Tottenham Hotspur presently lead the race to signal a ‘good’ midfielder from a Champions League membership, having overtaken a lot of their Premier League rivals within the race.
Spurs have needed to reorganize their midfield as a consequence of a scarcity of ahead passing.
Sky Sports activities analyst Nick Wright lately known as for Tottenham to restructure their midfield following their poor efficiency, which noticed them draw 0-0 with AS Monaco within the Champions League and lose 2-1 to Aston Villa.
In opposition to the French facet, Spurs’ midfield duo of Rodrigo Bentancur and João Parinha directed simply seven of their mixed 58 passes, selecting off Richarlison 3 times and failing to feed substitute Randal Kolo Muani as soon as.
Creativity points have been additionally uncovered towards Villa, with the pair directing 15 of their 79 passes ahead, indicating Thomas Frank must recalibrate his midfield choices or usher in new gamers in January or the summer time.
In response to a report within the Document (through Sport Witness), Tottenham are presently main the race to signal Sporting CP midfielder Morten Hjurmand, who has attracted widespread curiosity from the Premier League, with the likes of Man United and Manchester Metropolis additionally eager.
Sporting are hoping to make a proposal for Yulmando within the January switch window, however on condition that the Portuguese membership plans to stay to the €80 million launch clause in his present contract, it could take an enormous provide to get him over the road.
It’s unclear whether or not the north Londoner is prepared to make an method this winter, and contemplating the midfielder’s contract runs till 2028, Sporting are nonetheless in a superb place in negotiations, however there are many indicators that he may very well be value pursuing…
‘Mental’ Hjormand could also be simply what Frank wants
As talked about above, Tottenham battle to advance the ball up the pitch, however Sporting’s star is a really spectacular ball-passer and tends to advance the ball into extra superior areas.
statistics | Common per 90 folks (previous 12 months) |
Variety of move makes an attempt | 62.70 (87th percentile) |
Go completion fee | 90% (ninety fifth percentile) |
progressive path | 6.51 (83rd percentile) |
The passmaster has began to show himself on the prime stage once more this season, incomes a SofaScore match ranking of seven.6 in his group’s 2-1 Champions League defeat to Marseille earlier this month, the very best of any Sporting participant.
In response to scout Ben Mattinson, the Denmark worldwide will not be solely good at retaining the ball, however can also be strong from a defensive standpoint. “Yurmand is a defensively good midfielder who reads the sport at a excessive stage. He has nice expectations and may learn the opponent’s subsequent attacking strikes.”
So it is clear the Tottenham supervisor wants another choice within the engine room, and Yurmand may very well be the perfect addition to Frank’s squad.
