Steven Bergwijn appears to be on the verge of joining Tottenham, but one former player is not convinced that he is the what the club really needs.
Spurs agreed a £22.6million-plus-add-ons deal with PSV Eindhoven for Bergwijn on Tuesday, according to a report by Sky Sports, who referred to the 22-year-old as a “winger” (but also called him a replacement for Christian Eriksen, who has not been a winger for many years).
Earlier in the day, former Spurs striker Darren Bent spoke to Football Insider and slated the club for looking to recruit a winger when other areas of the squad are much more in need of a boost.
“I don’t understand their recruitment sometimes,” Bent moaned.
“Yeah, I get that he’s a very good player but is a winger another one that they need? Is he someone that’s again going to change lives? They’ve got a lot of talented wingers there.
“They’ve got Lamela, you’ve got Son, you’ve got Lucas Moura? Do you need all these so-called wingers, with another one in the building? I don’t think you do.
“So for me, I would go, stay away from it. Spurs, they’re trying to get some good players in but I thought the priority would be a centre-forward.”
Only time will tell if Bergwijn indeed goes on to “change lives” at Spurs. One thing is for sure… Darren Bent certainly didn’t during his two years at White Hart Lane.
Bent’s Premier League goals record is not actually too bad in isolation – 18 goals in 60 games. But he didn’t improve the team, which suffered badly following the loss of Dimitar Berbatov – a much more intelligent striker.
