Destiny Udogie has earned huge praise since signing for Tottenham Hotspur but some deficiencies in his game have been highlighted.
Tottenham have just landed their right wing back of the future by securing Pedro Porro from Sporting.
That should lock down that area of the pitch for years to come and Spurs may already have their long-term left wing back too.
Tottenham struck a deal over the summer to sign Destiny Udogie from Udinese.
Spurs struck a deal worth £15million rising to £18million, but sent Udogie back to Udinese on loan for the season.
That allowed Tottenham to win the race ahead of other clubs who may have been interest this coming summer, and allowed Udogie to keep developing in Italy.
Tottenham-bound Destiny Udogie criticised in Italy
Udogie has largely impressed this season.
Udinese boss Andrea Sottil told Tuttomercatoweb that he thinks Udogie is ‘extraordinary’.
Tuttomercatoweb suggested that Udogie is just so fast that he is just ‘uncatchable’ down the left flank.
That’s all really exciting stuff but the latest verdicts on Udogie aren’t quite so complimentary.
TMW rated Udogie at just 5.5 out of 10 in Udinese’s 1-1 home draw with his former club Verona on Monday night.
They suggested that Udogie is ‘too soft in duels’ sometimes and lacked sharpness in the final third.
TMW did note that so much is expected of Udogie but want to see more from him in those two areas.
Udogie is just 20 and has plenty of time to work on these deficiencies in his game.
Antonio Conte ultimately won’t like any of his players being soft in the tackle and he will expect his wing backs to chip in defensively just as much as they do going forward.
Udogie will be looking to improve ahead of his move to North London this summer, especially as he could be in contention to feature in the first team on a regular basis.
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