Who else have they got? Roden or Dier? It is not a great choice, to be honest.
This, Rodon is a young CB trying to find his feet in a new league that is a big step up. Dier has periods where he is ok to good, then goes through a patch where he is dire.
Their midfield is the same, I dont feel Ndombele brings enough intensity and lung busting runs. He is a moments player, great for youtube, you watch some of the things he does and it is insane. He then goes missing for 20 minutes, he can play those defence splitting passes though, just doesnt seem to step up enough when needed. I guess you could argue Eriksen was much like this early in his career as well, just went missing in games. Sissoko is almost the opposite, great engine and athleticism, poor footballer, attacks will break down simply because he dithers on the ball, his passing is average and his shooting poor. Who else do they have in that midfield area? Oh Winks, squad player at best, guess he does count towards that English player quota, never really improved, could honestly see him operating at a team near the bottom of the league like Fulham. 25 now so coming into the prime of his career, probably time he moved on rather than be a bench player.
I think they are missing Lo Celso, was Spurs best player the end of last season.
Been watching a lot of Oliver Skipp at Norwich and he's got 'it'. I'm quite jealous. Always been a big James Garner fan but at the same age Skipp is head and shoulders above him developmentally. I hope Mourinho doesn't end up being an obstacle to his development, because finally finding some quality at DM will be absolutely crucial to the talented generation of England youngsters coming through at the moment (Foden, Greenwood, Hudson-Odoi et al) living up to their hype.
Dont know much about Skipp tbf other than he had some cameos for Spurs when he was young. I would say Hojbjerg has actually been a good signing for them however in that DM position.