It has been a tricky few years for Tottenham Hotspur, with managerial, stylistic, and personnel modifications galore, however issues might now be on the up and up.
Ange Postecoglou has a season beneath his belt, and whereas he struggled in his first few video games this 12 months, the win over Brentford on the weekend felt prefer it could possibly be a turning level.
Nevertheless, as loads of Spurs followers will attest, there’s a lengthy strategy to go till the membership are again on the high, and that features signing extra thrilling abilities and parting methods with a number of squad members who simply aren’t adequate anymore, together with one who earns greater than Future Udogie and Micky van de Ven.
Udogie and Van de Ven’s salaries
The North Londoners paid Serie A facet Udinese an preliminary charge of round £15m for Udogie in the summertime of 2022 earlier than instantly sending him again to the Italian facet on mortgage for the next season, the place he significantly impressed and ended the marketing campaign with 34 first-team appearances, wherein he scored three objectives and supplied 4 assists.
This good displaying led to a whole lot of pleasure about his potential affect in N17, however it will in all probability be truthful to say that in his debut season for Spurs, the Verona-born ace eclipsed any such expectations.
In all, the 21-year-old dynamo made 30 appearances for Postecoglou’s ultra-attacking staff, racking up two objectives and three assists and incomes the membership’s first-ever Premier League Younger Participant of the Season nomination within the course of, making it exhausting to argue that the younger full-back is not deserving of his £75k-per-week wage.
Likewise, Van de Ven has confirmed to be extra than definitely worth the £50k-per-week he is been incomes within the 12 months following his £43m transfer from Bundesliga facet Wolfsburg.
The flying Dutchman has made 33 appearances for the staff to date, and whereas he has suffered a number of damage setbacks, he has change into arguably an important participant in Postecoglou’s staff, as his record-breaking pace permits the supervisor to play his trademark highline.
Nevertheless, whereas it is easy to justify the wage Udogie and Van de Ven earn, it is tougher to take action for considered one of their extra senior teammates.
Ben Davies’ wage at Spurs
Sure, the senior participant in query is Welsh worldwide Ben Davies, who’s on a surprisingly excessive wage of £80k-per-week, or £5k greater than Udogie and an enormous £30k greater than Van de Ven.
In his defence, the 31-year-old has been on the membership for over a decade, becoming a member of in July 2014 from Swansea Metropolis. In that point, he has confirmed to be an extremely helpful squad participant, making a grand complete of 331 appearances for the membership, wherein he is scored 9 objectives and supplied 23 assists.
Nevertheless, over the previous few years, the squad has improved dramatically, and now the supervisor has a number of extremely gifted younger full-backs to select from and at the very least three centre-backs, Van de Ven, Cristian Romero, and Radu Dragusin, who’re firmly forward of him within the pecking order as properly.
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Davies’ Spurs profession |
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Appearances |
331 |
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Factors per Recreation |
1.84 |
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Objectives |
9 |
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Assists |
23 |
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Purpose Involvements per Match |
0.09 |
So, it will make sense for Daniel Levy and Co to thank the Welshman for his service to the membership and search for a strategy to transfer him on in January earlier than his deal expires subsequent summer season.
The excellent news for the North Londoners, is that there’s supposedly curiosity on the market, as simply earlier this month it was reported that Turkish giants Galatasaray have been eager to signal him, and given his huge Premier League expertise, we might be stunned if extra golf equipment did not come knocking within the January window as properly.
Finally, Davies has been a loyal servant for Tottenham through the years, and an efficient one at that. Nevertheless, given his place within the squad, his wages, and the truth that his contract expires subsequent summer season, Postecoglou and Levy ought to look to maneuver him on in January.
