS THIS SUMMER.