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Eberechi Eze

Finney Is Back said:
I don't see Kulu doing much good work starting inside. I see most of his good work being done cutting inside from the right. I can see Kulu playing as a support striker in a 4-4-2 type formation or even a 4-1-3-1 type formation where the central player has is free to roam across the pitch in the attacking areas and has no defensive responsibility but not really somebody that can play as one of the midfield 3 in a 4-3-3.

As I've repeatedly said I would've signed Enzo Millot as our Maddison cover/competition. He is ready now but also has a huge upside. A slightly leftfield suggestion for an alternative could be Pacqueta from West Ham, has lots of quality and has shown he has what it takes for the PL. McAtee from Emirates Marketing Project would be a good long term option. El Khannouss, who we've been linked with from Leicester, is also a decent option. None of those players would break the bank.

Hincapie would be a sensible signing right now in the fact that he can play left back in a 4 at the back system or left sided centre back in either a 3 or a 4 at the back system. Though I think we only sign another centre back if Romero leaves (which seems to be getting less and less likely).
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Some murmurs on X that we're trying to hijack the Millot to Atleti transfer
 
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Legohamster said:
So the clause expired last night and no one wanted to pay it, not even Chelsea.
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Let’s see what happens
I don’t see them selling him for anything less than that fee regardless
I wonder now if the timing of Sonny’s departure aligns with us going for him
 
Bedfordspurs said:
Let’s see what happens
I don’t see them selling him for anything less than that fee regardless
I wonder now if the timing of Sonny’s departure aligns with us going for him
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We would have known for a while he was leaving

It would have made sense to get him in before it was announced.

I'm still of the view the idea of Eze is better than actually having him.
 
Bedfordspurs said:
I rate eze and thing he is a great player
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With Sonny leaving, it finally made sense to me why we've been pursuing an attacking midfielder of the Gibbs-White mould despite the squad having more gaps elsewhere.

If you assume we stay in the rough 4-2-3-1 shape Frank used against the Goons, then you need a winger on the left capable of cutting inside when Udogie bombs up, or staying wide if Porro bombs up on the other end and Udogie tucks inside. However, that isn't to say the left-winger is a 'touchline' winger like Ange used - it's more that he's a creative outlet from the left, and will have his moments to drive infield.

There are a surplus of attacking midfielders on the market atm who can do that - not so many 'pure' left wingers aside from ones that we won't pay for, like Mitoma, Leao et al.

Plus, a mature attacking midfielder out wide coming inside also makes sense from a squad management perspective, because you have to plan for a) Moore's future role - Moore does his best work on the left, and b) the fact that Tel seems to want to play as a striker long-term, despite being better our wide. So you have to have a player who can start on the left in the short-term, but then transition into a different role in the longer-term - and the most open spot is being the eventual replacement for Maddison, who will be 30 next year and was never the fittest.

All this, to me, indicates that Eze ticks every one of those boxes - and although he seems set on the Goons, we could perhaps offer him more than they could in terms of a nailed on starting-spot (off the left) and marquee wages (given he'd be replacing Son). It's better than being their equivalent of Trossard, anyway.

The barrier has always been that we won't pay for him - and unless that changes, it means the Goons get him eventually, because they're just a far better run and more ambitious club than we will ever be under ENIC. But the 'fit', squad-wise, is so perfect with us it hurts.
 
DubaiSpur said:
With Sonny leaving, it finally made sense to me why we've been pursuing an attacking midfielder of the Gibbs-White mould despite the squad having more gaps elsewhere.

If you assume we stay in the rough 4-2-3-1 shape Frank used against the Goons, then you need a winger on the left capable of cutting inside when Udogie bombs up, or staying wide if Porro bombs up on the other end and Udogie tucks inside. However, that isn't to say the left-winger is a 'touchline' winger like Ange used - it's more that he's a creative outlet from the left, and will have his moments to drive infield.

There are a surplus of attacking midfielders on the market atm who can do that - not so many 'pure' left wingers aside from ones that we won't pay for, like Mitoma, Leao et al.

