Even though Levi came forward, he was shocked to fail to recruit and was treated as Tottenham's third-rate player All-out recruitment of Colomuani → Defeated by Juventus, Tottenham's leadership was greatly disappointed

Jan 16, 2025

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'Tottenham Hotspur is now a third-rate club'

In the European football transfer market, Tottenham is no longer treated like a top-rated big club. This is because the performance is not good and the treatment of the players is poor. It has become a club shunned by players and leaders. Under similar conditions, they are choosing a club other than Tottenham. Tottenham's leadership was greatly frustrated by this cold reality.

British media TBR Football reported on the 16th (Korea Standard Time) 'The Tottenham club was greatly disappointed when Chairman Daniel Levy failed to recruit Randal Colo Muani despite his direct persuasion efforts.' The failure to recruit Colomuani even though the highest level of the club directly entered the recruitment process means that Tottenham's status in the European transfer market has already fallen to the third-rate level.

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Tottenham have been pushing to reinforce their strikers in the January transfer window. He tried to revive Son Heung-min's slump and bring a striker who could replace Dominic Solanke's role, which fell short of expectations. Through this, it aimed to rebound in the ranking in the second half of the year.

Coach Enze Postecoglou considered Colomuani the best alternative from this point of view. Just in time, Colomuani had requested a transfer from his team Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). Colomuani, who PSG hired after paying 95 million euros (about 142.8 billion won) to Frankfurt in the Bundesliga in the summer of 2023, is from France and was expected by PSG as a solid target striker.

He was expected to play well at PSG because he had an amazing performance of 23 goals-17 assists in the league in the 2022-2023 season, just before the season.

However, Colomuani failed to adapt to Ligue 1. In the 2023-2024 season, the first season of PSG's transfer, he scored double-digit offensive points with nine goals (six assists) this season, but only scored two goals (one assist) this season. In the end, PSG ended expectations for Colomuani. He has been excluded from the list for the last six consecutive games. Colomuani then asked for a transfer.

When Colomouni appeared in the transfer market, several clubs sent love calls. Not only Tottenham, which needs a striker, but also Manchester United have started recruiting. Colomuani was quite popular.

In particular, Tottenham put all their lives on the line to recruit Colomouni. Chairman Levi and technical director Johan Lang participated in the transfer negotiations directly and tried to persuade Colomuani. It is expected to present various visions and good treatment.

Usually, the team's top leaders and key executives rarely negotiate directly like this. As such, it can be said that Tottenham sincerely worked on recruiting Colomuani. In general, this aggressive behavior increases the probability of success.

However, Tottenham collapsed in a disastrous manner. Colomuani has completely turned to Juventus in Italy's Serie A. Tottenham has become the dog that chased the chicken. Then, Tottenham's outside world was shocked and disappointed.

"Tottenham was in a big slump after missing Colomuani," said senior TBR Football reporter Graham Bailey. Until last week, there was a prospect that Tottenham would catch Colomouni, but Colomouni was convinced that a move to Inter Milan was a better choice for himTottenham failed in the end, he said.

The advice of the French national soccer team coach Didier Deschamps played a big role in Colomouani's transfer to Juventus, not Tottenham. TBR Football implied that Deschamps also did not agree with Tottenham, saying, `Colo Moani asked Deschamps for advice on which team he should join, who played for Juventus and Chelsea.'

This shows that Tottenham has already fallen between European players and coaching staff to 'defensive club'. In the league, he is struggling in 13th place and cannot play in the UEFA soccer competition next season. In addition, it was revealed to the world that Tottenham thoroughly revealed its business in the neglect of legendary Son Heung-min. In other words, it's become a team that doesn't want to go.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.