We seem to be drawing this one out... players are normally signed "subject to a medical" but we are one step closer:
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11675/12046895/pierre-emile-hojbjerg-southampton-midfielder-completes-tottenham-medical
I am liking the approach that Jose has taken. If Hojbjerg can be the type of player that can get the best out of those such as LoCelso, Alli, Son, Ndombele etc then it is a great signing.
He actually comes with loads of experience and leadership quality after his time at Bayern Munich (with Pep I think) and with Southampton as their captain.
And here is a stat: "in late May 2020 that Hojbjerg had won possession in the midfield third more times than any other player in the Premier League this season with 157, the next closest being Jorginho with 126."
The guy wins the ball for fun which will be very handy with our counter attacking style of play.
I still think that we could do with 3 more signings after this. A CF, RB and potentially another CB but there is no doubt that the signing of Hojbjerg is an example of Jose knowing what he is doing and addressing the imbalanced squad that we have.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg
posted on 11/8/20
comment by Ioavirgo (U10470)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by MKspur ツ - The Fountain of Knowledge (U9129)
posted 1 minute ago
New right back next
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and left back
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People close to the club dont see us looking at Lbs
Think we are happy with Davies(Jose loves him), Sess(they dont want him to leave) and Cirkin coming through
posted on 11/8/20
comment by Ioavirgo (U10470)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Christopher - High Priest of The Church of Ndombele (U20930)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Christopher - High Priest of The Church of Ndombele (U20930)
posted 5 days, 22 hours ago
7/10 player
9/10 signing
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Agreed, what's sad is Hojbjerg can't play every game so we also need to find a back up. If we really understood squad management we should have a quality DM rising through the academy. Skipp is not the answer.
I liked the hard work Luke Amos did in the pre-season before he got injured. Personally I would have kept him as a Hojbjerg understudy.
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I like Skipp and am excited about his loan. If it goes well I'd be happy to see him become a bench player next season.
Ndombele
Winks
As the 8s
Hojbjerg
Skipp
As the 6s
Lo Celso
Dele
As the 10s
posted on 11/8/20
Good to see us getting some business done early for a change.
posted on 11/8/20
comment by Constantinople (U11781)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 9 minutes ago
OP
Jose knows absolutely what he is doing,
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comment by sandy (U20567)
posted on 26/9/18
Don, cannot stand Mourinho, his time has come and gone now. He needs to move on.
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I wish supporters would grow up and stop trawling back through posts. I have long since changed my mind. And fully support the manager.
Not like anybody else on the board ever changes their mind.
posted on 11/8/20
comment by Christopher - High Priest of The Church of Ndombele (U20930)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Ioavirgo (U10470)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Christopher - High Priest of The Church of Ndombele (U20930)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Christopher - High Priest of The Church of Ndombele (U20930)
posted 5 days, 22 hours ago
7/10 player
9/10 signing
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Agreed, what's sad is Hojbjerg can't play every game so we also need to find a back up. If we really understood squad management we should have a quality DM rising through the academy. Skipp is not the answer.
I liked the hard work Luke Amos did in the pre-season before he got injured. Personally I would have kept him as a Hojbjerg understudy.
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I like Skipp and am excited about his loan. If it goes well I'd be happy to see him become a bench player next season.
Ndombele
Winks
As the 8s
Hojbjerg
Skipp
As the 6s
Lo Celso
Dele
As the 10s
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if Skipp goes on loan who is Hojbjergs back up
posted on 11/8/20
comment by Ioavirgo (U10470)
posted 45 seconds ago
comment by Christopher - High Priest of The Church of Ndombele (U20930)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Ioavirgo (U10470)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Christopher - High Priest of The Church of Ndombele (U20930)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Christopher - High Priest of The Church of Ndombele (U20930)
posted 5 days, 22 hours ago
7/10 player
9/10 signing
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Agreed, what's sad is Hojbjerg can't play every game so we also need to find a back up. If we really understood squad management we should have a quality DM rising through the academy. Skipp is not the answer.
I liked the hard work Luke Amos did in the pre-season before he got injured. Personally I would have kept him as a Hojbjerg understudy.
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I like Skipp and am excited about his loan. If it goes well I'd be happy to see him become a bench player next season.
Ndombele
Winks
As the 8s
Hojbjerg
Skipp
As the 6s
Lo Celso
Dele
As the 10s
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if Skipp goes on loan who is Hojbjergs back up
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Well we still have sissoko and gedson this season as 8s so Winks will probably get most of his minutes as a 6 still
posted on 11/8/20
we need to stop using Gedson out wide
Sissoko could be useful on the right of the 442 we can play against the big guns
posted on 11/8/20
comment by Phenom - least knowledgeable spurs poster 2019/20 (U20037)
posted 33 minutes ago
we need to stop using Gedson out wide
Sissoko could be useful on the right of the 442 we can play against the big guns
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We need to send Gedson back to Portugal.
posted on 11/8/20
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 51 minutes ago
comment by Constantinople (U11781)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 9 minutes ago
OP
Jose knows absolutely what he is doing,
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comment by sandy (U20567)
posted on 26/9/18
Don, cannot stand Mourinho, his time has come and gone now. He needs to move on.
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I wish supporters would grow up and stop trawling back through posts. I have long since changed my mind. And fully support the manager.
Not like anybody else on the board ever changes their mind.
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Not as ferkin often as you
posted on 11/8/20
Gedson has been a pointless signing up to now