A Spurs deal for Duda unlikely

Slovakia and Croatia seem to be a hotbed of talent at the moment with clubs scouring the region and keeping tabs on any player who shows promise. They get to play first-team football early so develop early making them potentially good buys.

A Spurs deal for Duda unlikely


A player who is developed at a younger age obviously has more playing time ahead of him that say Ryan Mason who didn't make the breakthrough until he was 23.

Another player Paul Mitchell and his team are running the rule over is 20-year-old Slovakian central attacking midfielder Ondrej Duda. He is currently playing for Polish side Legia Warsaw and is attracting a lot of interest. Duda is not a signing that would be made in January as his representatives, Stars & Friends, revealed.

“He has so many offers I do not even know. The representatives of AC Milan, Inter, Napoli, Hannover, FC Koeln, Arsenal, Tottenham, Everton, Hull City, Stoke and even a couple of other teams they have contacted me. But I repeat that if he leaves the Legia, it will be in the summer at the earliest.”

Personal information
Full nameOndrej Duda
Date of birth5 December 1994 (age 20)
Place of birthSninaSlovakia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Legia Warsaw
Number8

He is under contract until 2018 so while a move is always possible in the summer he would perhaps be more of a long term target depending upon his development. Duda has scored 4 goals and made 4 assists in 15 Ekstraklasa games this season and in total has scored 7 goals with 8 assists from 29 games, a goal every 287 minutes and a game goal impact every 134 minutes.