Tottenham reportedly want to raid Mauricio Pochettino’s PSG for midfielder Idrissa Gueye this summer – with the player out of contract in 2023. A player, Tim Sherwood raved about after signing for Aston Villa.
Spurs are expected to be active in the summer window, whether they qualify for the Europa League or the Champions League at the end of the season. A lot could be determined by Thursday’s clash against Arsenal.
One of the positions Conte is likely to target is another midfielder, given Harry Winks’ future is in doubt and the increase in fixture congestion with Europe on the horizon. Jeunes Footeux claim Gueye has been targeted.
The 90-time Senegal international remains a crucial part of Pochettino’s PSG but in a rotational sense – starting one game and coming on as a sub in the next. He is about to enter the last year of his £96k-a-week deal (Mirror).
The report claims Spurs have identified Gueye as a possible addition, but at 32 years of age and given his contract, PSG want £17million. But judging by Sherwood’s comments in 2015, Gueye would be a superb signing for Spurs.
“What Idrissa give you is 100% every time he plays. He is wholehearted, he suits the Premier League and he loves the pace of the game,” Sherwood told Villa’s website seven years ago, after signing Gueye from Lille.
“He is very aggressive, he gets at people, wants to tackle and wants to get on the football. He is brave in and out of possession – and that’s something you want to see.”
Sherwood on Gueye: If PSG man arrives, Winks surely leaves…
It is a high possibility anyway. Winks is being starved of game time with Conte seemingly set on his midfield duo of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Rodrigo Bentancur. In a World Cup year, Winks might want to leave.
That is probably the case, even without the signing of another midfielder like Gueye. While it will be hard for Winks to leave his boyhood club, it is his best move and if Gueye arrives, he will almost certainly depart Spurs.
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