Spurs: Paratici handed De Paul boost

Tottenham Hotspur have been handed a lift of their bid to carry Rodrigo de Paul to the Premier League in January.

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That’s based on Spanish radio station Cadena SER (by way of Daily Express), who declare that, after Atletico Madrid didn’t qualify for the knockout levels of the Champions League, Diego Simeone’s facet now desperately want to lift funds within the winter switch window, with the LaLiga facet reportedly placing 4 gamers – together with De Paul – up on the market.

The report goes on to state that the forward-thinking midfielder’s most certainly vacation spot might be Tottenham, with the 28-year-old – who was reported to have rejected Fabio Paratici’s advances this summer season – now wanting set to reassess his choices forward of the January market.

Bentancur 2.0

It’s true that De Paul has not been at his free-flowing greatest since becoming a member of Atleti in a €35m (£30.5m) deal final summer season – one thing which has been attributed to the attacking midfielder being performed in a more reserved role beneath Simeone – however contemplating simply how spectacular the Argentine was at Udinese, it’s simple to see why Paratici could be eager.

Certainly, throughout his 36 Serie A appearances in 2020/21, the £52m-rated expertise was in sensational kind for Le Zebrette, scoring 9 targets, registering 9 assists and creating 20 huge possibilities for his team-mates – the joint-most within the league – together with taking 2.3 pictures, making 2.3 key passes and finishing 3.4 dribbles per recreation.

The £111k-per-week playmaker additionally impressed in metrics extra typical of his place, averaging 40.7 passes, 0.5 interceptions, 1.1 tackles and 4.5 lengthy balls and profitable 8.1 duels (at a hit charge of 60%) per recreation.

These returns noticed the 43-cap worldwide, who Roy Nemer dubbed “unplayable” and a “monster“, common an astonishing SofaScore match score of 7.53, not solely rating him as Udinese’s best performer within the division but additionally because the second-best participant within the league as a complete, behind solely Lorenzo Insigne.

As such, ought to De Paul be capable to rediscover this degree of kind following a possible transfer to Tottenham this winter, it’s plain that signing the 28-year-old would very a lot look like the reply to Antonio Conte’s lack of creativity in the course of the park.

Ought to Atletico be prepared to half with the Argentine for a cut-price charge – one thing which has been suggested – the forward-thinking midfielder might even show to change into Paratici’s subsequent Rodrigo Bentancur-esque seize within the switch market. The Italian’s £15.8m January signing is already value a whopping £52m after extremely impressing at Spurs.