Spurs now exploring move to sign big-money PL star

Final evening was one to overlook for Tottenham Hotspur.

Ange Postecoglou’s aspect had an opportunity to show their season round and put an enormous dent in Arsenal’s ambitions concurrently, however in the end gave up a 1-0 result in decide up their eleventh Premier League defeat of the marketing campaign.

Impressively, it was the children like Archie Grey and Lucas Bergvall who put in the very best performances for the Lilywhites, whereas the senior gamers have been painfully ineffective or virtually nameless.

Even goalscorer Son Heung-min was disappointing for almost all of the sport, so latest experiences linking the membership with a possible alternative this month should not come as a lot of a shock.

Tottenham chase Son successor

In response to a latest report from Soccer Transfers, Tottenham are one in all a number of high-profile golf equipment involved in signing Manchester United star Alejandro Garnacho this month, whose sale just isn’t off the desk.

The truth is, the report has revealed that the Lilywhites have ‘set their sights’ on the winger, have made a ‘concrete enquiry’ about his availability and will now be ready to check the Crimson Devils’ resolve with a bid within the area of €70m, which is about £59m.

Nonetheless, followers should not get too carried away simply but, because the report has additionally named European giants Napoli and Atlético Madrid as among the events.

It might be a sophisticated and expensive switch to recover from the road, however given Garnacho’s present skill and the potential many imagine him to own, it is one value pursuing, particularly as Son can’t be relied upon long-term.

How Garnacho compares to Son

Now, the very first thing to say is that over the past decade or so, there have been few gamers as persistently sensible as Son within the Premier League, and when he does lastly dangle up his boots or transfer on, he’ll be rightly remembered as a legend of the league.

With that stated, time catches up with us all, and with him set to show 33 in the summertime, the membership must discover a long-term alternative and quick, as regardless that he can nonetheless chip in with a aim right here and there, most followers will attest to the truth that he is having much less and fewer impression in video games with each passing marketing campaign.

So, with that in thoughts, how does he stack up towards the younger Garnacho? From a pure output perspective, it is a very carefully fought affair.

For instance, in 26 appearances totalling 1825 minutes this season, the Spurs captain has scored eight targets and offered seven assists for Postecoglou, which comes out to a median of a aim involvement each 1.73 video games, or each 121.66 minutes.

In distinction, the younger Argentine has scored as many targets however offered 5 assists in 30 appearances, totalling 1641 minutes, so he is averaging a aim involvement each 2.30 video games, or each 126.23 minutes.

So, with there being little to separate the pair with their output, how do they stack up towards each other once we have a look beneath the hood at their underlying numbers?

Curiously, whereas the South Korean worldwide comes out forward in quite a lot of metrics, equivalent to progressive passes, shot and goal-creating actions, passing accuracy and key passes per 90, he comes out second-best general.

For instance, the “harmful” United gem, as dubbed by Paul Scholes, does higher in a mess of offensive metrics equivalent to non-penalty targets plus assists, progressive carries, photographs and photographs on the right track and carries into the penalty space per 90, but in addition does considerably higher for the defensive ones as properly.

Not solely does he make and win extra tackles, however he wins extra aerial duels, completes extra ball recoveries and makes extra interceptions and blocks, additionally all per 90.

What makes this much more spectacular is the truth that he is so younger and has years to go till he reaches his peak, which for a large attacker is about 26, in response to analysis carried out by The Athletic in 2021.

In the end, Son is a bonafide legend, however he’s nearing the tip of his top-flight profession, and Spurs must discover a dynamic and probably game-changing alternative, which by all accounts might be Garnacho.