There may be lower than a month till the Premier League returns, and whereas Tottenham Hotspur have already made the thrilling signing of Archie Grey this summer season, they’re going to want to herald extra gamers to assist Ange Postecoglou realise his ambitions in North London.
The Australian led the Lilywhites to Europa League qualification final season, however with a number of extra high quality gamers within the squad, it might have been the Champions League.
Thankfully, Daniel Levy and Co look like onerous at work as, primarily based on current stories, the membership are within the operating to land a participant who shone at Euro 2024 and could be the perfect rival for Brennan Johnson on the proper.
Tottenham Hotspur switch information
Based on a current report from Turkish publication Sabah Spor, Tottenham are one in every of a number of sides eager on touchdown Galatasaray star Baris Alper Ylimaz’s providers this summer season.
Alongside the Lilywhites, the report claims that Arsenal are set to satisfy with the participant’s representatives to debate a attainable switch. On the similar time, Manchester United, Brighton & Hove Albion, Liverpool and Aston Villa are stated to be ‘intently following the participant.’
Whereas this stage of curiosity within the 24-year-old is way from best for Levy and Co, the excellent news is that ought to they want to pursue this switch additional, they’ll solely must make a suggestion within the area of €30m, which is about £25m, to safe the participant’s providers.
It could possibly be a sophisticated deal to recover from the road, however primarily based on Yilmaz’s performances for Galatasaray and Turkey, it’s price pursuing – particularly as he might assist get much more out of Johnson.
How Yilmaz compares to Johnson
Now, if Spurs can get forward of the chasing pack and convey the proficient Yilmaz to the white facet of North London this summer season, they’re going to have an thrilling attacker who has proven a capability to play on both the proper or left wing at their disposal.
Nevertheless, all through final season, it turned more and more obvious that his greatest place is off the proper, as he began 27 video games there versus 12 on the left. Ought to he transfer to N17, this could possible see him compete with Johnson for a spot within the beginning lineup.
So, with that in thoughts, how do the pair stack up in opposition to each other? Effectively, in the case of a very powerful metric of all, output, it is reasonably shut.
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Yilmaz vs Johnson |
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Participant |
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Appearances |
55 |
38 |
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Targets |
7 |
5 |
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Assists |
12 |
10 |
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Aim Involvements per Match |
0.34 |
0.39 |
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All Stats by way of Transfermarkt |
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For instance, the previous Nottingham Forest ace scored 5 targets and offered ten assists in 38 appearances for the North Londoners, which means he averaged a aim involvement each 2.53 video games.
In distinction, the Turkish famous person, whom Virgil van Dijk claimed was “tough for each defender” to face, produced extra aim involvements – seven targets and 12 assists – however did so in 55 appearances, equating to a median of a aim involvement each 2.89 video games.
Finally, whereas it might show difficult to land the Gala ace, the actual fact he managed to provide comparable attacking numbers to Johnson exhibits that he’d be an excellent rival for the Welshman and the right possibility for Postecoglou to make use of off the bench and even from the beginning.
Furthermore, his positional versatility might additionally see him used as a backup possibility for Son Heung-min or Timo Werner on the left, making his signature one price combating for.
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