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| Wolverhampton ace Pedro Netu, who became Tottenham's target. Tottenham is understood to be in regular contact with Netu's agent. With Wolverhampton demanding a huge £60m transfer fee, Tottenham need to set a record for the highest fee ever to sign Netu. Photo =Netu SNS |
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| Wolverhampton ace Pedro Netu, who became Tottenham's target. Tottenham is understood to be in regular contact with Netu's agent. With Wolverhampton demanding a huge £60m transfer fee, Tottenham need to set a record for the highest fee ever to sign Netu. Photograph =Sky Sports |
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Tottenham is reportedly talking with the player's agent to bring in Pedro Netu.
Citing European transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano's remarks on the 12th (Korea time), British Give Me Sports said, `Tottenham is looking for ways to strengthen its striker line ahead of coach Enze Postecoglou's second season, and has set a specific target of Netura in recent weeks. Romano has suggested Tottenham are willing to sign Netu this summer, but this depends on whether the two clubs can agree on a transfer fee'
Netu is a young winger born in 2000. He grew up in Braga, a prestigious Portuguese club, and made his first-team debut, but failed to establish himself. Netu, who did not play much even after leaving Lazio on loan, began to see the light as he moved to Wolverhampton ahead of the 2019-2020 season.
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| Wolverhampton ace Pedro Netu, who became Tottenham's target. Tottenham is understood to be in regular contact with Netu's agent. With Wolverhampton demanding a huge £60m transfer fee, Tottenham need to set a record for the highest fee ever to sign Netu. |
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It is no exaggeration to say that Netu had shown little performance on the professional stage before joining Wolverhampton. He played only 13 games from the 2016-2017 season to the 2018-2019 season, and only two goals and one assist were recorded in the offensive points.
Still, Wolverhampton noted Netu's potential for development, and Wolverhampton's judgment was not wrong. Netu has established himself as Wolverhampton's main winger upon transfer. In his first season in the English Premier League (EPL), Netu played 44 games, scoring five goals and five assists. He created a season where he was properly recognized as a professional player.
Netu is basically a fast winger. He has excellent ability to break down the side defense through a straight dribble breakthrough. It also has multiplicity that can digest both left and right sides. When running on the left, he runs on the sideline and raises the cross mainly, and when running on the right, he folds into the center and makes a shooting angle.
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| Wolverhampton ace Pedro Netu, who became Tottenham's target. Tottenham is understood to be in regular contact with Netu's agent. With Wolverhampton demanding a huge £60m transfer fee, Tottenham need to set a record for the highest fee ever to sign Netu. |
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Netu, whose main weapon is the so-called 「Chidal」, is so fast that most defenders cannot catch up when he starts to accelerate. His left foot kick is also very good, so he is good at both shooting and crossing.
Netu grew further in the 2020-2021 season. He achieved his personal career high by scoring five goals and six assists in 35 games. From this point on, Netu began to connect with big clubs. Originally, Arsenal actively sought to recruit Netu, but the transfer was not completed in the end.
Injuries were a problem in the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 seasons. Netu, who suffered consecutive long-term injuries, began to lose his quality as a Wolverhampton ace after two seasons of little growth. There were many expectations that Netu would not grow any more, but it succeeded in reviving the 2023-2024 season.
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| Wolverhampton ace Pedro Netu, who became Tottenham's target. Tottenham is understood to be in regular contact with Netu's agent. With Wolverhampton demanding a huge £60m transfer fee, Tottenham need to set a record for the highest fee ever to sign Netu. |
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Despite not playing a normal season due to a hamstring injury, Netu scored three goals and 11 assists in 24 games to achieve another offensive point career high. In other words, he has shown that he is a good player.
As a result, Tottenham, which aims to reinforce its offense this season, is seeking to recruit Netu. "Tottenham is in regular contact with Netu agents," Romano said. In the case of Netu, it will depend on the transfer fee. Tottenham are willing to try again to bring in Netu but he has had plenty of injuries. So it's only possible in normal situations. That's why Wolverhampton has the right to decide."
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| Wolverhampton ace Pedro Netu, who became Tottenham's target. Tottenham is understood to be in regular contact with Netu's agent. With Wolverhampton demanding a huge £60m transfer fee, Tottenham need to set a record for the highest fee ever to sign Netu. |
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From Tottenham's point of view, they won't be willing to spend much money on Netu, who has suffered two major injuries and had two hamstrings in trouble the previous season. This is because if the frequency of injuries worsens after Tottenham's transfer, it could be a failure.
However, Wolverhampton says he can never hand over the best talent he has in his team at an affordable price. Give Me Sports predicted that Wolverhampton, whose captain Max Kilman has left for West Ham, may no longer sell star players this summer despite several EPL teams looking to sign Netu, Joao Gomes and Rayan Ait-Nuri.
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| Wolverhampton ace Pedro Netu, who became Tottenham's target. Tottenham is understood to be in regular contact with Netu's agent. With Wolverhampton demanding a huge £60m transfer fee, Tottenham need to set a record for the highest fee ever to sign Netu. |
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Wolverhampton is said to want as much as 60 million pounds (about 107.2 billion won) for Netu's transfer fee. This is the amount that could set the highest release transfer fee ever for Wolverhampton. The same is true of Tottenham. Tottenham's highest transfer fee ever was Tanguy Ndombele, who was brought in for 51 million pounds (about 91.2 billion won).
It is a great gamble to invest the club's highest transfer fee in Netu because Tottenham has to reinforce several positions. It is undeniable that Netu is talented, but the evaluation will be mixed as to whether he is a player who will pay more than 100 billion won in transfer fees. It depends on how Tottenham evaluates Netu and is really willing to bring it.
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