To describe the acquisition of Pierre Hojbjerg from Southampton as a master-stroke is somewhat of an understatement. The recurring theme at Tottenham for too long has been the inability of players to take responsibility for their own game. Obvious exceptions have existed and one would put certainly out the names of Harry Kane and Heung Min-Son but beyond a small group, the essence of the Spurs squad has become irreversibly damaged by all the factors we have discussed at length.
These fans love the fact that Pierre has been named Danish Player Of The Year.
The only way to buck the trend of failure is to recruit fresh blood and to ensure that the technical standards of the recruits are sufficiently high enough in order to be meaningful. So no more Gedson Fernandez’, or Ligue 1 bargain bucket buys. The only criteria of the scouts ought to be to improve the resilience of the side, opposed to having one eye on a plausible sell-on value. In short, bring in more Hojbjerg’s.