Plus, a mature attacking midfielder out wide coming inside also makes sense from a squad management perspective, because you have to plan for a) Moore's future role - Moore does his best work on the left, and b) the fact that Tel seems to want to play as a striker long-term, despite being better our wide. So you have to have a player who can start on the left in the short-term, but then transition into a different role in the longer-term - and the most open spot is being the eventual replacement for Maddison, who will be 30 next year and was never the fittest.

All this, to me, indicates that Eze ticks every one of those boxes - and although he seems set on the Goons, we could perhaps offer him more than they could in terms of a nailed on starting-spot (off the left) and marquee wages (given he'd be replacing Son). It's better than being their equivalent of Trossard, anyway.

The barrier has always been that we won't pay for him - and unless that changes, it means the Goons get him eventually, because they're just a far better run and more ambitious club than we will ever be under ENIC. But the 'fit', squad-wise, is so perfect with us it hurts.
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I think we would pay for him if we wanted him
I also don’t think they (arse) will pay for him and will try to get him by haggling to the point that palace will tell them where to go (gut feel)
We will see next week when things will start moving IMO
 
I hope that we don’t get him. He’s not a bad player but he is not a one touch player or can pass immediately. He likes to hold the ball and assess. I think we would get incredibly frustrated with him if we are hitting teams on the break like Frank likes to do.
 
Gazza said:
I hope that we don’t get him. He’s not a bad player but he is not a one touch player or can pass immediately. He likes to hold the ball and assess. I think we would get incredibly frustrated with him if we are hitting teams on the break like Frank likes to do.
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That's exactly what Spam fans say about Kudus, yet we ended up going for him anyway. I don't think that's necessarily an impediment - think the team needs a few lads who can take control of the ball and make the right choice, as opposed to the quick one.

Plus, helps that he's a ridiculously good ball carrier, much like Kudus, so even if he doesn't release it immediately, he has the tools to keep us moving forward anyway.
 
DubaiSpur said:
That's exactly what Spam fans say about Kudus, yet we ended up going for him anyway. I don't think that's necessarily an impediment - think the team needs a few lads who can take control of the ball and make the right choice, as opposed to the quick one.

Plus, helps that he's a ridiculously good ball carrier, much like Kudus, so even if he doesn't release it immediately, he has the tools to keep us moving forward anyway.
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Kudus is also one with pace who can run on to blast from deeper positions.

Eze is not. But he’s not coming here anyway so I’m ok with that
 
NLS said:
Why could Eze want to come to Spurs? Palace looked so much better than us today. Quite saddening really.
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I'd say it is quite encouraging.
Palace bought players like Lacroix and Sarr and Mateta and Wharton and blah blah all their team mates and look really good, so it is possible to build a really good team without breaking the bank.

I watched it with my annoying Liverpool-supporting-brother, who is 54 yet still donned a replica shirt and wore a Liverpool scarf in 28 degree weather, and who was dancing and bragging after Ekitike scored and saying how wonderful Wirtz is.

Then around 70 minutes I said, wait a minute, you don't have any forwards to bring on at all, you really do need Isak. They brought on Elliott and basically tried to shore things up and failed and then lost on penalties.

This is all good news, it shows these clubs are not infallible. Don't believe their hype.
 
Bullet said:
I'd say it is quite encouraging.
Palace bought players like Lacroix and Sarr and Mateta and Wharton and blah blah all their team mates and look really good, so it is possible to build a really good team without breaking the bank.

I watched it with my annoying Liverpool-supporting-brother, who is 54 yet still donned a replica shirt and wore a Liverpool scarf in 28 degree weather, and who was dancing and bragging after Ekitike scored and saying how wonderful Wirtz is.

Then around 70 minutes I said, wait a minute, you don't have any forwards to bring on at all, you really do need Isak. They brought on Elliott and basically tried to shore things up and failed and then lost on penalties.

This is all good news, it shows these clubs are not infallible. Don't believe their hype.
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Definitely a fair comment regarding Palace. But Palace whilst winning a cup like us finished bottom half of the league. We have aspirations (apparently) of competing at the top level on all fronts, and to do that is going to require that bit more.

When everyone is fit and firing we have a starting eleven which is decent, but would do well to finish top 6. And squad depth is a concern, we are some way off being competitive on all fronts....
 
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