Tottenham eyeing Naby Keita swoop

Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly preserving an in depth eye on Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita amid rising uncertainty relating to the playmaker’s long-term future at Anfield.

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In keeping with 90min, the north Londoners – together with Premier League rivals Arsenal and Chelsea – are believed to be amongst those that are at the moment ‘considering a proposal’ for the Guinea worldwide, with the 27-year-old at the moment having lower than a yr to run on his existing deal on Merseyside.

The previous RB Leipzig man – who moved to England in 2018 – had reportedly been eager on signing contemporary phrases with Jurgen Klopp’s aspect over the summer time, though there was no such willingness on the a part of the Reds to get an settlement secured.

That has ensured that the 50-cap gem may probably be snapped up for nothing on the finish of the present marketing campaign, whereas additionally probably agreeing on a transfer overseas in January, amid reported curiosity from golf equipment throughout Europe.

Conte’s subsequent Kante

The £22.5m-rated maestro is at the moment enduring a irritating season, having up to now failed to make a single look because of damage, with that having seemingly been the participant’s story of his time beneath Klopp over the previous four years or so.

Whereas that could be of concern to these at N17, the £120k-per-week machine did showcase his high quality as a part of Liverpool’s quadruple cost final time period, notably scoring four targets and offering three assists in 40 appearances throughout all fronts.

His arrival at Tottenham may properly hand Antonio Conte some much-needed depth in his midfield ranks, with the latest absence of Pierre-Emile Hojberg having laid naked the necessity for additional recruits, notably ought to the Italian persist together with his 3-5-2 method.

Including Keita into the combo may properly see the previous Chelsea boss land his subsequent N’Golo Kante, with the diminutive Frenchman having been essential to the coach’s title-winning aspect at Stamford Bridge again in 2016/17.

The World Cup winner was notably described by Conte as “one of the best players” that he has ever coached, with the 53-year-old suggesting that it felt at occasions as if he had 12 males as a result of former Leicester Metropolis man’s relentless midfield presence.

Keita – who has been dubbed “world-class” by teammate Virgil van Dijk – may properly be the proper man to offer that Kante-esque high quality to the present Spurs aspect, with the 2 gamers seemingly sharing a lot of stylistic and statistical qualities, as per FBref.

The present Reds star notably ranks within the high 1% for progressive carries and the highest 13% for dribbles accomplished amongst these in his place throughout Europe’s high 5 leagues, whereas his Blues counterpart has carried out equally as he ranks within the top 5% and the highest 1% for a similar two metrics respectively.

That will seemingly showcase the 2’s ball-playing high quality and talent to drive ahead from deep, with it more likely to be an actual bonus for Tottenham to have a participant with such a forward-thinking method on their books.

With Conte having reaped the advantages of bringing Kante to west London previously, he may now seemingly repeat that trick by luring Keita to north London.