Spurs now exploring move to sign big-money PL star

Final evening was one to neglect for Tottenham Hotspur.

Ange Postecoglou’s facet had an opportunity to show their season round and put a large dent in Arsenal’s ambitions concurrently, however finally gave up a 1-0 result in decide up their eleventh Premier League defeat of the marketing campaign.

Impressively, it was the children like Archie Grey and Lucas Bergvall who put in the most effective performances for the Lilywhites, whereas the senior gamers have been painfully ineffective or virtually nameless.

Even goalscorer Son Heung-min was disappointing for almost all of the sport, so current stories linking the membership with a possible alternative this month should not come as a lot of a shock.

Tottenham chase Son successor

Based on a current report from Soccer Transfers, Tottenham are one in every of a number of high-profile golf equipment concerned with signing Manchester United star Alejandro Garnacho this month, whose sale will not be off the desk.

The truth is, the report has revealed that the Lilywhites have ‘set their sights’ on the winger, have made a ‘concrete enquiry’ about his availability and should now be ready to check the Crimson Devils’ resolve with a bid within the area of €70m, which is about £59m.

Nonetheless, followers should not get too carried away simply but, because the report has additionally named European giants Napoli and Atlético Madrid as a number of the events.

It might be an advanced and dear switch to recover from the road, however given Garnacho’s present potential and the potential many imagine him to own, it is one price pursuing, particularly as Son can’t be relied upon long-term.

How Garnacho compares to Son

Now, the very first thing to say is that during the last decade or so, there have been few gamers as constantly good as Son within the Premier League, and when he does lastly grasp up his boots or transfer on, he’ll be rightly remembered as a legend of the league.

With that stated, time catches up with us all, and with him set to show 33 in the summertime, the membership must discover a long-term alternative and quick, as although he can nonetheless chip in with a aim right here and there, most followers will attest to the truth that he is having much less and fewer impression in video games with each passing marketing campaign.

So, with that in thoughts, how does he stack up in opposition to the younger Garnacho? From a pure output perspective, it is a very carefully fought affair.

For instance, in 26 appearances totalling 1825 minutes this season, the Spurs captain has scored eight objectives and offered seven assists for Postecoglou, which comes out to a mean of a aim involvement each 1.73 video games, or each 121.66 minutes.

In distinction, the younger Argentine has scored as many objectives however offered 5 assists in 30 appearances, totalling 1641 minutes, so he is averaging a aim involvement each 2.30 video games, or each 126.23 minutes.

So, with there being little to separate the pair with their output, how do they stack up in opposition to each other after we have a look below the hood at their underlying numbers?

Curiously, whereas the South Korean worldwide comes out forward in numerous metrics, akin to progressive passes, shot and goal-creating actions, passing accuracy and key passes per 90, he comes out second-best general.

For instance, the “harmful” United gem, as dubbed by Paul Scholes, does higher in a large number of offensive metrics akin to non-penalty objectives plus assists, progressive carries, photographs and photographs on track and carries into the penalty space per 90, but additionally does considerably higher for the defensive ones as properly.

Not solely does he make and win extra tackles, however he wins extra aerial duels, completes extra ball recoveries and makes extra interceptions and blocks, additionally all per 90.

What makes this much more spectacular is the truth that he is so younger and has years to go till he reaches his peak, which for a large attacker is about 26, in line with analysis carried out by The Athletic in 2021.

Finally, Son is a bonafide legend, however he’s nearing the tip of his top-flight profession, and Spurs must discover a dynamic and doubtlessly game-changing alternative, which by all accounts could be Garnacho.