Youri Tielemans

[King of Otters]

The type of player we should be in for. I've given up all hope of us ever signing a player again though so I won't get my hopes up.

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

I'd definitely take Tielemans. Yeah, you could say he's pretty similar to Winks. But we could do with an extra body in midfield for depth, he may have a slightly higher ceiling than Winks, and he's just our type of signing - former wonderkid, still just 21, and at a bargain £20m. Who knows what Poch could get out of him.

 

[wrd]

I had a really quick flick through the Anderlecht/Spurs match thread back in 2015 to see what the general consensus was and if he was getting much mention.. turns out everybody hated Trippier back then too .

 

[Styopa]

£25m? Blimey. Be lucky to get half that.

I may not have been entirely serious about that fee...

 

[Deleted member 27995]

I just can't get excited about the thought of Spurs identifying and purchasing a footballer from another club considering this and the last window, I'm now just waiting for the pissing on the fire of this link so we can turn out the lights.

 

[daryl hannah]

From his Anderlecht days. This is the Tielemans I remember...

 

[Haddock]

Makes sense. But I've come to the conclusion that common sense and our recruiting department doesn't always jive, so to speak.

 

[JonnySpurs]

What is it with Leicester. I think Claude Puel and I have a very similar taste in players cos he's buying up a lot of players that I wanted at Spurs.....

Ricardo Pereira
Harry Maguire
James Maddison
Demarai Gray (before Puel, but still)
Kelechi Iheanacho

and now Youri Tielemans.

Don't get me wrong, not saying they'd have all worked out and Iheanacho hasn't done much but at the time I thought he was good backup for Kane.

Biggest frustration is that I always hated Leicester but it's so much harder to do when they have players I like so much.

 

[The Scarecrow]

I really want this to happen. Reckon I won't get much work done in the coming days.

 

[WiganSpur]

There’ll be a few more links before this is shot down by JJ I’d imagine

 

[George94]

I think it will tip me over the edge if this is either shut down by some ITK or he ends up at Leicester.

Naturally talented with a lot of potential -
Central midfielder -
Belgium -
Good looking -
Under 21 - ... hmm, bit weird writing that after good looking...anyway...
Available for a reasonable fee -

Do it @Levy

 

[Jaddas]

Just done a search on Tielemans to see if I could find out how many times he's played this season. He's played 20 matches for Monaco in the league and has 5 goals and 1 assist. Featured in all CL group matches but no goals or assists. So been a regular for them though they are struggling.

Was coveted when at Anderlecht and the price seems reasonable. I question whether he can make an immediate impact as he may need time to adapt to Poch's methods and EPL. However, it's these types of signings which got us to where we are. I just think he needs a good coach like Poch.

I think it's worth the gamble. He's the type of player who could go to Leicester, have a good 6 or 12 months and then Levy will be scratching his arse whilst "weighing up" whether we should bid £60m for him. Meanwhile a super rich club will swoop and buy him and us supporters will be wondering why we didn't get him before he went to Leicester.

We're not going to get a De Jong, Rabiot etc so might as well target the tier below.

 

[SargeantMeatCurtains]

Vertonghen was tragically woeful under AVB (second season) and Sherwood, how shit did he turn out to be under Poch?

 

[Zlatan]

Do we have any comparables? I’ve not seen many games with Monaco this season... is he more the Sissoko/Dembele ball-transporter or more of a Winks?

 

[George94]

Do we have any comparables? I’ve not seen many games with Monaco this season... is he more the Sissoko/Dembele ball-transporter or more of a Winks?

He's more of a Winks really, but maybe better long passing range and has a very powerful shot on him.

 

[The Scarecrow]

Do we have any comparables? I’ve not seen many games with Monaco this season... is he more the Sissoko/Dembele ball-transporter or more of a Winks?

He's definitely more of a Winks.

 

[freeeki]

I think it will tip me over the edge if this is either shut down by some ITK or he ends up at Leicester.

Naturally talented with a lot of potential -
Central midfielder -
Belgium -
Good looking -
Under 21 - ... hmm, bit weird writing that after good looking...anyway...
Available for a reasonable fee -

Do it @Levy

Would we call him good looking?

All yours, George.

 

[Yiddo100]

Of all the players were linked to I reckon this is the most likely (and it’s probably not even likely to happen)

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

"Tottenham consider move for Leicester City target Youri Tielemans"

"Tottenham Hotspur are weighing up a dramatic bid..."

We're very good at thinking about signing players, less good at actually signing them ?

Can we start using the term non-intrusive stalking rather than scouting from now on?

 

[George94]

Would we call him good looking?

All yours, George.

He's got something about him, a solid 7 surely?