Ange has struck gold on “generational” Spurs expertise

Whereas they have not essentially seen a lot success within the trendy period, Tottenham Hotspur followers have been blessed with unbelievable gamers.

For instance, for years, Harry Kane and Son Heung-min have been arguably essentially the most harmful duo in all the Premier League.

Earlier than that, it was Gareth Bale, Luka Modrić and Rafael van der Vaart who wowed followers on a weekly foundation, but for all of the extremely gifted gamers simply talked about, none of them was in a position to ship a second fairly as magical as a sure Lucas Moura.

The Brazilian winger won’t have been the very best participant to grace N17, however he was undeniably gifted, full of life, and able to producing right here and there, and now it seems to be just like the membership may need discovered their new model of him.

Moura’s Spurs’ profession

Moura joined Spurs from Paris Saint-Germain in January 2018 for a price of round £23m, which, trying again as we speak, does not appear unreasonable.

His first six months in North London have been comparatively unremarkable, as he was restricted to simply 457 minutes of first-team soccer throughout 11 appearances, though he was nonetheless in a position to rating one objective and supply 4 assists.

Nevertheless, it was the next season, the 18/19 marketing campaign, that introduced with it his best second in a Tottenham shirt and the second that cemented his place within the membership’s proud historical past.

Within the Premier League, he did properly sufficient, scoring ten targets and offering one help in 32 video games, however it was within the second leg of their Champions League semi-final, away to Ajax, the place he did one thing awe-inspiring.

The Lilywhites have been already a objective down from the primary leg, so when the hosts went in at halftime two-nil up, it felt as if the membership’s European journey had come to an unlucky finish.

Nevertheless, Mauricio Pochettino will need to have given the staff speak of his life, as Moura got here out like a person possessed within the second half and scored a hat-trick, with the third objective coming within the 96th minute.

The previous PSG gem would spend the next few seasons out and in of the staff, finally returning to Sao Paulo in August 2023 with a tally of 66 objective involvements in 221 video games, however with the appreciation of the fanbase for that magical night time in Amsterdam – and now it seems to be just like the membership have discovered their new Moura.

Spurs’ new Moura

So, whereas Brennan Johnson has a watch for objective in him and Wilson Odobert has proven glimpses of one thing particular, neither participant might be thought of Spurs’ new Moura.

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That title belongs to Mathys Tel, and there are a number of causes for this.

The primary is the easy incontrovertible fact that, just like the Brazilian, he arrived at Tottenham in January from an enormous European membership the place he was struggling for game-time, this time Bayern Munich.

On prime of that, the teen arrived with fairly a little bit of hype round him, with journalist Graeme Bailey revealing that Spurs themselves have been describing him as “a generational expertise.”

That may sound hyperbolic, however of their defence, the “mind-blowing” attacker, as dubbed by expertise scout Jacek Kulig, scored ten targets and offered six assists in simply 1406 minutes of first-team soccer final season, which comes out to a mean of a objective involvement each 87.87 minutes.

Lastly, like the previous Lilywhites star, the Sarcelles-born dynamo is extremely direct, fast and able to making issues occur on his personal, and had the staff been on track in opposition to Nottingham Forest on Monday night time, he might have simply picked up a few assists, as he performed 5 key passes and created one huge likelihood.

In the end, whereas it is nonetheless early on in his profession, and there’s even an opportunity they do not signal him completely in the summertime, Tel seems to be to be an thrilling prospect and somebody who might change into Spurs’ new Moura.

Nevertheless, followers is likely to be hoping he can produce magical moments on a extra constant foundation than the Brazilian did.

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