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Pape Matar Sarr
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Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
Not at the moment. Been a bit under the weather. Should make an effort to watch him.
Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
Read the poo and guff thread for a update.
SpurMeUp
Les Howe
You're advertising your own shocking post! Not sure I dare go in there until its aired out a little.
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
milo
Jack L. Jones
He didn't play. He's got Covid
alekaras
The ITK of IDK
Good article about Sarr in the Athletic.
‘One of the biggest talents in Europe’: What Tottenham should expect from Pape Matar Sarr
Ask the other big clubs in the Premier League who the best signing is that Tottenham Hotspur have made in recent years and they would give you a surprising answer.
Pape Matar Sarr has not kicked a ball for Tottenham yet but he is one of the most highly-rated teenage midfielders in the game. When Spurs agreed a deal last summer to buy him from Metz, and let him stay there on loan, many other teams were taken aback. They had all been monitoring Sarr’s breakthrough season in France and waiting for their moment to pounce. But Spurs beat them all to it, buying Sarr in August for €18 million.
It is far too early to say that Sarr will be able to come in and make an instant difference to the Tottenham midfield next season when his loan ends. He turns 20 in September and this is still just his second season in European top-flight football.
Clearly, Sarr cannot be rushed. He is currently in Cameroon with the Senegal squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, although he has not seen one minute of action so far. But Aliou Cisse’s side have only managed one goal from their three group games — an injury-time Sadio Mane penalty against Zimbabwe — so it is certainly plausible that Cisse might turn to Sarr for their last-16 game against Cape Verde in Bafoussam on Tuesday afternoon. They could certainly do with some of his spark.
So what would Senegal get if they pick Sarr during the knockout rounds? What have Tottenham ultimately paid Metz for?
The answer is a thrillingly dynamic box-to-box midfielder, who has already proved how talented he is since he joined Metz in September 2020 and impressed observers by how quickly he adjusted to Ligue 1 after arriving from Generation Foot in Senegal.
Sarr is good at many things but there are two things that stand out, both to the scouts who have watched him and in the data as well.
Or if power is more your thing then here is another, also from 30 yards, in a home game against Montpellier last February. Sarr strikes a bouncing ball so cleanly that it whistles through a crowded penalty area, in off the foot of the post.
For completeness, here is one more Sarr goal, struck on the volley in a crowded penalty area, putting Metz 2-0 up in a league game in Dijon in May 2021.
Put all of this together, his defensive excellence, his ability to drive forward with the ball, his threat from the edge of the box, and you have one of the most exciting young midfielders in Europe. And what makes Sarr even more impressive is how he hit the ground running when he started at Metz last season.
Sarr comes from a strong footballing family. His father Sidate is manager of Ndiambour in the Senegalese league and used to be goalkeeping coach for the Senegal national team. Sarr himself is a product of Senegal’s most famous football academy, Generation Foot. The academy, based in Dakar, has brought through many of Senegal’s best players in recent years, before selling them to Metz. That was the path travelled by Patinkle Cisse, Diafra Sakho, Ismaila Sarr and, most famous of all, Sadio Mane.
Metz have done very well out of this arrangement, providing a platform to some hugely talented players, giving them an experience of European club football, and then making a profit from their sale. “They make money,” Benoit Assou-Ekotto, who finished his career at Metz, explained to The Athletic recently. “That’s all, and football is a business. It’s very good for the Senegal national team and for Metz to make money. They make more than a few million.”
Observers of French football also noted how he was able to almost instantly adjust to top-flight French football.
“Coming from Senegal, he made good performances in a really short time,” says the sporting director of a rival French club. “Usually when players come from Senegal, or elsewhere in Africa, they need time to adapt to European football first of all. They need time to adapt to the social life, the different food, different weather. Particularly in Metz, where it is really cold in the winter. But his time to adapt was really, really short. That is why he was most impressive, because he was ready to play well so quickly.”
It is too early to say yet what Sarr will do next season, although he has started English lessons to prepare for when he does come to Tottenham. And there is no doubt Spurs feel they have a bargain for when he does arrive.
“Pape is one of the biggest talents in Europe,” managing director Fabio Paratici said after the signing was announced last summer. “Our job is not just to look to tomorrow, but maybe also past tomorrow to next year. He is a really good signing. All of Europe speaks about him. A lot of teams are interested, and a lot of teams were there to sign him. We made a very good signing. He needs experience, he has to play games, to stay in one team and play regularly. It was a great investment for the club, and a great vision for the future.”
‘One of the biggest talents in Europe’: What Tottenham should expect from Pape Matar Sarr
Ask the other big clubs in the Premier League who the best signing is that Tottenham Hotspur have made in recent years and they would give you a surprising answer.
