Harry Redknapp says Carlos Vinicius has the quality to step up in the absence of Harry Kane and should be given the chance to play now.
Spur’s worse nightmare came to pass when they lost Harry Kane to injury in their match against Liverpool.
The striker will be out for at least three weeks, and they will need to keep picking up points to remain in the top-four race.
In the summer, they landed Vinicius on loan from Benfica to cover for this situation.
The Brazilian had outscored other strikers in Portugal last season, and Spurs even agreed to a potential transfer fee to keep him permanently.
He hasn’t started any Premier League game yet, but he has impressed in the Europa League and other Cup competitions.
Redknapp says he has heard good things about the striker and thinks this is the time for him to be given his chances in the Premier League.
“They tell me the Brazilian boy is a fantastic player, the centre forward, people at the club,” Redknapp told Stadium Astro.
“He was the leading scoring in Portugal last year and people tell me he’s a top, top player. Maybe it’s a chance to play him now.”
Simply put wishful thinking to think that Villa were ever going to sell their prized asset on the cheap?!
Lily, called a bargain basement opening derisory offer is the reason we missed out on Grealish in 2018. A swift opening offer at the time of £40m-£45m when Villa were in a perilous financial state pre new owners would probably have clinched the deal but once the new owners took over and rejected Levy’s increased offer in the region of £25m + Josh Onomah (who hardly set the world alight during his spell at Villa Park) that was it!!
cant believe we missed out on him…he would be great in the middle with N’dom and iceberg!!
Under the cosh but Villa 1 up against the Saints thanks to yet another Grealish assist!