Tottenham Hotspur have blossomed in a fully fledged manner under the nearly impeccable tutelage of Mauricio Pochettino, who is transforming the status of the club week in and week out.
The Lilywhites are thriving in a very productive manner on the domestic soil and are the only side left who could realistically challenge their local rivals, Chelsea, in the race for clinching the Premier League title.
Spurs are placed 2nd on the league table with 68 points from 31 outings in the top flight and are 7 points adrift of the Blues.
Nonetheless, Pochettino knows that he hasn’t really lived up to the bill in the lucrative European nights and something spectacular is to be brought into his ranks in the summer transfer window to ensure the achievement of the same next season.
One of the latest reports have stated that Spurs are lining up for Inter Milan’s Geoffrey Kondogbia to lure him to North London in the summer, with Liverpool and Chelsea being two other interested parties.
The Frenchman has been enjoying a stellar season in Serie A with the Black and Blues, having registered 2.5 tackles, 1.4 interceptions, 0.4 clearances and 0.1 blocks per game on an average. Moreover, he has a goal and an assist to his name as well and has operated with a healthy pass completion rate of 85%.
While Spurs are blessed with adequate armoury in their attacking arsenal, someone like Kondogbia would inject steel in their midfield setup. He shields the backline pretty well, makes decisive tackles, stops the attacking endeavours of the opponents, never refrains from getting into tough physical encounters and distributes the ball in a shrewd manner further up the pitch.
Moreover, he does occasionally launch forward to carve openings for his side and cultivates a sense of reliability as far as the defensive aspects of his employers are concerned.
Frankly speaking, Kondogbia is already a world class defensive midfielder and he does operate on at a very high level. Adding a tinge of defensive solidity does hold paramount importance for the club and putting someone like Kondogbia on their radar does make perfect sense.
The 24-year-old would be an ideal addition to the club and without any shadow of a doubt, the limelight which the Premier League has on offer as well as the growth which the Argentine gaffer has introduced the club to should tempt him for the move personally as well.
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