Shocking truth! Tottenham = Real Hogu Ground Presence Zero Matistel, it was not a permanent transfer. Possible transfer to Manchester United in the summer ↑

Feb 08, 2025

Enze Postecoglou was 'Shepherds Boy' and Tottenham Hotspur was 'Hogu'.

Shocking truths are coming out one after another. For now, Matistel (20), a young French striker who Tottenham hired at the end of the January transfer market on loan, did not meet expectations.

Also "Tell wasn't brought in just for six months. "We will show everyone that Tel will become a Tottenham player in the next six months." Postecoglou, who had already agreed to a permanent transfer with Tel, was also untrue. It was just Postecoglou's wish.

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What is more shocking is that Tel may leave for Manchester United in six months. This is because they did not agree on a permanent transfer with Tottenham. It depends on Tel's choice. Even Tel wants to go to Manchester United.

If Manchester United's offer is accepted by their original teams Bayern Munich and Tel in the summer transfer market, the game is over. In this case, Tottenham will waste as much as 18 billion euros, including 10 million euros (about 15 billion won) in rental fees and 2 million euros (about 3 billion won) in five months' salary. There's no such thing as a pushover.

BR Football, a British media outlet, said on the 7th (Korea time) 'Mattisel, who Tottenham signed on loan, wants to join Manchester United in the summer transfer market' reported a shocking story.

Tottenham succeeded in dramatically recruiting Tel on the last day of the January transfer window to reinforce its striker. Originally, Tottenham agreed to a loan deal with Bayern Munich that included a full transfer option. However, Tel refused to go to Tottenham earlier this month, and the recruitment seemed to fall through. Tell wanted to go to Manchester United.

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However, Tel's wish did not come true as Manchester United was burdened with 5 million euros (about 7.5 billion won) in rental fees. In the end, Tel accepted the trip to Tottenham after Postecoglou persuaded him directly by phone.

In the process, Tottenham spent a lot of money to recruit Tell.

Florian Flettenberg, a reporter for Sky Sports, a global sports media outlet, said on his SNS on the 5th that `Tottenham has decided to pay 10 million euros to Munich for a loan transfer.' It is quite high for a five-month short-term lease until the end of the 2024-2025 season. In addition, if you pay 45 million pounds (about 81 billion won) more after the season, you will be subject to a six-year full transfer of the contract.

When these details were revealed, the controversy over Tottenham's rescue arose. It was criticized that giving this amount to Tel, who was completely behind in the competition to become a starting player in Munich this season and did not score a single goal, was 'Hogujit'. Some pointed out that Tottenham is taking an expensive risk.

Conscious of this controversy, Postecoglou spoke as if he had already agreed to a full transfer with Tel ahead of the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Liverpool. He then said he would immediately put Tel in the match against Liverpool.

In fact, Tel entered the second game of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Liverpool at Anfield in Liverpool on the 7th as a substitute and played 45 minutes.

However, his performance fell far short of expectations. Even considering that there was little time to properly align hands and feet with Tottenham's teammates, it was too bad. Tel did not score a single shot in 45 minutes on the day. Pass accuracy was only 71% (14 attempts, 10 successes). In total, they lost to their opponents in three ball contests (two on the ground, one in the air).

In the end, Tottenham lost 0-4 in the second game and failed to go to the finals despite winning the first game (1-0). I didn't lose because of Tel, but it's true that Tel didn't help the team. As a result, 'Tottenham Ho-gu' became more convincing.

Shocking reports came out here, and the title of 'Tottenham = Hogu' was completed. After the first game, Tel became more eager to go to Manchester United, and it was revealed that Tottenham could not agree on a complete transfer with Tel, unlike Postecoglou's boast.

This is what reporter Christian Polk, who is familiar with internal news in Bayern Munich and belongs to Bild, Germany, revealed.

After the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final between Tottenham and Liverpool, he said in a daily briefing on social media, `It's entirely up to Tel whether he will stay in Munich after the summer or move to another team. If he can go to Manchester United, Tel is willing to do so.'

It contains two shocking contents. Once you transfer to Tottenham, you can see that the fully transferred option you added is available to Tel and has not yet been activated. Tel may say he will return to Munich after the loan period, or he may choose another team to transfer.

The fact is that Tel still wants to go to Manchester United. Although Manchester United failed to recruit Tel because it was a waste of £5 million in the January transfer market, it can try to recruit Tel again by securing funds during the summer transfer market. If an offer comes through this process, Tel is likely to actively accept it. It's like Tel is using Tottenham as a springboard for a move to Manchester United

If this situation actually happens, Chairman Daniel Levy and Coach Postecoglou should be infuriated enough. And Tottenham will be labeled with a disgraceful label 'EPL's best hogu'.

Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.