I actually know a lot about fazio. I'm a Sevilla fan and watch them weekly either on sky or on a link. He's the 5th best cb in la liga and when you think of the good CBs in that league that show he's good.

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"He's the 5th best cb in la liga and when you think of the good CBs in that league that show he's good."

5th best !!??
What happened to the days when Spurs could sign the 4TH BEST player (in any position) from an overseas league.

comment by Topgeezah (U15856)
posted 2 minutes ago
Must admit I watched a lot of UEFA Cup football last year, but didn't notice this lad at all - even in the final

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Probably the best type of centre-back. Keep a clean sheet and don't get noticed

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comment by Topgeezah (U15856)
posted 4 minutes ago
Soldado was the fifth best striker in la Liga - look how he turned out
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in fairness to him our management screwed up most of our signings

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Vertonghen
Kaboul
Fazio
Chiriches
Dier

I think we have a great variety of defenders there. Fazio is very tall and would assume that he'll be very similar to Mertesacker who is actually a good defender.

Vertonghen and Kaboul are both good tacklers and comfortable on the ball. They each have decent pace. Dier is also similar to them and still very young. Great couple of performances but lets not get carried away.

Chiriches has some paces and a very ball playing defender like David Luiz.

So depending on the opponents I think the set of defenders will help us immensely in defence. I could imagine Fazio for instance being very handy against long balls and the less nimble strikers.

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Yedlin is on loan for now and when he joins the team then depending on how he fits in and adapts who would then have the luxury of either having three right backs or trimming the fat (and getting rid of Naughton).

Same with Rose. He is error prone but thought he was pretty good last game against QPR and he may still develop into a more solid left back defensively. Whilst Davies already offers more defensively (less attacking) and time will tell if he starts playing left back more regularly.

IMO Chiriches is a trainwreck waiting to happen, he always makes at least one big mistake per game and Kaboul does not look anything like the player he was before his injury problems.

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comment by grandspurs (U3810)
posted 4 hours, 46 minutes ago
IMO Chiriches is a trainwreck waiting to happen, he always makes at least one big mistake per game and Kaboul does not look anything like the player he was before his injury problems.
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Totally agree. I'll keep saying the same thing till he gets sold. Romanian David Luiz. We aren't a defensive outfit like Chelsea and we can't afford to have a defender like him.

Interesting article on Fazio...not what you'd call reassuring

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2177289-is-federico-fazio-future-tottenham-hotspur-transfer-bust