Tottenham Hotspur fans should be fairly happy with how their summer transfer window has panned out so far.
From the get-go, as soon as the 2023/24 Premier League season concluded, they brought back Timo Werner on a season-long loan deal and it received a mixed reaction.
But then the excitement levels started flowing because the London club secured the transfer of highly-rated winger, Lucas Bergvall.
The big talents coming in didn’t stop there because Tottenham then secured the transfer of Archie Gray, with fans hopeful that the big names keep flowing in.
But for those players to be added, the club’s sporting director Johan Lange needs to ‘balance the books’.
Tottenham fans have all been saying the same thing about Gray in pre-season, as it seems that he is ready to start straight away for Tottenham.
For that to happen, players will need to make way from the XI and it will also reduce the game time of those craving for minutes from the bench.
If you are an upcoming player or an academy product, then it’s much easier for you to fight for your place.
But for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, it signals one thing and one thing only, and that’s the end of his Tottenham career, after he joined the club in 2020 from Southampton.
Back in April, Postecoglou reacted to Hojbjerg admitting that he ‘isn’t satisfied’ at Tottenham, so no-one should be surprised that he is now headed to Marseille.
Sources have told HITC that Hojbjerg is nearing an exit from Spurs and personal terms have been agreed.
Scott Minto pointed out that, on the ball, the Denmark international perhaps doesn’t suit the way Tottenham or Postecoglou want to play.
But he did admit that he is ‘sorry’ to see the player leave because his ‘leadership’ qualities on and off the pitch are going to be missed, as he told talkSPORT (21/07/24 at 4:10 pm).
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg to leave Tottenham Hotspur
“He is maybe not easy on the eye, in terms of the typical Spurs player or maybe an Ange player,” said Minto. “That’s his biggest issue.
“(Last season) Brentford were 2-0 up against Spurs and he came off the bench to drag the team back into it. He has those leadership qualities. I thought he was the best player on the park for England v Denmark. When you brought in the likes of Archie Gray, and he has started pre-season very well.
“But we go back to balancing the books. We are probably going to do a lot of that, aren’t we? If you are going to bring players in, then you probably have to get rid of a few players. I just think in terms of that dressing room player. We know how important that person is, not just on the pitch, but daily, in the dressing room, making sure standards are high and training is really at it. I am sorry to see him go.”
Who will join after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s exit?
That’s going to be the question on everyone’s lips, as Gray is through the doors, but surely Spurs bulk up their squad further in the middle of the park.
Sources have told HITC about Conor Gallagher’s stance at Chelsea as Tottenham watch on, with the Europa League side very keen.
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Given the energy with which Gallagher plays the game and how he can win the ball high up the pitch, you can see him filling that void from Hojbjerg.
But the England international doesn’t have the leadership skills of the soon-to-be departing Dane, even if Gallagher donned the Chelsea armband last season.
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