Levy readying Spurs offer for the “next big talent”

2025 is more likely to be an enormous 12 months of change at Tottenham Hotspur.

Supervisor Ange Postecoglou himself admits that the ‘common sentiment’ is that he’ll be sacked, even when Spurs win the Europa League, set to face Bodø/Glimt within the semi-finals, after ousting Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday.

So, with the membership presently fifteenth within the Premier League desk, Daniel Levy could possibly be looking for a brand new supervisor come the summer season, whereas the first-team squad might require a mass rebuild too.

So, do Tottenham lead the chase to signal a highly-rated teenager?

Tottenham’s teenaged switch goal

In accordance with a report by Pete O’Rourke of Soccer Insider, Tottenham Hotspur are one in all many prime European golf equipment ‘monitoring’ Gambian ‘sensation’ Gibril Sima, with Levy stated to be ‘able to pay massive’ get a deal over the road.

Contemplating the 17-year-old performs for Gambian Dutch Lions FC in his native nation, little or no is understood about him, however Pete O’Rourke describes him as “the subsequent massive expertise to emerge from Gambia”, including that each Internazionale and Borussia Dortmund are additionally concerned about securing his signature.

A report by Ebrima KB Sonko of Gambiana praises Sima’s ‘standout performances’, labelling him a ‘highly-rated younger expertise’, whereas additionally noting that he has signed a two-year contract extension along with his membership, thereby defending his switch worth.

So, might he be on his option to North London this summer season?

Tottenham’s switch technique

As outlined by Jay Harris of the Athletic, Tottenham’s switch technique final summer season was clear; signal younger gamers, because the desk beneath illustrates.

Because the desk presents, of the eight gamers Spurs have recruited all through this season, six are aged 22 or beneath, with Dominic Solanke the oldest at 27.

This although, is nothing new, and Sima’s potential arrival, coming in from a decrease stage with little or no recognized about him, is harking back to a latest Spurs legend.

Dele Alli signed for Tottenham in January 2015 from Milton Keynes Dons for a reported price of £5m, nonetheless solely 18 years previous on the time, having made simply 88 senior appearances at League One stage, scoring 24 objectives and offering ten assists for MK.

Nicely, honest to say this was cash nicely spent, contemplating Dele would go on to make 269 appearances for Spurs, registering 67 objectives and 59 assists, a key member of the Spurs aspect that repeatedly completed within the prime 4 and reached a Champions League Ultimate.

Even after his powers started to wane, then-manager José Mourinho described Dele as “very, essential for Tottenham”, having develop into the youngest Englishman to attain 50 Premier League objectives, as famous by Charlie Eccleshare, Tom Worville and Jack Pitt-Brooke of the Athletic.

In his prime, Dele was akin to the most effective Premier League midfielders of all time, merely now searching for to resurrect his profession in Italy, having joined Serie A aspect Como in January.

Nonetheless, Dele proves {that a} membership can discover a gem within the switch market at a low price and switch them right into a star; provided that Tottenham may not be in European competitors subsequent season, this must be the technique, and Sima seemingly suits the invoice.

As one other younger rising star – having even earned comparisons to Arsenal icon Thierry Henry, as per O’Rourke – it definitely bodes nicely for the impression that the Gambian make, ought to he be plucked from obscurity.