Why Tottenham may opt for loan signings in January – Alasdair Gold
Alasdair Gold has provided a bunch of interesting reasons why loan signings might be preferable for Tottenham over permanent ones during the January transfer window.
Tottenham expected to have a busy January
With the January window now officially open, Tottenham’s plans will hopefully already be in place regarding their top targets.
While Spurs have historically not been big spenders in January, they are expected to have a busy winter market this time out, with the squad in desperate need of reinforcements to push up the table.
Interestingly, it has now emerged that the Lilywhites might be leaning towards temporary deals as such transfers would have a bunch of benefits to the club.
Alasdair Gold explains why Tottenham might prefer loan deals
Football.London’s Alasdair Gold has now claimed that Spurs want to do some quick deals in January and pointed out that a loan deal would be easier to get over the line and much cheaper.
He suggests that while fans might not see such deals as ambitions, loan signings could offer Tottenham a number of benefits, including the fact that they would not block the development of young talents such as Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall, Mikey Moore, Yang Min-hyeok and Luka Vuskovic.
The journalist explains that there is also the cynical view that loans would represent a lower risk as Ange Postecoglou‘s loan signings would not have to be kept beyond the end of the season if the Australian fails to last long in the job.
Tottenham face a big dilemma in backing Postecoglou
There is no doubt that Postecoglou needs to be backed with the players he wants in order for him to have a fighting chance of turning things around this season.
However, at the same time, Johan Lange and the decision makers at Spurs will also be wary of allowing the Australian to spend big on some players as there is a risk that those players would be deemed surplus to requirements by whichever manager replaces the Australian.
One would thus think that the club’s recruitment department will have a big say in which new faces come through the door.
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