Spurs: Paratici to monitor Depay

Tottenham Hotspur are all for a deal to convey Memphis Depay to north London within the January switch window.

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That’s in line with a report by 90min, who declare that Fabio Paratici and Antonio Conte will monitor the Netherlands centre-forward throughout the Qatar World Cup, earlier than deciding whether or not or not they may make a transfer for the 28-year-old this winter.

The report goes on to state that the striker is obtainable to signal within the January market and will even be allowed to go away Barcelona on a free switch, whereas the striker himself is believed to be open to a return to the Premier League.

“Unreal”

Whereas it’s true that accidents have restricted Depay to simply three outings for Barcelona up to now this season, contemplating simply how spectacular the Dutchman was for Xavi’s facet in 2021/22, the argument that the 28-year-old can be an unreal signing on a free switch is an especially simple one to make.

Certainly, over his 28 LaLiga appearances final outing, the £22m-rated ahead was in astonishing kind within the remaining third, scoring 12 objectives, registering two assists and creating 5 huge probabilities for his teammates, in addition to taking a mean of two.2 photographs, making 1.6 key passes and finishing 1.6 dribbles per recreation.

These returns noticed the £174k-per-week expertise who Liam Canning dubbed “unreal” common a merely sensational SofaScore match ranking of 7.26, not solely rating him because the Catalan membership’s fourth-best performer within the league but in addition because the joint tenth-best participant within the prime flight of Spanish soccer as a complete.

Moreover, with the 81-cap worldwide having the ability to function from attacking midfield, as a assist striker, on both wing and as a centre-forward, Depay’s extraordinarily spectacular positional versatility would additionally seem to make him one thing of an ideal match for both of Conte’s 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 set-ups on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

As such, ought to the Dutchman show in Qatar that he nonetheless has what it takes to carry out on the highest degree, it could look to be an especially clever choice for Paratici to launch a transfer for the 28-year-old this winter, as Depay would undoubtedly make an unreal addition to Tottenham’s present attacking choices.