Juan Foyth is for sale at Tottenham Hotspur but would the club miss him?
On the chalkboard
Sources at the club have confirmed that the Argentina international is expendable in this transfer window, with La Liga club Real Betis interested in signing him.
Spurs would like to sell him due to concerns over their home-grown quota and there is hope that a deal can be agreed before the transfer deadline.
The question must be asked: Would Spurs be making a mistake if they let the 22-year-old go?
His sample size really is too small to examine this season as he has made just four Premier League appearances, with only one being a start.
Last season, though, is instructive as he played 12 times under Mauricio Pochettino.
Per WhoScored, he averaged 2.6 tackles per game, 0.8 interceptions, 1.3 fouls and 4 clearances. He also completed 1.6 dribbles per game and averaged a passing accuracy of 85.2% before Spurs’ midweek encounter.
A ball-playing defender
Foyth likes to carry the ball and he has the accuracy to distribute it effectively too, but it has cost him in the past.
In the 2-2 draw with Norwich City at Carrow Road, for example, he was caught in possession before the Canaries scored their opening goal.
And it appears that Jose Mourinho simply doesn’t trust him given the sheer lack of game time he has had under the Portuguese.
Under Pochettino, Foyth was seen as something of a prospect and was, at one point, set to become the club’s right-back following the exit of Kieran Trippier.
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Injury put paid to that plan, however, and it seems as though he just doesn’t fit in north London anymore.
It is something of a shame but there is unlikely to be too much regret at Spurs if he is sold, particularly if Mourinho is to keep playing in the way that he has thus far.
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