Tottenham convened a flowering when the winter market closed. Two players signed the final frenzy of 48 hours, initially on loan, but with Ange Posttecoglou, promising both are there in the long term.
One, Mathys Tel, is a adolescent wonderkid from France, a quick and versatile striker inevitably compared to Kylian Mbappe and courted by several other Premier League clubs while looking for a transfer outside the Bayern Munich.
The other, Kevin Danso, is an international center that reaches its early years, older, more experienced and tested at the higher levels of three countries, including a disappointing season in Southampton.
Both will be plunged into a squad that defends an advantage of a goal in Liverpool on Thursday at the Cábao Cup semifinal, with Spurs in a crusade to win an important trophy for the first time since 2008 and Postecoglou trying to save a season that has collapsed With disaster.
The CUPS promise salvation, especially the Europa League with its gold ticket for the Champions League, but first the Caabao Cup and a look of the reinforcements: Danso kidnapped the wolves to fill the void left by the serious injury of the knee of Radu Dragusin and Tel Sweet-Talked Talle-Talked Talle in the Movement of Postecoglou after it seemed to have gone badly.
“I felt that if I kept him on the phone for enough time, he would use it and was falling asleep at the end,” said the Chief of the Spurs, weaving his dry and self -critical ingenuity along with more serious factors to establish a positive connection with Tel during their two hours of dialogue and respecting their right to take their time and weigh your options.
Tottenham assured Mathys Tel's firm on the deadline when the January window was closed
The Club of Northern London also brought the former Kevin Danso lens defender
Ange Posttecoglou has long -term plans for both players, although Tel joins an initial loan
Tel is a rare talent, accustomed to unoges from an early age, and yet those who have seen him in Munich speak of a popular, intelligent and friendly young man with an exemplary attitude.
“I have never met a player who would not score or even play in every game that fans have been so loved,” said Julien Wolff, from Die Welt, who has reported in Bayern since 2011.
'He is a great guy, very hungry for a lot of potential and is a good signature for the Spurs. But he has to play, he has to reach his minutes. When he first signed, Julian Nagelsmann was Bayern's coach and said Mathys will score 40 goals in the Bundesliga and did not.
“Some people say it was a tactical problem, others that did not have the opportunity and that you need to play to find rhythm and flow.”
Tottenham is depositing in the latter. They have it until the end of the season, but they trust that the terms of the agreement mean that it will be permanently joined in the summer, with the rates that are combined with a disbursement of approximately 53 million.
“I don't brought it here for six months,” said Postecoglou when asked if he hoped to have him at the club next season. “He will be a Tottenham player.”
The Spurs seem satisfied with themselves, a feeling reinforced by a rare excursion of technical director Johan Lange in the club's media channel.
'A fantastic talent' was his verdict in Tel. 'He is in a very unique group of players who at an early age have already played a lot 15 or 16 in the Champions League at 19.
Radu Dragusin is the last Spurs player to be discarded as the club's injury crisis deepens
Tel has dazzled during his appearances at Bayern Munich, but failed in a place in the first team
'He is a versatile attacking player who has factor X, will bring emotion to the stadium. He is a player that we cannot expect to free and wish to have many fantastic experiences together. ''
Tel will compete for a place in the three strikers while Danso arrives to relieve the crisis in the back, intensified by the injury of the Dragusin cross knee ligament and the physical conditioning concerns in Micky Van de Ven and Cristian Romero.
Van De Ven returned from three months of hamstring problems last week against Elfsborg, but Postecoglou is worried about data readings of that game and training and wants to relieve it from the team until it is sure that you are sure that the risk From another relapse it has passed.
The same goes for Romero, who had been close to a return but now it is not.
Danso, signed from lens in an agreement of £ 20 million that will become permanent in the summer, provides instantaneous help to postecoglou instead of potential to develop over time, like many other recent firms.
He is 26 years old, an International of Austria who grew up in Milton Keynes and began at the MK Dons Academy.
“Kevin was very high and physical when he came to us,” recalls Jon Dewick, who trained it in the Club U11 group.
“He wanted to play in advance, he loved to run and score goals, and we were always trying to play it in the center because he was strong and we wanted to improve his technicalities in that area.”
Danso, an International from Austria who grew up in Milton Keynes, is a more authorized boss
His late loan spell in Southampton is better forgotten, with Danso with the infamous defeat 9-0 by Leicester
Danso joined Augsburg in Germany with a scholarship and made his Bundesliga debut in March 2017. A year lent in Southampton in 2019/20 was not a great success.
Chief Ralph Hasenhuttl initially used it on the left, but Saints had a difficult season start. Danso was sent against Manchester United and Hasenhuttl settled in three without him, although he reached part time in Leicester's 9-0 hammer.
He only appeared once again in the Premier League in a season interrupted by the pandemic, his last game arrived in a FA Cup with the Spurs in January 2020.
He returns to the heat of Anfield with Posttecoglou hoping that his signings at the end of January have the desired effect.