'Please catch me!' Coach Postecoglou, who was silent, asked Boardjin directly to recruit Kiesa

Jul 28, 2024

Please bring this player!Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Postecoglou was in trouble. This is due to the sluggish recruitment performance of the transfer market. This is because even before the summer transfer market opened, they asked for key players, including front-line strikers, to be recruited in various ways, but their performance is sluggish. Other than Timo Werner's loan extension and the signing of top prospect Archie Gray, there is no significant achievement. Lucas Beribal, who joined in the summer, is only a player he signed last January.

At the end of the day, Coach Postecoglou has reached the point of speaking out directly to Bodjin. It is a request to catch Federico Chiesa from Juventus, Italy's Serie A, where rumors of a recent transfer have emerged.

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'Please bring this player!'

Tottenham Hotspur manager Enze Postecoglou was troubled. This is due to the sluggish recruitment performance of the transfer market. This is because even before the summer transfer market opened, they asked for key players, including front-line strikers, to be recruited in various ways, but their performance is sluggish. Other than Timo Werner's loan extension and the signing of top prospect Archie Gray, there is no significant achievement. Lucas Beribal, who joined in the summer, is only a player he signed last January.

In the end, coach Postecoglou reached the point of speaking out directly to Bodjin. It is a request to catch Federico Chiesa from Juventus, Italy's Serie A, where rumors of a recent transfer have emerged.

British media TBR Football reported on the 28th (Korea Standard Time) 'Postecoglou asked Bodzin to make sure to recruit Kiesa. Arsenal are also aiming for Chiesa, he reported.

Coach Postecoglou raised his voice directly to Bodjin because he was worried that he would give up a target for recruitment to rival teams.

For Chiesa, Tottenham and Arsenal, the 'North London rivals'. According to reports, Arsenal also want Kiesa, which Tottenham was aiming for. Postecoglou values Kiesa's undoubted talentexpress one's fondness by saying " At the same time, he asked the club to `pursue the recruitment of Kiesa as a priority.'

Kiesa, whose coach Postecoglou gives quite positive reviews, is not a central striker. It can be seen as a crack-type winger with fast speed and technology. He has excellent dribbling ability and strong kick power. Famed talent at Fiorentina, moved to Juventus in 2022.

However, with the new appointment of head coach Thiago Mota, he has lost his position in the team. Mota boldly excluded Kiesa from the preseason tour. It means that they don't think of it as a core power. In a related development, Give Me Sports reported that `Kiesa is trying to leave Juventus, and Tottenham is showing more interest than other competing clubs.'

Chiesa has the advantage of being cheap. It is much cheaper than Ivan Toney (Brentford), Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) and Pedro Netu (Wolverhampton), which Tottenham was seeking to recruit. It can be recruited at around £2 million to £22 million. For this reason, Tottenham Chairman Daniel Levy is also positively evaluating the recruitment of Kiesa.

The problem is Kiesa's bone productivity. The last time Chiesa scored a double-digit goal in the league was in the 2019-2020 season during Fiorentina. Since then, Juventus has not scored 10 league goals. This is due to the aftermath of the cruciate ligament injury suffered in the 2021-2022 season.

However, it is also showing a gradual recovery. In the 2023-2024 season, he missed only 11 games, showing a solid performance, and although he scored only nine goals in the league, he scored 10 goals (3 assists) in 37 games across all games. This is the part that you can look forward to. Coach Postecoglou also seems to be strongly asking the club to recruit Kiesa because of this.

wman@sportschosun.com