Now – Tottenham Hotspur are heading into a pivotal summer, with big decisions looming both on and off the pitch. With uncertainty around the future of Ange Postecoglou, the club could be set for major change — and that’s before factoring in a busy transfer window.
We spoke to Spurs expert James Trembath to get his take on how the club might approach the summer window, the importance of making early moves, and why this could be a defining period in shaping Tottenham’s future.
We spoke to Spurs expert James Trembath to get his take on how the club might approach the summer window, the importance of making early moves, and why this could be a defining period in shaping Tottenham’s future.
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00:00now Tottenham Hotspur are heading into a pivotal summer with big decisions looming both on and
00:08off the pitch with uncertainty surrounding the future of Ange Postacoglu the club could be set
00:14for major change and that's before factoring in a busy transfer window Spurs have shown moments
00:21of progress this season but overall it's been far beyond doubt that it hasn't been good enough
00:27from Ange Postacoglu and his side throughout the campaign the squad needs to step up and the squad
00:34also needs reinforcing several first team players could move on and Spurs will likely look to add
00:40quality in defence midfield and attack whether Postacoglu stays or a new manager comes in the
00:45club will need to recruit with a clear identity in mind one that suits their long-term ambitions
00:51not just short-term fixes I spoke to Spurs expert James Trenbath to get his take
00:58on how the club might approach the summer window the importance of making early moves and why this
01:04could be a defining period in shaping Tottenham's future but that goes around on social media are
01:10not factoring in Daniel Levy into this and you know we've seen the problems of the likes of Harry Kane
01:15trying to get out of Spurs Christine Eriksen before that Daniel Levy will not deal with Aston Villa
01:20when he's got two years left on his deal in the summer unless the fee is astronomical
01:24similarly Atletico Madrid so I think Romero would really have to agitate for a move to get it
01:29and also who knows if the next manager you know ends up being somebody like Mauricio Pochettino
01:35I think there's a lot of mutual respect there he's obviously a fellow Argentine
01:39so I don't think it's done and dusted but you know you would say the power is slowly shifting
01:45to Romero in terms of the key zeals to his future with two years left but as I say Daniel
01:50Levy will have the final say on that and no player leaves Spurs that is the one thing he is very good
01:54at in all fairness if he don't want to let a player go you ain't leaving frankly until it's on his terms
02:00so interesting summer ahead but you know as we've spoken about before with or without Romero you know
02:05we need another centre-back coming in we've obviously got Van der Ven you know who's got so much talent but is he
02:11is he going to be sort of the next Ledley King where he's you know a fantastic player but we just
02:15rarely get the get him out on the pitch and see the best of him and obviously Dragun's got his
02:20long-term cruciate injury in his knee which which you know knows when he's going to come back or
02:24whether he'll even be the same player and Kevin Danso has been pretty pretty solid I think he's been
02:29a very shrewd signing from Spurs actually but we're definitely short at centre-back you know
02:33whether Romero stays or he doesn't stay so interesting to see how that one develops but you know
02:38the other thing is let's see how he plays in the next few games for Spurs you know let's let's
02:41see him be available now to the end of the season and really put his heart and soul on the line if
02:45he does want his move but put everything out there and go out with a go out with a bang for Spurs
02:51and really show us what you can do because as I say the jury's out for me a little bit on the way he plays
02:55and just on the Spurs summer obviously I mean you mentioned a few positions and there but do you feel
03:02there's a an overriding factor that there are you know a lack of leaders still in this Spurs group and
03:08if there is a new manager and a bit of change to come in the summer that's something they need to
03:12address in the transfer window yeah a hundred percent you know we took Harry Kane out of the team
03:17obviously a huge leader huge talisman club record goal scorer club legend but we also let
03:24Hoiberg go in the same summer and you know he divided fans but he always did a job particularly in that
03:31first season for Boster Cogler was a bit of a finisher you know he'd come on and just show things
03:34up and we've really lacked any kind of player like that this season and any kind of on the on the
03:40field leadership really you know Sonny fantastic player but is he is he is he a great leader and
03:46obviously he's had his own struggle with with his form and a little bit of his fitness this season as
03:50well so it's a gaping hole in the team you know there's nobody in that team who you know really
03:57just manage on the pitch and if we're struggling and under the cosh um you know gets all of everybody
04:01and says hey for the next five minutes you know you hold you you hold your positions you don't do x y
04:06or z um you know we often look just sort of like headless chickens in terms of game game management so
04:12that's a huge area of concern and a huge area we need to address because as I say we've got the
04:17nucleus of the the young talent coming through um but they need some experienced pros to come in
04:22alongside that to augment it to develop that young talent and you know as I say if we get two or three
04:28key positions in that spine of the team um then you know I don't think the new manager should there
04:34be one is going to be too far away so you could argue Poster Coglu's laid a bit of groundwork there
04:40but who knows what the future holds we'll soon find out
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