Levy in Llorente talks £4m apart
The need for fresh strikers at Tottenham is no secret. Roberto Soldado has flopped and Emmanuel Adebayor doesn't produce the goods unless it is on his terms.
Harry Kane has been a revelation and the press want a saga, they usually want a Tottenham saga it seems so they can wheel out the Levy arguments. This summer they have selected Hugo Lloris and Harry Kane as their candidates.
It seems common sense to me to have another young striker to help Kane and develop themselves together with an experienced striker they can learn from, indeed I have written on that very topic before. On forums fans are calling for some experienced signings and a player we have pursued for a few years is now available again, Fernando Llorente.
Carlos Tevez and Álvaro Morata lead the Juventus attack and they have bought another player Tottenham have been stalking, 21-year-old Paulo Dybala from Paulermo. There are also stories that they are going to buy 23-year-old Simone Zaza from Sassuolo. Like Adebayor and Soldado, 30-year-old (31 in January) Fernando Llorente is surplus to requirements.
He record is 111 goals and 37 assists in 327 games for Athletic Bilbao before his free transfer to Juventus in July 2013, the summer we at Spurs tried to sign him before Soldado. He then hit 27 goals and had 10 assists in 90 games for the Italian champions.
A deeper look into his Serie A and UEFA Champions League form throws up more accurate statistics. In Serie A games it shows 23 goals and 6 assists in 4,431 minutes playing time, plenty of which will have been as a substitute. That equates to 49.23 full games so nearly a goal every other game, that's a big difference from measuring it against 90 games. He has scored a Serie A goal every 192.65 minutes and contributed to a goal via scoring or an assist every 152.79 minutes.
In UEFA Champions League games he has played 776 minutes, which equates to 8.62 full games in which he has scored 3 goals and had 3 assists. That's a goal every 258.67 minutes and a contribution to a goal every 128.33 minutes.
His record is not as bad as it first appears and he has scored 7 goals in 24 internationals for Spain also so now has experience of two major leagues and international football. Will he be interested in trying a third league or will he return to Spain?
Llorente has a contract until 2017 and is in demand. New Real Madrid boss Rafael Benítez is reported as wanting him to replace Javier Hernández as back-up striker. That could be an issue for Tottenham but Daniel Levy is reported by the Italian media as having already met Juventus sporting director Fabio Paratici in London.
In addition, Sevilla, the UEFA Europa League winners and thus now in the UEFA Champions League next season, have offered a one-year loan deal with a right to purchase next season, Juventus however want a straight sale. Valencia and Bundesliga side Wolfsburg have also made their interest known.
Tottenham are offering £6.49 million (US$10.04m - AUS$13.08m - €9m) but Juventus want £10.62 million (US$16.74m - AUS$21.79m - €15m). Discussions will close that gap and they wouldn't be going on if Llorente and his agent had not indicated they would consider a move to Tottenham.
His wages at Juventus are £62,500-a-week (US$96,538 - AUS$125,769 - €86,538) which would be a saving on Adebayor's wages, if we can get shot of him and replace Soldado's wages if we were to sell him.
It's early days but he is a player we have wanted for a couple of years, clearly Pochettino has said he'd like him, he will know Llorente from his time playing and managing Espanyol in La Liga. Our designer label fans might be happy, those who want experience might be happy. Plenty of interest in him but one to watch as you would expect Juventus would want him off the wage bill as soon as possible.
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Harry Kane has been a revelation and the press want a saga, they usually want a Tottenham saga it seems so they can wheel out the Levy arguments. This summer they have selected Hugo Lloris and Harry Kane as their candidates.
It seems common sense to me to have another young striker to help Kane and develop themselves together with an experienced striker they can learn from, indeed I have written on that very topic before. On forums fans are calling for some experienced signings and a player we have pursued for a few years is now available again, Fernando Llorente.
Carlos Tevez and Álvaro Morata lead the Juventus attack and they have bought another player Tottenham have been stalking, 21-year-old Paulo Dybala from Paulermo. There are also stories that they are going to buy 23-year-old Simone Zaza from Sassuolo. Like Adebayor and Soldado, 30-year-old (31 in January) Fernando Llorente is surplus to requirements.
He record is 111 goals and 37 assists in 327 games for Athletic Bilbao before his free transfer to Juventus in July 2013, the summer we at Spurs tried to sign him before Soldado. He then hit 27 goals and had 10 assists in 90 games for the Italian champions.
A deeper look into his Serie A and UEFA Champions League form throws up more accurate statistics. In Serie A games it shows 23 goals and 6 assists in 4,431 minutes playing time, plenty of which will have been as a substitute. That equates to 49.23 full games so nearly a goal every other game, that's a big difference from measuring it against 90 games. He has scored a Serie A goal every 192.65 minutes and contributed to a goal via scoring or an assist every 152.79 minutes.
In UEFA Champions League games he has played 776 minutes, which equates to 8.62 full games in which he has scored 3 goals and had 3 assists. That's a goal every 258.67 minutes and a contribution to a goal every 128.33 minutes.
His record is not as bad as it first appears and he has scored 7 goals in 24 internationals for Spain also so now has experience of two major leagues and international football. Will he be interested in trying a third league or will he return to Spain?
Llorente has a contract until 2017 and is in demand. New Real Madrid boss Rafael Benítez is reported as wanting him to replace Javier Hernández as back-up striker. That could be an issue for Tottenham but Daniel Levy is reported by the Italian media as having already met Juventus sporting director Fabio Paratici in London.
In addition, Sevilla, the UEFA Europa League winners and thus now in the UEFA Champions League next season, have offered a one-year loan deal with a right to purchase next season, Juventus however want a straight sale. Valencia and Bundesliga side Wolfsburg have also made their interest known.
Tottenham are offering £6.49 million (US$10.04m - AUS$13.08m - €9m) but Juventus want £10.62 million (US$16.74m - AUS$21.79m - €15m). Discussions will close that gap and they wouldn't be going on if Llorente and his agent had not indicated they would consider a move to Tottenham.
His wages at Juventus are £62,500-a-week (US$96,538 - AUS$125,769 - €86,538) which would be a saving on Adebayor's wages, if we can get shot of him and replace Soldado's wages if we were to sell him.
It's early days but he is a player we have wanted for a couple of years, clearly Pochettino has said he'd like him, he will know Llorente from his time playing and managing Espanyol in La Liga. Our designer label fans might be happy, those who want experience might be happy. Plenty of interest in him but one to watch as you would expect Juventus would want him off the wage bill as soon as possible.
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