After spending almost their entire transfer kitty acquired from Gareth Bale’s departure to Spanish Giants Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur were expected to be genuine top 4 contenders if not title contenders. However, as of now, things haven’t fallen in place as Andre Villas Boas’ side have had a topsy turvy campaign so far, now placed sixth in the table as things haven’t yet gone on plan for the London outfit. While there have been claims that Andre Villas Boas hasn’t got his several summer signings gelling well as a team, others have been projecting that AVB’s time might just be over at White Hart Lane. Now, with the January Transfer Window imminent in about less than a month’s time, we here at Soccersouls decided to scout for Villas Boas on his possible option come this January.
Tottenham’s best player this campaign has been Christain Eriksen, who was acquired from Dutch Giants Ajax in the summer. However an ankle injury forced Eriksen to miss the last few crucial gameweeks, but the good news is that the Dane is back to full training. There is no doubt that Spurs have lacked the creativity in the middle of the park and the spark required to trigger that moment of inspiration. Roberto Soldado, too the prolific goalscorer from Valencia, seems to be living under the shadow of his former self. Erik Lamela hasn’t impressed much after his big money move from Italian side Roma, thus it seems that AVB has got problems which he needs to address in the best of spirits and utmost care.
1. Dimitar Bervatov
BerbatovIf we come to the striking options, Tottenham are on the alert on the news that their former centre forward Dimitar Bervatov of Fulham wants out of the Craven Cottage. The Bulgarian’s agent has confirmed that he wants out of Fulham and is interested to join another Premier League club this January, according to the Metro. Following which, Fulham’s boss Meulensteen was quoted as saying:
‘I will never stand in the way of people’s ambitions,’ said Meulensteen. I had a really good chat with him recently. We spoke about him as a player and the most important thing for me is to focus on the next few games up to January.’
“He is an immense player, that’s for sure, Any manager in the world would like to have him in their team.’
Berbatov remains one of the best predators in the penalty box and would no doubt be a very valuable addition to the current Spurs side.