TheAmerican
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Mikkel Damsgaard
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ButchCassidy
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Damsgaard looks like a good young talent but comments like this really worry me, he’s become massively hyped up on the back of one or two Euro matches. He’s had one season in a top league (more like two-thirds of a season as he was a substitute as often as not) and he scored two goals and had four assists. Anyone expecting him to come in and “give the goal return that Son does” is going to end up disappointed.
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I agree with your points but his only 21, he wouldn't just be an investment for now, but for the future too
mil1lion
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You can only compare to the likes of the Eriksen when he arrived not the player he became. Its the potential to be great that Damsgaard offers but I think that's where we are now. We're not going to buy ready made world class talent. We need to build a team of prospects who can develop into world class.
ButchCassidy
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I guess my point is he isn’t at the level Eriksen was at when he joined us, not yet anyway. Eriksen had just won three consecutive titles with Ajax and was arguably their best player, his numbers were solid and he scored important goals, and he’d been playing for Denmark for almost four years. Damsgaard isn’t there yet in terms of output or consistency. He may well get there and I’m not at all suggesting he’d be a bad signing, but with the hype train around his Euro performances there’s some expecting him to come in and transform our attack when in reality he’s probably at an even earlier stage of development than Gil.
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Eh, I'd say its pretty similar. Damsgaard played more games last year than Gil, but 500 less minutes. Gil had one more goal/assist and Damsgaard is playing for the senior level national team while Gil is a sub for the U23's.
Its a toss up.
JacoZA
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More partial to a imaginable plausibility myself, but each to his own.
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Interesting link here from Kilpatrick. Getting Madueke back in would be a surprise. Might be why we are willing to sell some HG players though.
www.standard.co.uk
Damsgaard and Madueke among Tottenham’s next transfer targets
Tottenham are set to turn their attentions to another creative player after agreeing a deal for defender Cristian Romero, with Sampdoria’s Mikkel Damsgaard and PSV’s Noni Madueke among their targets.
www.standard.co.uk
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No chance for 40m - he's a great prospect but realistically he's had 1 good full season.
I think Madueke is better value for money, also homegrown, and has a similar ceiling.
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Sampdoria chairman is apparently a Roma fan and wants the player to move there if they sell.
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worcestersauce
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As we know to our cost the player will have a say.
That said I can't make my mind up about him one way or the other.
I'm a classic don't know.
Snarfalicious
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I probably would have been much more interested in this had we not signed Gil and didn’t already have a couple of guys in the squad that we are probably unrealistically expecting to make a big jump in their goals scored this season.
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I'd rather we go for Madueke.
Will cost less, is homegrown and is left footed playing from the right, where we more urgently need reinforcement.
Will cost less, is homegrown and is left footed playing from the right, where we more urgently need reinforcement.
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worcestersauce
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But is he good enough?
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Think 30m tops is what we would do. I take it Sabitzer hasn't moved yet? Surprised we haven't heard much of him yet, a lot cheaper apparently. Arsenal linked with Maddison though and they're talking about 70m needed so values are all over the place.
A new number 10 is a tricky one. If Kane stays I think we're OK. If he leaves we need a 10 because we'll be minus Kane who has filled the void of Eriksen. The trouble is we have attacking midfielders already just not much creative types. Ndombele is the only one I think that could play the type of balls Eriksen or Kane do. Alli and Lo Celso more short passes and forward runs. The only position in this 433 that makes sense for Damsgaard is the Alli one where he's the most advanced of the 3. Although part of me would prefer to get a holding midfielder. Ndombele, Alli, Lo Celso and Skipp might have enough between them to create chances.
A new number 10 is a tricky one. If Kane stays I think we're OK. If he leaves we need a 10 because we'll be minus Kane who has filled the void of Eriksen. The trouble is we have attacking midfielders already just not much creative types. Ndombele is the only one I think that could play the type of balls Eriksen or Kane do. Alli and Lo Celso more short passes and forward runs. The only position in this 433 that makes sense for Damsgaard is the Alli one where he's the most advanced of the 3. Although part of me would prefer to get a holding midfielder. Ndombele, Alli, Lo Celso and Skipp might have enough between them to create chances.
