Player Watch Player Watch: Dejan Kulusevski

[Ron Burgundy]

Report claims Antonio Conte and Fabio Paratici at odds over two high-profile Tottenham transfer targets

Tottenham boss Antonio Conte and sporting director Fabio Paratici are reportedly not in agreement over two of the club’s January transfer window targets.

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I’d back Conte over FP

 

[Mr Pink]

Well its obviously Conte's opinion that fuckin matters...ffs

 

[the yid]

You're telling me he's been here 2 months and on the 2nd Jan they're disagreeing on targets nah not a chance our targets will all be agreed betwen the 2 with achievable back ups agreed aswell.

 

[Tucker]

You're telling me he's been here 2 months and on the 2nd Jan they're disagreeing on targets nah not a chance our targets will all be agreed betwen the 2 with achievable back ups agreed aswell.

Yep they aren’t even similar players in similar positions. It’s not like there’s a limit on the amount of Juve players we can sign either

 

[dtxspurs]

Report claims Antonio Conte and Fabio Paratici at odds over two high-profile Tottenham transfer targets

Tottenham boss Antonio Conte and sporting director Fabio Paratici are reportedly not in agreement over two of the club’s January transfer window targets.

www.teamtalk.com

No shot that guy who I've never even heard of has the inside track on Paratici & Conte's transfer discussions

 

[Meercat]

Don’t know much about him, but thought his cameos for Sweden during the Euros really stood out with him causing havoc pretty much as soon as he came on.

 

[SirLedley]

At odds at which of their former players we should sign, just easy journalism this as is most the stuff we're being linked with.

I'm much more expecting stuff like the Gil, Emerson deals which came seemingly out of nowhere and moved quickly rather. It was made clear Paratici lets the press know about any target we're pursuing as part of his ploy.

Let's have faith. Kulusevski doesn't feel a perfect fit but given talent potential I'd be happy for a trade for one of our 'star' players that aren't part of the plans. McKennie is decent but doesn't really excite me.

 

[TennesseeYid]

I’d back Conte over FP

Don’t know a lot about that source, but something that struck me about FP and Conte was when Conte was brought it FP had a quote along the lines of “This summer we tried to get Antonio, but he said no and I’ve known him long enough to know that no means no” I think they have an understanding of each other enough that they won’t disagree on targets.

 

[dtxspurs]

Done a little reading up on this guy and why Juve would possibly want to offload him.

Seems he's a bit of a hybrid between a #10, shadow striker & RW with disagreement amongst people which one he was best suited for. To me that seems like the perfect role for him where he can be that inside forward type and the fullback is the one that hugs the touchline.

Apparently not as good with his back to the goal but really good on the counter.

 

[Tucker]

Done a little reading up on this guy and why Juve would possibly want to offload him.

Seems he's a bit of a hybrid between a #10, shadow striker & RW with disagreement amongst people which one he was best suited for. To me that seems like the perfect role for him where he can be that inside forward type and the fullback is the one that hugs the touchline.

Apparently not as good with his back to the goal but really good on the counter.

Sounds ideal to rotate with Lucas for that position in the 343.

 

[Aphex]

Di Marzio was just on sky sports. Said he thinks we could be busy in January and specifically mentioned this guy as someone FP and Conte likes. However he said June will be our main window and we will be big players in the market then. January is difficult to do big deals as clubs won’t sell. Much of that is common sense but interesting he mentioned the Juve player specifically.

 

[Meercat]

Done a little reading up on this guy and why Juve would possibly want to offload him.

Seems he's a bit of a hybrid between a #10, shadow striker & RW with disagreement amongst people which one he was best suited for. To me that seems like the perfect role for him where he can be that inside forward type and the fullback is the one that hugs the touchline.

Apparently not as good with his back to the goal but really good on the counter.

If you look at his cameos in the Euros when he came in for Sweden they immediately looked more offensive, he made some great runs and absolutely caused chaos amidst the defenders. Poland couldn’t cope with him at all, with him getting two very good assists to secure that incredible victory. It makes sense that he’s viewed for the Stevie B kind of role.

 

[dtxspurs]

If you look at his cameos in the Euros when he came in for Sweden they immediately looked more offensive, he made some great runs and absolutely caused chaos amidst the defenders. Poland couldn’t cope with him at all, with him getting two very good assists to secure that incredible victory. It makes sense that he’s viewed for the Stevie B kind of role.

Yeah, I think he's a perfect fit skillset wise for the right inside forward role that Lucas plays now.

A swap with Ndombele makes a ton of sense to me as Juve's midfield is drastically lacking in quality on the ball and I think the Serie A would be a great fit for Tanguy. But I get if Juve wouldn't be interested in taking him on.

