Pundit backs Spurs to pay £60m in order to secure ‘huge’ transfer this summer
According to former Spurs defender turned pundit, Alan Hutton, Tottenham Hotspur should pull out all the stops to sign Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace this... The post Pundit backs Spurs to pay £60m in order to secure ‘huge’ transfer this summer appeared first on The Spurs Web - Tottenham Hotspur Football News.
According to former Spurs defender turned pundit, Alan Hutton, Tottenham Hotspur should pull out all the stops to sign Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace this summer, with a ‘huge’ bid expected.
Tottenham are interested in Eberechi Eze
After a stunning final half of the season, Palace earned plenty of plaudits, and Eze attracted a lot of attention to himself. The playmaker ended the campaign with 11 goals and four assists (Transfermarkt).
Eze is now with the England squad for Euro 2024, but all the talk around him involves a transfer away from Crystal Palace this summer.
At the start of the month, it was suggested Tottenham would look to open discussions with Palace in the coming weeks (Football Transfers).
However, the Lilywhites are expected to face fierce competition from Manchester United in the race to sign the 25-year-old (Football Insider).
Spurs ready to break transfer record for Eze, says Hutton
Either way, it looks like Spurs may have to break their transfer record to secure the signing of Eze (TEAMtalk). Still, Alan Hutton thinks they should make the transfer happen regardless.
Speaking to Football Insider, Hutton said: “Chats and conversations aren’t always public, I imagine they’re going on in the background. He’s an outstanding footballer, really talented, and would make that team better. He comes in and he starts, whether it be as a number ten or wherever he wants to play, he starts.
“It’s going to be a huge fee. We’re talking about £50m or £60m. It’ll be a huge fee, but the connection with his agent can help. For somebody who’s so talented and at a good age, he goes out and plays with a smile on his face, with a lot of freedom and so much attacking quality.
“He scores goals, he gets assists, these are the types of guys you need. £60m is about right when you look at prices being banded about for players who aren’t as good as him. If he’s available for that price, Levy will spend it.”
Spurs Web Opinion
If we are really serious about competing at the very top of the game, we have to be going out and making signings like Eberechi Eze.
As Hutton says, this is a player that improves our team immediately, and £60m is not even a bad price for the quality he brings.
| Eberechi Eze’s Premier League 2023/24 statistics – Crystal Palace squad ranking | ||
|---|---|---|
| Stats | Output | Squad rank |
| Goals | 11 | 2nd |
| Assists | 4 | =4th |
| Key Passes Per Game | 2 | 1st |
| Dribbles Per Game | 2.6 | 1st |
| Crosses Per Game | 1.3 | =1st |
| Match rating | 7.45 | 2nd |
| Statistics via WhoScored – Correct as of 14/06/2024 | ||
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