Paulinho signs for Spurs!

[Tomdon]

NO WAY WE NEED 3CM's

I think we have a goalscoring midfielder in Sig but work is need to adapt to a slightly deeper role
We have a DM in Sandro and also dembele, as he has been our DM since Sandro been injured(he was leading interceptions and tackles the other season)
We have a great box to box midfeilder in Dembele
We have a playmaker in Holtby who can also cover DM and the box to box role
We also have two very good playmakers coming through in Bentaleb and Carroll as well as pritchard in a Isco CM role

Now of course we need players now for the first team. We need imo a experienced CM as all our CM's are under 25 atm if Parker leaves. In terms of position we need a creative CM and a DM that sit and offers protection for the defence. That all in all is 6CM's with one young CM which even then is as most teams only tend to have 3-5 good ones. I actually think if we push one of the young ones for that last spot we should be fine but that would require us to get a DM that is also a playmaker like a Carrick.

Sig, Holtby and Dembele - all attacking minded midfielders.
Carroll and the rest of the youngsters - I do not see them as an option at all
Which leaves us only with Sandro as DM roll.
Paulinho looks to me as one of the best options for our midfield - rotating with Sandro/Dembele....Though I fear he is too expensive for us now....

 

[beats1]

Sig, Holtby and Dembele - all attacking minded midfielders.
Carroll and the rest of the youngsters - I do not see them as an option at all
Which leaves us only with Sandro as DM roll.
Paulinho looks to me as one of the best options for our midfield - rotating with Sandro/Dembele....Though I fear he is too expensive for us now....

Dembele has been our most defensive midfielder in the second half of the season also at fulham had highest sucessful tackles in the league iirc, Holtby has been a defensive midfielder and hopefully with a preseason he would be better. Sandro of course no need to say his qualities. As for Sig AVB has played him in a midfield 2 at times and is made for a goalscoring box to box midfielder role. I think we only need 5 first team CM's as only 3 can play at a time.

As for the youngster we have some of best in country atm and are more than good enough to cover our midfield as 6th choice.

 

[ohwhenthespurs]

Doesn't anyone else find it slightly suspicious that our 'itks' only came up with the link with this guy about an hour after he'd scored that excellent goal on world television for Brazil against England? Just saying...

 

[MightyModric]

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According to Sky Italy Tottenham is close to find a deal with Corinthians' Paulinho

 

[Spurrific]

Sky Italia are obsessed with us.

 

[Snarfalicious]

Sky Italia are obsessed with us.

And apparently also obsessed with being wrong.

 

[stov]

shame we dont have a chance we could sing this

 

[voxy28]

Apparently one of the target.... So Barry news is rubbish

 

[voxy28]

do we really need another box to box player?

Yes, right footed ones which can score....

 

[voxy28]

Good news, whoever this Marzio guy...

BREAKING - #Paulinho closing on #THFC deal according to Gianluca Di Marzio who was the 1st to predict Pep to Bayern and Seedorf to Botafogo.

 

[whitelightwhiteheat]

Come on Spurs! Let's get this done!

 

[voxy28]

OK from this reporter website... he says we basically screw Inter by bidding Paulinho.... bec he is supposedly Guarin replacement.

Looks like Baldini is behind this....

 

[Timberwolf]

Tim Vickery (BBC South American Football expert) was waxing lyrical about Paulinho on the world football phone-in the other night. He thinks he'd be perfectly suited to the English game and can't understand why none of the big teams are in for him. He also compared his late runs and goals from midfield to a certain Frank Lampard.

Vickery knows his shit, so if there's any truth in these rumours then I'm all for it. Paulinho might not be the creative force we need, but we badly need goals from CM and he could be the man to provide them. Plus a midfield three of Sandro, Dembele and Paulinho would be as BEAST as is humanly imaginable.

 

[tony0379]

Chill we got this

 

[dk-yid]

Doesn't anyone else find it slightly suspicious that our 'itks' only came up with the link with this guy about an hour after he'd scored that excellent goal on world television for Brazil against England? Just saying...

Not in the slightest suspicious, actually. That's was probably around the time the the club first realised that this player existed.

 

[wiggo24]

Tbh this all seems to point to a change in formation to a 4-3-3( avb's preffered formation)

Paulinho sandro dembele wld be a damn good midfield trio....

 

[dk-yid]

Good news, whoever this Marzio guy...

BREAKING - #Paulinho closing on #THFC deal according to Gianluca Di Marzio who was the 1st to predict Pep to Bayern and Seedorf to Botafogo.

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Apart from getting Pep and Seedorf right, how many did he get wrong?

 

[not_tenth-again]

This is actually the Brazilian I was hoping the journalist was referring to. Absolute gun midfield if we can get him in next to sandro and dembele.

 

[mark87]

Would he get a work permit?

 

[sunnydelight786]

Tbh this all seems to point to a change in formation to a 4-3-3( avb's preffered formation)

Paulinho sandro dembele wld be a damn good midfield trio....

Where is the playmaker?