Tottenham Hotspur has a track record of purchasing young players, who might have a lot of potential, but might not be consistent when a team buys a player in the middle of his prime years and his developmental time behind him.
Spurs cannot find the consistency, which has resulted in the north London club dropping points after big wins, such as losing to Burnley following their win over Manchester City. Then have an impressive win over Leeds United, then crash out in the FA Cup.
At his news conference, manager Antonio Conte was asked about how the youth on his squad might be causing the inconsistency in their form, especially as the race for fourth gets tight.
“I think the most important thing is to be focused on the present. It’s very important the present than the future. Now we have to sort the situation to avoid until the end of the season these ups and downs. Because the players and I, we want to try to finish in the best position possible in the table, and then we’ll see, I repeat, we will see,” Conte said, per Football.London.
“Now, it’s too important to be focussed on the present in the last 13 games. Because I repeat, we want to try to finish in best possible position in the end of the season. And then, we can speak about many topics, about experience or no experience, but now it is very important to be focused on the present.”
Should Conte stay past this season and remain at the helm for 2022-23, it will be interesting to see if the Italian tactician wants Spurs to pursue players that aren’t in the process of developing and have those inconsistencies.
Keiran Trippier and Kyle Walker say you’re wrong.
And look how that money was mostly wasted.Nothing has changed since then.
Tottenham has this track record for buying young players because Tottenham’s Modus Operandi is profit, as opposed to actually winning. You can’t profit from a 30 year old who does well for the club for 3 or 4 years and retires. ENICs business model is to buy young punts so they can get maximum profit when they’re sold on. ENICs chronic flaw in that same model is that, at the end of their shelf life they don’t sell them on for any profit. The last player we sold for profit was Gareth Bale nearly a decade ago. To quote a chant: You Don’t Know What You’re Doing!