Spurs must axe Ange signing who earns more than Van de Ven

As an alternative of constructing on his debut marketing campaign with Tottenham Hotspur, this season has been one thing of a nightmare for Ange Postecoglou.

The Australian’s aspect might have misplaced only a single Premier League recreation final month, however they’re nonetheless in twelfth place and are out of each the FA Cup and League Cup.

Nonetheless, whereas a lot of the blame for the Lilywhites’ poor kind might be positioned on the toes of the previous Celtic boss, there have been some extenuating circumstances.

For instance, the North Londoners’ greatest drawback has been their defence, and there are a number of the reason why that’s the case, not all of which might be blamed on the supervisor.

Tottenham’s dismal defence

As issues stand, Spurs have conceded 39 objectives in simply 27 league video games this season, averaging 1.44 per recreation.

Seven groups have conceded extra this time period, however the Lilywhites have the joint-worst defence of the standard ‘massive six’ alongside Manchester United, and sharing something in widespread with the Purple Devils in the mean time is just not signal.

Now, there’s actually an argument to be made that no less than a part of this drawback stems from Postecoglou’s want to play a high-line, as each this season and final, his aspect have sat comfortably within the prime half of the desk for the peak of their line of defense.

Nonetheless, accidents are undoubtedly a extra vital drawback.

For instance, this season alone has seen key defensive stars like Cristian Romero, Micky Van de Ven, Future Udogie, Ben Davies and even goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario miss sizable components of the marketing campaign.

Furthermore, whereas there are methods to manage with out a few of their stars, Van de Ven is an important cog in Postecoglou’s machine, as his energy and breakneck velocity permit the workforce to play additional up the pitch with out an excessive amount of concern about counter-attacks.

The one silver lining to the membership’s unbelievable variety of defensive accidents this time period has been seeing Archie Grey turn out to be an more and more necessary member of the primary workforce.

The 18-year-old could also be a central midfielder, however inside the context of the marketing campaign, has achieved an distinctive job protecting at centre-back and full-back and appears each bit the “future £100m” star analyst Ben Mattinson claims he’s.

Nonetheless, whereas the younger Englishman has stepped up in an enormous method and made himself somebody the membership can depend on sooner or later, the identical can’t be stated for certainly one of his defensive teammates, who arguably earns greater than he ought to.

The Spurs defender incomes an excessive amount of

With the variety of accidents to their defence this season, Radu Dragusin has been pressured to play much more soccer than most would’ve anticipated he would, and, consequently, suffered his personal season-ending damage final month.

Nonetheless, previous to that, it might be exhausting to explain his performances as something aside from underwhelming this time period, and which may even be a bit form.

For instance, the previous Genoa ace, who joined the workforce for £25m final January, made 16 appearances within the league this season, wherein he averaged simply 0.88 factors per recreation and put in some stand-out performances for all of the flawed causes.

Arguably the worst of the lot got here at dwelling within the membership’s dire 2-1 defeat in opposition to Ipswich City, a recreation wherein journalist Mitch Fretton described the Romanian worldwide as a “horror present.”

Now, if the 23-year-old was incomes a meagre wage and simply checked out as a last-choice backup, his kind may not be such an issue, however that isn’t the case.

As an alternative, he earns a whopping £85k-per-week, which is £10k greater than Grey makes and an enormous £35k greater than Van de Ven, regardless of their plain significance to the workforce in the present day and sooner or later.

Furthermore, when you think about his switch price and the wages he is earned since shifting to N17, the Bucharest-born ace has value the membership round £30m.

Finally, Dragusin is just not the worst defender, however when he and his teammates return to health, we do not see a world the place he performs for Spurs.

So, Daniel Levy and Co should do what they will to maneuver him on as quickly as attainable in the summertime.