Tottenham scouts were present at the Estadio do Dragao on Wednesday to watch Porto’s Champions League match against Club Brugge, according to the print edition of O Jogo (14/09/22 – as reported by Sport Witness).
The report claims that Spurs were among the host of top clubs that sent scouts to the match between FC Porto and Club Brugge, which the Belgians won 4-0.
However, the report in O Jogo contains no information about the player or players that Spurs were scouting.
The report does state that a total of 21 clubs had sent their scouts including the likes of Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, and Sevilla.
Spurs had scouts at several Porto games last season and were linked to a few players, including Jesus Corona, Fabio Vieira, and especially Luis Diaz. Conte’s team, however, was unable to win the race for any of them, as they moved to Sevilla, Arsenal, and Liverpool, respectively.
Spurs were most possibly scouting player(s) from Porto rather than Club Brugge but with the way the Belgian side performed, there ought to be a few players from their team that must have caught the attention of the scouts.
It’s funny how Poch was painted as the grateful small-time guy who got lucky and a patsy. We’ve had two big-time ‘alpha-males’ and the same outcomes. Every coach is a patsy, none of them bite the hand that feeds, end of…
Aren’t all European games watched by scouts anyway?
Pundit on 5Live, think he is the stats guy made an interesting point about buying players. He said clubs and fans often act as if there is a worldwide shortage of talented players and if you miss out on a target all is lost.
He gave the example of all the players Ajax sold for hundreds of millions during the summer. Ajax haven’t imploded, they’ll replace those players, sell more next January and next summer and replace them.
The Portuguese clubs are the same, there is an endless line of talent and they earn a very nice living with South American players.
I wouldn’t panic about Diaz, there’ll be another along shortly. Our problem is spotting the talent and being willing to pay for it