Levy must axe Spurs “horror show” who Postecoglou “really wanted” to sign

It has been a few yr and a half since Tottenham Hotspur determined to nominate Ange Postecoglou as their new everlasting supervisor.

Since then, it might be honest to say the Australian has received some issues proper, like bringing again the leisure issue to the group, but in addition some issues fallacious, akin to his incapability to cope with the group’s consistency issues.

Nevertheless, one space the place he has usually discovered extra success than failure has been transfers, because the likes of Micky van de Ven, Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson, James Maddison and others have usually improved the group.

That mentioned, there have been a few duds, together with one Postecoglou was initially very enthusiastic about however ought to in all probability be moved on in the summertime.

Postecoglou’s poor signings

Earlier than we get to the participant in query, it is value analyzing one other of Postecoglou’s questionable additions to Spurs’ squad: Timo Werner.

The previous Chelsea ace joined the membership on a shock six-month mortgage deal in January of this yr, and whereas there was preliminary optimism that the Australian’s attacking philosophy would assist unlock the Werner of previous, that optimism shortly light.

By the top of the marketing campaign, the German worldwide had scored simply two targets and supplied three assists in 14 appearances, and whereas that is not an abysmal return, it is clearly not adequate for a membership of Spurs’ stature.

Properly, the board and supervisor appeared to disagree, because the 28-year-old was re-signed on a season-long mortgage cope with an possibility to purchase, however based mostly on his performances this season, we will not think about that is an possibility that will probably be taken.

For instance, in his 20 appearances, the Stuttgart-born flop has discovered the again of the web simply as soon as and supplied simply three assists besides.

In all, the choice to re-sign the skilled ahead is a baffling one, however the one constructive is that the membership did not should pay a switch charge to take action, which can’t be mentioned about one other of the supervisor’s poor signings.

The Postecoglou signing who ought to be bought

So, with most of Postecoglou’s signings figuring out to some extent during the last yr and a half, it ought to come as no shock that the participant we’re speaking about is Radu Dragusin, who joined the membership from Genoa in January for £26.7m after being instructed the supervisor “actually needed” to signal him.

To be clear, although, we aren’t suggesting that Spurs eliminate the Romanian worldwide subsequent month, as that may be extremely irresponsible given the present harm issues, however come the summer time, he ought to be moved on.

Now, to his credit score, the skilled defender has completed fairly properly in moments this season, filling in for his injured teammates.

Nonetheless, for all the things he does properly, he appears to make a mistake or just battle to do the fundamentals.

For instance, within the Europa League alone, he is made an entire host of errors, from his crimson card towards Qarabağ to gifting Osimhen a aim within the sport towards Galatasaray and searching fully out of his depth towards Rangers final week, though he wasn’t the one one.

Furthermore, he is put in his justifiable share of dire shows within the league this season as properly, beginning within the defeats to Bournemouth, Chelsea and Ipswich City, the latter of which was so poor that journalist Mitch Fretton described him as an “absolute horror present.”

In the end, whereas Dragusin is probably going adequate to play within the Premier League, it is turn out to be obvious that he isn’t adequate to be an essential participant for Spurs.

Subsequently, if the membership need to progress below Postecoglou, they need to look to promote the defender in the summertime.