 

[rossdapep]

I think we are going to struggle to bring in certain players in certain positions (Vlahovic, CM, RWB) right now.

But this one I feel could get done and I think it'd be a very important one.

We don't really have anyone like him. A winger-cum-AM.

Bergwijn is a winger with good technical ability but lacks the explosiveness at times and isn't the most creative. More of a touch and go.

Lucas is purely a dribbler and can finish at times.

Neither are big goal scorers.

I see Kulusevski as someone who can chip in with a fair few goals as he's a typical cultured left foot and has more precision. But not only that but he can play intricate passes that are hard to defend, again something the others lack.

I think it's more of a likely signing and it would really boost our ability to create chances and take them.

He'd also be a different mire effective tool against deep defences.

City have Mahrez and Bernardo who are wingers with creativity, would be good if we can get one too.

 

[djhotspur]

From what I’ve read the issues people have with are he doesn’t really have a set position due to his skill sets not really favouring any positions perfectly.
He is a 10/RW type but doesn’t have the pace really for a RW and his decision making is a big weakness which means he’s not amazing at 10.
I guess conte could coach him and really improve him but remains to be see if he is what we need. Maybe he could play box to box barella type role?

 

[sidford]

He's a 21 year old who at 19 & 20 years old impressed Juve enough to pay 35m for him. He is a player that Conte and Paratici will know inside out in terms of strengths and weaknesses & where he should play.

If Conte wants him I will be celebrating the signing as we all should be. Anyone with doubts over him or what he will bring might just need to acknowledge Conte and Paratici might just be better placed to know him & what he could do for us.

 

[djhotspur]

I think we are going to struggle to bring in certain players in certain positions (Vlahovic, CM, RWB) right now.

But this one I feel could get done and I think it'd be a very important one.

We don't really have anyone like him. A winger-cum-AM.

Bergwijn is a winger with good technical ability but lacks the explosiveness at times and isn't the most creative. More of a touch and go.

Lucas is purely a dribbler and can finish at times.

Neither are big goal scorers.

I see Kulusevski as someone who can chip in with a fair few goals as he's a typical cultured left foot and has more precision. But not only that but he can play intricate passes that are hard to defend, again something the others lack.

I think it's more of a likely signing and it would really boost our ability to create chances and take them.

He'd also be a different mire effective tool against deep defences.

City have Mahrez and Bernardo who are wingers with creativity, would be good if we can get one too.

Yup good point, Mahrez is still very quick though.
I guess if we get the right wing backs then our wingers don’t need to be that rapid, more technical like foden, mahrez etc.

 

[Timberwolf]

If we do bring in Kulusevski, I think having a pacey RWB would become even more of a high priority as Dejan's not very quick.

He would offer us a lot of very different qualities to Lucas in that role, though. He's obviously nowhere near as quick and nimble as Lucas but he's much more capable of cutting in on his left and shooting from range, and also looks a bit more reliable in possession which would be useful against teams that sit deep. He's also meant to be a model pro and we know how important that is in a signing...

The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of this. If Conte likes his profile then it looks like exactly the type of deal we might be able to do this window.

 

[FibreOpticJesus]

I think we are going to struggle to bring in certain players in certain positions (Vlahovic, CM, RWB) right now.

But this one I feel could get done and I think it'd be a very important one.

We don't really have anyone like him. A winger-cum-AM.

Bergwijn is a winger with good technical ability but lacks the explosiveness at times and isn't the most creative. More of a touch and go.

Lucas is purely a dribbler and can finish at times.

Neither are big goal scorers.

I see Kulusevski as someone who can chip in with a fair few goals as he's a typical cultured left foot and has more precision. But not only that but he can play intricate passes that are hard to defend, again something the others lack.

I think it's more of a likely signing and it would really boost our ability to create chances and take them.

He'd also be a different mire effective tool against deep defences.

City have Mahrez and Bernardo who are wingers with creativity, would be good if we can get one too.

Can he take quality free kicks and corners?

 

[THFC_SWE]

He has played as a striker in the swedish national team. In Juventus he has played up front and as a winger. The problem for him is a lack of consistency. He plays one game up front. Then he doesn't play for 3 games. Then he plays as a winger. Then doesn't play for 3 games.

His best position is at the right wing. No doubt about it. He's not super fast, but not that slow. He's quite powerful and work his socks off when he plays. During his time at Parma, he ranked second in the whole league in terms of ground covered. And out of all U21 players in Europe, he ranked in 3rd place for successful dribbles.

As a swede, it would be nice to see a swedish player at Spurs. But I'm still not sure. It all depends on the price tag. He would not improve us right away, but he has a lot of potential.