Tottenham have signed Destiny Udogie and the Udinese talent is shining in Italy having scored the opener in a 4-0 thrashing of Roma on Sunday.
Jose Mourinho took his Roma side to Udinese in search of three points, but it proved to be a miserable night for the former Spurs boss.
Udogie opened the scoring from close range as he pounced on an error from Rick Karsdorp.
Luke Samardzic, Roberto Pereyra and Sandi Lovric added second-half goals, racking up a quite comprehensive victory over Roma.
Tottenham have signed Destiny Udogie
Tottenham will have been very interested in this game given that they have already secured Udogie for next year and beyond.
Spurs pounced to sign Udogie for £15million rising to £18million, securing his signature in August.
Tottenham then sent Udogie back to Udinese on loan for a year, meaning he’s only bound for North London next summer.
Tottenham seemingly believe that Udogie can be their left wing back of the future even with Ryan Sessegnon on board.
The idea may well be for Udogie to become the heir to Ivan Perisic, who turns 34 in February.
Udogie has shown huge potential for Udinese and that was on show again on Sunday.
Udogie’s goal was something many strikers would have been proud of, never mind wing backs.
With a cross sent into the back post, Roma right wing back Karsdorp tried to chest the ball back to goalkeeper Rui Patricio.
Udogie very cleverly anticipated that, sneaking in on Karsdorp’s blind side to swoop in and open the scoring.
That kind of attacking play will certainly delight Antonio Conte, who surely can’t wait to mould and develop Udogie in the years to come.
The Italian press were hugely impressed too, with Tuttomercatoweb giving Udogie a 7.5 rating out of 10; only Pereyra was higher.
TMW suggested that Udogie ‘dominated’ the left flank throughout the clash with Roma, whilst noting that his first name ‘Destiny’ may also describe his hopes of senior action with the Italy national team.
Tottenham appear to have a real talent on their hands and seeing Udogie down Mourinho’s Roma is just another sign of his huge potential.
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