TTLB OPINION: Why Daniel Levy should be dead serious about signing German star; especially if Tottenham win the Europa League

With the summer transfer window around the corner and Tottenham Hotspur looking to expand their roster, many names are thrown around linking them with the North Londoners and how they would be ideal at Hotspur Way, but among them is an interesting name, a Premiership-winning name in Leroy Sane… See, in most windows, when a name like Leroy Sane would pop up, it would be dismissed as swiftly as unrealistic for the Lilywhites with things like wages, status, and Champions League pedigree, but with the Premier League heavyweights having an opportunity to have their name in the Champions League draw, this isn’t about dreaming anymore; suddenly this one now is about timing, need, and a sense of leverage.

Let’s establish a truth: if Spurs are to close the gap between all this massive ambition and actual outcome (in terms of silverware and otherwise), then signing someone like Leroy Sane would be a definitive step toward acting like a top-four club again.

Why signing Sane is bringing a final third catalyst that Tottenham lack in the current roster

The current roster at Hotspur Way is built on fluid attacking rotations where Ange Postecoglou likes his wide players to invert, link up with the forward-minded midfield, or run in behind depending on the phase of play (something we saw Son and Tel do multiple times in yesterday’s loss against Aston Villa). But then if you start scratching the top layers, a sense of clear imbalance starts to appear in the current squad:

See, Kulusevski is more of a ball-carrier and likes to occupy the zones he is running into, while Brennan Johnson is a space chaser (we all know that the former Nottingham Forest forward is not really a man with his passes). And Son, with his age, is now becoming more of a connector and less of a chaos-bringer than he used to be.

So this roster is lacking a pure match-breaker on the outside, you know, someone that commands the ball, has the capacity to beat his man, and bends game tempo to his rhythm. And this is exactly what rhetorical German international brings to the table. We all know how elite he is in 1v1 dribbles, and then he also possesses this two-footedness about him, which he often uses wisely in his deliveries and finishing, and that also does allow him to feature on both flanks (that being said, he likes to drive from outside to inside the right zones). And then, given how he has trained under Pep Guardiola, he presses aggressively but intelligently.

In the current structure that the Australian head coach has deployed at Tottenham, the former Manchester City winger starts wide right (or on the left as well) but then drifts between zones. With Sane cutting in and with the likes of Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall, players like him add so much tactical flexibility to the squad. If Daniel Levy were to sign him, the North Londoners would gain a two-footed playmaker-finisher hybrid.

Now let’s talk business for a bit about why Sane is a Daniel Levy-type opportunity

Leroy’s current contract at Bayern Munich is up at the end of the ongoing campaign, which makes him quite an excellent consideration given how the Lilywhites can sign him in a free deal. That being said, his wage demands would be too high, and we have to see if Levy is willing to sanction those hefty wages.

Signing Leroy also makes marketing sense given how his signatures will take to headlines because of his global goodwill; it can end up being a PR dream for Daniel Levy without being a vanity buy. But more importantly, it tells the world that Tottenham are back and are not just top six hopefuls anymore.

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Author Opinion

Let me get this straight: signing Leroy is not about glamour; it is about making this team a winning machine, and we all know how you don’t get a lot of windows where a world-class winger becomes available. You are back in Europe (still hopefully if Tottenham win that game against United in the midweek), and you need one final-third star to complete the puzzle.

Tottenham can take signing Sane as more of a one-window opportunity to bring some verticality, unpredictability, and width to Ange’s roster. And this is a statement, a statement that says Levy is ready, and he is not bluffing about the Tottenham project anymore.