Pape Matar Sarr has not kicked a ball for Tottenham yet but he is one of the most highly-rated teenage midfielders in the game. When Spurs agreed a deal last summer to buy him from Metz, and let him stay there on loan, many other teams were taken aback. They had all been monitoring Sarr’s breakthrough season in France and waiting for their moment to pounce. But Spurs beat them all to it, buying Sarr in August for €18 million.
It is far too early to say that Sarr will be able to come in and make an instant difference to the Tottenham midfield next season when his loan ends. He turns 20 in September and this is still just his second season in European top-flight football.
Clearly, Sarr cannot be rushed. He is currently in Cameroon with the Senegal squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, although he has not seen one minute of action so far. But Aliou Cisse’s side have only managed one goal from their three group games — an injury-time Sadio Mane penalty against Zimbabwe — so it is certainly plausible that Cisse might turn to Sarr for their last-16 game against Cape Verde in Bafoussam on Tuesday afternoon. They could certainly do with some of his spark.
So what would Senegal get if they pick Sarr during the knockout rounds? What have Tottenham ultimately paid Metz for?
The answer is a thrillingly dynamic box-to-box midfielder, who has already proved how talented he is since he joined Metz in September 2020 and impressed observers by how quickly he adjusted to Ligue 1 after arriving from Generation Foot in Senegal.
Sarr is good at many things but there are two things that stand out, both to the scouts who have watched him and in the data as well.
Or if power is more your thing then here is another, also from 30 yards, in a home game against Montpellier last February. Sarr strikes a bouncing ball so cleanly that it whistles through a crowded penalty area, in off the foot of the post.
For completeness, here is one more Sarr goal, struck on the volley in a crowded penalty area, putting Metz 2-0 up in a league game in Dijon in May 2021.
Put all of this together, his defensive excellence, his ability to drive forward with the ball, his threat from the edge of the box, and you have one of the most exciting young midfielders in Europe. And what makes Sarr even more impressive is how he hit the ground running when he started at Metz last season.
Sarr comes from a strong footballing family. His father Sidate is manager of Ndiambour in the Senegalese league and used to be goalkeeping coach for the Senegal national team. Sarr himself is a product of Senegal’s most famous football academy, Generation Foot. The academy, based in Dakar, has brought through many of Senegal’s best players in recent years, before selling them to Metz. That was the path travelled by Patinkle Cisse, Diafra Sakho, Ismaila Sarr and, most famous of all, Sadio Mane.
Metz have done very well out of this arrangement, providing a platform to some hugely talented players, giving them an experience of European club football, and then making a profit from their sale. “They make money,” Benoit Assou-Ekotto, who finished his career at Metz, explained to The Athletic recently. “That’s all, and football is a business. It’s very good for the Senegal national team and for Metz to make money. They make more than a few million.”
Observers of French football also noted how he was able to almost instantly adjust to top-flight French football.
“Coming from Senegal, he made good performances in a really short time,” says the sporting director of a rival French club. “Usually when players come from Senegal, or elsewhere in Africa, they need time to adapt to European football first of all. They need time to adapt to the social life, the different food, different weather. Particularly in Metz, where it is really cold in the winter. But his time to adapt was really, really short. That is why he was most impressive, because he was ready to play well so quickly.”
It is too early to say yet what Sarr will do next season, although he has started English lessons to prepare for when he does come to Tottenham. And there is no doubt Spurs feel they have a bargain for when he does arrive.
“Pape is one of the biggest talents in Europe,” managing director Fabio Paratici said after the signing was announced last summer. “Our job is not just to look to tomorrow, but maybe also past tomorrow to next year. He is a really good signing. All of Europe speaks about him. A lot of teams are interested, and a lot of teams were there to sign him. We made a very good signing. He needs experience, he has to play games, to stay in one team and play regularly. It was a great investment for the club, and a great vision for the future.”
Legohamster
Ian Walker
Depends if we are and what level of Europe we are in I would imagine.
Lemonade Money
Les Medley
Probably same as Gil (or Dele). See if he sinks or swims first.
Denmark Spur
Michael Carrick
johnola
Jermaine Jenas
Senegal clearly the more talented team and it was a pleasure to see them win the shootout.
Always enjoy that tournament. The quality is improving with so much natural ability on display and the officials have been great part from the blowing the full time whistle early balls up early on.
Always enjoy that tournament. The quality is improving with so much natural ability on display and the officials have been great part from the blowing the full time whistle early balls up early on.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Thought Egypt stunk it out TBH
I get playing to your strengths but they never looked like a threatening side one they got out of the group
Heard he came on but didn't touch the ball. Whether true or not i don't know.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
3 Sarrs in the squad and none of the reports seem to give initials. 2 played, 1 didn't.
