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Højbjerg 'very proud and excited' after completing £15m Spurs move

mawspurs

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Pierre-Emile Højbjerg says he is “very proud, happy and excited” after joining Tottenham on a five-year deal from Southampton. The 25-year-old midfielder has joined for an undisclosed fee, thought to be an initial £15m, having signalled his desire to work under José Mourinho, and become’s the club’s first summer signing.

Source: Guardian
 

Ronwol196061

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Brilliant...



"If you want to achieve big things you need 11 leaders on the pitch. To do that, everybody needs to take responsibility in their position, bringing everything they have into the team."

? @hojbjerg23

#HøjbjergIsHere ⚪️ #COYS https://t.co/ThCNdldiIS
 

Ronwol196061

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We have lacked any leaders up to now. Asking a striker to be a leader or even a goalie is ok but it has to come from the engine room of the team. Admiration for great players is a powerful thing but we need players to instill belief in others. The Double team has Blanchflower and Mackay. Both great leaders. It instilled belief in the more average souls, Baker, Henry.,Dyson,Saul etc. I'm sure you can find many leaders throughout our history but lately we have lacked take control players.
Hopefully that will change now
 

spursfan1991

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Its been 24 hours since we last signed a player. What an earth is going on, typical levy leaving things till last minute :cautious:
 

shelfboy68

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I can't see why this signing is dividing opinion, the more I see and hear from him I get the feeling this is a good signing.
He seems to have a good focused head on him, along with a strong sense of team ethic and a real winning desire.
Sometimes a signing doesn't have to cost 100m to be effective, this player does a lot of what people don't really see or appreciate, every great team has to have a water carrier a crude reference but an effective one.
 

Ronwol196061

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I can't see why this signing is dividing opinion, the more I see and hear from him I get the feeling this is a good signing.
He seems to have a good focused head on him, along with a strong sense of team ethic and a real winning desire.
Sometimes a signing doesn't have to cost 100m to be effective, this player does a lot of what people don't really see or appreciate, every great team has to have a water carrier a crude reference but an effective one.

Pierre must just be the ticket for us. He plays a certain way that seems the will be perfect for us. Intense,on the ball,looking to press and not just tackle but steal the ball away from attackers and push it forward looks all good. Defensive midfield but in a mobile sense will work for us
 

Spurs2020

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hopefully he is as good as he thinks he is... i think it will be a bust to average at best but prove me wrong :p
 

davidmatzdorf

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The obvious recent Spurs model for this signing is Scott Parker. In the way he speaks, as well as his skill set on the pitch, Højbjerg is reminiscent of Parker.
 
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rupsmith

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The obvious recent Spurs model for this signing is Scott Parker. In the way he speaks, as well as his skill set in the pitch, Højbjerg is reminiscent of Parker.

Agreed - a similar style of play.

My understanding is that Hojbjerg is a bit more comfortable on the ball. And also taller and more athletic - so a more physical presence.
 

Smokinhotspur

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I can't see why this signing is dividing opinion, the more I see and hear from him I get the feeling this is a good signing.
He seems to have a good focused head on him, along with a strong sense of team ethic and a real winning desire.
Sometimes a signing doesn't have to cost 100m to be effective, this player does a lot of what people don't really see or appreciate, every great team has to have a water carrier a crude reference but an effective one.

As a club, our best signings in recent years have not been at the prime end of the market in terms of cost, think Bale, VdV, Modric, Eriksen, Dele, Carrick, Toby, Lennon, Berbatov, Wanyama, I could go on and on especially the young lads we bought for peanuts and became England internationals.

It is when we break transfer records and spend big money that the results have ranged from absolute disasters to Ok at best ala Ndombele, Sissoko, Soldado, Paulinho, Lamela, Sanchez, Pavlyuchenko, Rebrov.

I feel very good about Hojbjerg and like most players we have taken from Southampton, I'm sure he will go on to do very well for us.
 

Japhet

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My impression of him in the time he was at Southampton was that he was always a feisty fucker who hated losing. There was plenty of 'nasty' in him and he would often be seen tearing strips off his team mates. On the ball he had a pretty good all round skill set and a bloody good engine. He liked a tackle and a scrap and had a decent range of passing with good technique hitting the ball. I'd imagine his remit with us will be a bit different, mainly breaking stuff up, winning 2nd balls, organizing our midfield defensively and generally making himself heard. I'm looking forward to seeing him in a Spurs shirt in the hope that he can be the catalyst to get Ndombele firing and freeing up Lo Celso to be more productive. From his interviews I can see why Mourinho wanted him as first choice with the financial constraints we're under.
 
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