This summer, Tottenham have acted extremely agile in the transfer market. While the opponents were still "polluting to eat soup", the Roosters quickly finalized contracts with Ivan Perisic and Fraser Forster. But their best quality signing has to be Yves Bissouma.
In addition to the £25 million pay to Brighton, Tottenham's Champions League spot is the reason why Bissouma decided to travel to North London. He revealed at the press conference to introduce the new team: "It's hard to imagine, next season I'll play for Tottenham, right in London and also listen to Champions League music!
It was touching. My dream is the Champions League. When I was young, I was very attached to the Champions League, but I didn't expect to have a day to play in this tournament, for Tottenham, Bissouma told Spurs TV.
Tottenham have bought one of the Premier League's top defensive midfielders at a seemingly cheap price. It was even likened to a " robbery", with Bissouma with just one year left on his contract. The stats show that the 25-year-old midfielder is not inferior to any top midfielder.
In the 2021-22 Premier League, the Brighton star recovered the ball 1.9 times, cleared 1.8 times, made 2.9 tackles and successfully held 5.6 duels per 90 minutes. By comparison, Fabinho has only had 1.6 tackles, 1.4 recoveries, 0.8 clearances and 4.4 successful challenges per match. Possessing impressive defensive stats than Liverpool's midfielder, many people think that Bissouma is the type of player who can only rely on strength. But they were wrong.
When he had the ball, Tottenham's new signing played well. He has a successful pass rate of 89% and 1.2 successful dribbles per match. Fabinho has once again continued to fall behind in this aspect, with 87% passing accurately and 0.4 successful dribbles per 90 minutes.
Although Brighton and Liverpool's playing styles are different, what Bissouma has shown is still extremely impressive. Playing for a small team made him not assessed to be up to his ability. Therefore, Tottenham is predicted to be the time Bissouma step into the light.
Tottenham were extremely patient to get Bissouma's signature. Because in the winter of 2021, Brighton once asked the mali midfielder for 50 million pounds. At that time, even big teams like Arsenal and Liverpool had to withdraw.
By the summer of 2022, Bissouma's price had now dropped to 25 million pounds, as the contract had shortened. At this time, only Aston Villa and West Ham are playing for Tottenham. With a ticket to the Champions League next season, Spurs easily defeated their opponents to win the Brighton star.
Most likely, the Roosters' midfield next season will be the duo Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Bissouma. Meanwhile, Bentancur and Oliver Skipp are considered a backup option. Tottenham will also try to liquidate Giovani to take care of Celso, Tanguy Ndombele and Harry Winks this summer.
