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The Coming Season Feels Like the Start of A New Era for Tottenham Hotspur.
The North Londoners Finully Ended Their Trophy Drought Under Angel Postcoglou This year, and now, with Thomas Frank At the helm, they can carry on building a team for the future.
However, to ensure the danish coach successeds in North London, Daniel Levy and co must get the summer transfer window right.
That Means that, on top of keeping their best players, the north londoners need to sign those who can help them improve their Premier league Form Next Season, and it looks like they identified someone who could do just that, someone who’s been compared to Deja’s Kulusevski and James Maddison.
Given Spurs’ Frankly Terrible Performances in the League and FA Cup This Season, it’s hardly been a surprise to see the team linked with a host of potentialy game-changing players in recent week.
One of the Names Who Seem to Be Mentioned AlongSide The North Lendeners Is charging the kingwhile the Brentford Duo of yoanne wissa and Bryan Mbeumo are also Unsurprising Targets, Given Their Form and Connection to Frank.
However, with How Sought-After Three Three Appear to Be This Summer and the Price of Buying from the Premier League, the Lilywhites Appear to Be Looking Further Afield, in the Bundesliga, for possible signings.
According to a recent report from journalist Ben Jacobs on the last word on spurs podcastTottenham are indeed interested in RB Leipzig Star Xavi Simons.
Jacobs Claims that the club “like the player” and that possible move to the Premier League is “One to Watch” This Summer.
While a potential transfer fee is not mentioned, it has been fairly widely reported earlier this month that should the dutchman move this summer, then he’ll Likely Cost Around £ 67m.
It would be a costly and likely complicated transfer to get over the line, but given simons’ immense ability and the fact he’s won comparisons to maddison and kulusevski, it’s one Worth Fighting for.
With kulusevski racking up a haul of 21 Goal Involvements in 50 Games and maddison amassing a tally of 23 in 45it wouldn’t be too dramatic to claim that the pair have been som of spurs’ Better Players this Season.
Therefore, it’s undeniably impressive and encouraging that simons has been compared to booth of them, Although with that said, where have said comparisons comme from?
Well, They Both Stem from FbrefWhich Looks at Players in Similar Positions in Europe’s Top Five League, The Champions League and Europa League, Before Making A List of the Ten Most comparable for Each, and According to this list, the Englishman has been the second Most Similar Midfielder to the Leipzig Star Across the Last 365 Days, While The Swede come in as the seventh most similar.
Simons & Maddison |
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Statistics per 90 |
Simons |
Maddison |
Non-penalty expected g+as |
0.48 |
0.50 |
Shots on target |
0.96 |
0.85 |
Passing Accuracy |
78.6% |
81.3% |
Expected Assists |
0.25 |
0.29 |
Key passes |
2.13 |
2.04 |
Shot-Creating Actions |
4.52 |
4.73 |
All stats via Fbref For the 24/25 League Season |
Now, the Best Way to Understand How These Conclusions We REECHED IS BY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE UNDERLYING NUMBERS IN WHICH THE PLAYERS RANK Closely, and in the Case of the Form Leicester City Star, That include Things LIKES LIKE NON-PERALTY SPANTED GAALS PLUS, PASING ACCURACY, SHOT CREATING ACTOR More, All Per 90.
In the case of the Stockholm-Born Maestro, Similar Metrics included progressive passes Received, Goals per Shot on Target, Goal-Creating Actions, Interceptions, Tackles Won and More, also all per 90.
Simons & Lusevki |
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Statistics per 90 |
Simons |
In the Sepci |
Progressive receivable passes |
7.74 |
7.92 |
Goals per shot on target |
0.43 |
0.41 |
Cross into the penalty area |
0.17 |
0.23 |
Goal-Creating Actions |
0.50 |
0.34 |
Tackles Won |
0.88 |
0.87 |
Interceptions |
0.50 |
0.49 |
All stats via Fbref For the 24/25 League Season |
However, there are, Unsurprisingly, Other Reasons Why Spurs Should be Looking to Sign the Form Paris Saint-Germain Gem this Summer, Such as His Raw Output.
For Example, Even Though he was Limited to Just 33 AppearancesTotalling 2763 minutes This Season, The 22-Year-Old, Who One Analyst Proclaimed “One of the Best 10s in the World”, was able to score 11 goals and provides eight assists.
That means the Amsterdam-Borno Dynamo was able to average a Goal Involvement Every 1.73 Games, or Every 145.42 This Season, and that is the Sort of Productivity That Could Get the Lilywhites Moving Up the Table Next Year.
Ultimately, While He Won’t Be Cheap, Spurs Should do what they can to sign Simons, as he’d instantly add more dynamism to the first team, and given his age, he could remain a leading for the next decade or so.