Tottenham’s season has been inconsistent, with moments of promise under Ange Postecoglou undone by defensive issues and squad depth concerns. With their only saving grace being the Europa League, Spurs are holding onto their final chance for silverware this campaign. As attention shifts to the summer, significant movement is expected, with the club looking to reinforce key areas and address potential outgoings. How much change can we anticipate at Spurs in the coming months? We discuss Tottenham’s season and their summer plans with James Trembath of LondonWorld.
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00:00Tottenham's season has been inconsistent, with moments of promise under Ansh Postakoglu
00:08undone by defensive issues and squad depth concerns. With their only saving grace being
00:14the Europa League, Spurs are holding onto their final chance of silverware this campaign.
00:19As attention shifts to the summer, significant movement is expected, with the club looking
00:24to reinforce key areas and address potential outgoings. How much change can we anticipate
00:29at Spurs in the coming months? We discuss Tottenham's season and their summer plans
00:35with James Trenbrath of London World.
00:37Yeah, just on the summer, how much sort of movement do you feel there will be out of
00:42the club? Do you feel, obviously we don't really know the managerial situation, it's
00:47probably likely that we can say that Ansh might not be in the dugout come the start
00:50of next season. I mean, that sort of turnover period of manager to signings is really, really
00:58tight and we've mentioned that there's a young core to the team, maybe that can be
01:02the sort of saving grace at the start of next season for Spurs. Do you see a lot of movement
01:07in the summer in terms of outgoings and who could they bring in, what sort of areas they
01:12need to improve on?
01:13Yeah, I think so. I mean, there's going to be big question marks over Romero in the future,
01:17that's the big one, two years left on his deal. Will he engage in talks to sign a new
01:21contract? You know, I hope so because he's a terrific player. I think he's never quite
01:27hit the heights consistently for Spurs, which has been a disappointment. Again, he's suffered
01:31with his fitness. So, centre-back is going to be a position we need to look at anyway
01:36because we have only got three natural centre-backs. Ben Davies is coming to the end of his contract,
01:41terrific servant for Spurs, you know, will he get another 12 months potentially as a
01:44squad player? Again, he gets a lot of stick, Ben Davies, but there's certainly been worse
01:48people and players at Spurs over that past 10 years. So, centre-back will be really,
01:55really interesting and again, a position we need to fill. Will we go back in for Mark
01:58Gaye after a sort of failed effort there come the end of January? This time around, the
02:04centre of midfield, as I say, Bissouma, I can't see him being at Spurs next season.
02:08I think that, you know, there's a lot of talk about Benton Kerr maybe getting another contract.
02:12I actually feel sorry for Benton Kerr because he's a Rolls-Royce of a midfielder on his
02:16game. He's obviously had some horrendous injury problems and now when he plays, he's just
02:22woefully exposed as part of the system, as we've just been speaking about, you know,
02:26the midfield in such a wide open space, you know, he's covering the work of three players,
02:31albeit he has lost a bit of form and a little bit of fitness. You could see the confidence
02:35when I was there a couple of weeks ago, it had just drained out of him and he's another
02:38one who's really suffering on current form. Johnny Cardoso, this is the American midfielder
02:45and we've got the option on from Real Betis. He's, you know, doing very, very well in the
02:49league of this season. £25 million buy option, I think, before the end of July for him.
02:54I could see him coming in, which would be a good move, but obviously we don't want to
02:57block the paths of Val and Gray, but we do need some experience in that midfield and
03:02general leadership, you know, in terms of the team, particularly in the midfield at
03:06the back, as I say. And then if you look at the front positions, I still think we're short.
03:10You know, there's a question mark over Matthias Tell. He's shown flashes. Again, he's a very,
03:16very young man, scored a good goal in the FA Cup against Aston Villa, but has petered
03:21out a little bit ever since. Albeit, you know, we know the reasons around the team and not
03:26playing particularly well at the moment, the Premier League form, etc. So do we take the
03:30option on him for £50 million? That feels like a little bit of a leap of faith at the
03:34moment, to be honest with you. That said, you know, there's clearly a talented player
03:38there. You don't play for Bayern Munich if you're not a talented player. So that'll be
03:42interesting. And then you're looking at, you know, potentially the likes of Brennan Johnson.
03:46You know, he's got 14 goals this season, but has been really, really poor, almost like
03:52he doesn't trust his hamstrings after some significant injury problems over the past
03:56sort of eight, nine months. He's always there at the back post to finish off, but his general
04:01play is extremely poor. That's hung me in song that he'll still be at Spurs next season.
04:06Now he's signed the contract extension, but do Spurs look to cash in now? Is it a form
04:12issue? Is it the fact that, you know, he's getting on a bit, he's played a lot of football,
04:17still a quality player and he's shown flashes this season. But, you know, is the time right
04:21for Son to move on? Should he get a big money offer from, you know, the likes of the MLS
04:26or Saudi Arabia? Who knows? But as I say, you know, the squad's not a million miles
04:32away and I still strongly believe that. But, you know, the system, the set-up's just not
04:36working and we definitely need some players to help us there in terms of that augmentation,
04:41in terms of leadership and senior pros.