West Side Story fans look away now!
Lamela… we’ve just signed a bloke called Lamela…
André didn’t do a bad job taking the slowly. slowly approach with both Lewis Holtby and Hugo Lloris but we’re all dying to see more of the bloke who to date is our world record signing. His cameos so far have been better than encouraging. He’s clearly mustard and it’s only a matter of time before he starts to give us a glimpse of how he became a coveted European talent.
Ossie Ardiles may have a managerial record that rivals Field Marshal Douglas Haig’s, but he does know a top top talent when he sees it:
I am very impressed with Eriksen, immediately he’s been wonderful. Lamela will take more time, but over the long term he’ll be our best buy. I’m looking forward to seeing him develop.
In Argentina, Lamela played for River Plate and he was named the new Messi. He moved to Roma and was labelled the new Totti. That gives you an idea how talented he is.
He can play behind the centre forward, on the right and the left. He’s not as powerful as Gareth Bale but he’s much more skilful – he’s a different kind of player. I would say he has a more difficult time to adjust, but I believe he will be our best buy this summer.
It’s always very difficult to replace a player like Gareth Bale. He was absolutely wonderful last season and I was worried how he was going to be replaced, but Tottenham did incredibly well over the summer and all [of the signings] are very talented.
Last season we were a one-player team – now we are much more of a team and looking stronger.”
Be patient, folks. He’s mustard.
