Spurs struck gold on “ridiculous” dynamo

There isn’t a getting away from it: this season has been a catastrophe for Tottenham Hotspur.

Ange Postecoglou’s aspect crashed out of the FA Cup towards Aston Villa, had been demolished of their League Cup semi-final towards Liverpool and are at the moment twelfth within the Premier League.

Now, whereas a lot of the staff’s misfortune may and doubtless needs to be put right down to their dreadful harm file, it is laborious to not criticise a few of those that have remained match for subpar performances.

With that stated, and whereas it won’t really feel prefer it, the long run is vibrant for Spurs, as they’ve some thrilling younger abilities within the squad and numerous first-teamers value an terrible lot of cash, together with one who has received comparisons to a Premier League star with an eye-watering price ticket.

Spurs’ most useful gamers

So, earlier than attending to the participant in query, it is value which Spurs gamers at the moment have the very best valuations, and maybe to no one’s shock, the primary spot belongs to Cristian Romero.

Based on Soccer Transfers, the no-nonsense centre-back is value as much as €80.7m, which converts to round £67m, and whereas that is a gigantic sum of cash for a defender, it is laborious to argue it isn’t justified.

For instance, whereas he is had loads of harm issues this season, the previous Atalanta star is undoubtedly one of many Lilywhites’ most essential gamers, each for his performances and management.

Since shifting to N17, the 26-year-old titan has made 112 appearances for the membership, during which he is scored seven targets and offered one help.

Furthermore, he was named one of many membership’s co-vice-captains in 2023, and away from Tottenham, he is received a World Cup and two Copa América titles, which appears like greater than sufficient justification for his lofty valuation.

Transferring from defence to assault now, and the second most useful participant in Postecoglou’s squad in the intervening time is Brennan Johnson, who Soccer Transfers have priced at as much as €69.5m, which is about £58m, and since shifting to N17 in 2023, he is most likely nearly justified that quantity.

In his first season, the Welshman racked up a tally of 5 targets and ten assists in 34 appearances, however this yr, he is taken it up one other degree and is at the moment the staff’s prime scorer with 12 targets and three assists in 33 video games.

Furthermore, at simply 23 years outdated, there are nonetheless a number of years during which he may additional enhance, which could even be thought-about in his valuation. With all that stated, one other star within the squad has been in comparison with a Premier League star who’s value much more than Johnson and Romero.

Spurs’ £82m celebrity within the making

Whereas this season has been removed from supreme, there are a selection of different gamers alongside Romero and Johnson who might be part of the subsequent nice Spurs staff, like Dominic Solanke, Djed Spence and Mikey Moore.

Nevertheless, on this occasion, the participant is the membership’s different first-choice centre-back, Micky van de Ven.

The Dutch worldwide accomplished his £43m transfer from VfL Wolfsburg in the summertime of 2023 and, inside only a few video games, grew to become among the best gamers within the squad, due to his defensive nous, high quality on the ball and blisteringly fast tempo.

In truth, he is so quick he set a Premier League file for the quickest dash when he hit 37.38km/h towards Brentford final yr.

On prime of this, he has additionally been likened to William Saliba by FBref, which in contrast gamers in comparable positions within the Premier League final season, then created an inventory of the ten most comparable gamers for each, and concluded that the Frenchman was the fourth most comparable centre-back to the Lilywhites ace.

One of the best ways to see the place this comparability has come from is to take a look at the underlying metrics during which the pair ranked intently, together with, however not restricted to, non-penalty targets plus assists, progressive passes, passing accuracy, passes into the ultimate third and penalty space, photographs and passes blocked, ball recoveries and extra, all per 90.

Whereas the comparability to an Arsenal star might be not one the Lilywhites trustworthy will welcome with open arms – understandably so – it’s encouraging for the Dutchmam’s future price ticket.

For instance, the Gunners’ quantity two is at the moment valued at as much as a whopping €99m by Soccer Transfers, which converts to about £82m, and if he is so statistically much like Tottenham’s star defender, who’s to say he too will not be value as a lot sooner or later.

In the end, issues won’t be going properly for Spurs this season, however their squad is filled with thrilling and promising gamers, with Van de Ven very a lot one among them.

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