Published: November 24, 2021 6:21 pm
Last Updated: November 24, 2021 10:44 pm
Dutch international absent from traveling squad
Antonio Conte’s Tottenham has set off to Slovenia as Spurs are set to tackle minnows NŠ Mura in the Europa Conference League tomorrow evening at Mestni stadion Fazanerija in Murska Sobota but will be without the services of Dutch international forward Steven Bergwijn.
Football.London‘s Tottenham correspondent Alasdair Gold understands that the former PSV stalwart was not in training earlier today in the run-up to the first-team’s departure despite Conte mentioning his preference to rotate players that are in desperate need of respite. The Athletic’s Charlie Eccleshare tweeted that Bergwijn is missing tomorrow’s proceedings through illness, however, and would hopefully be back in contention soon.
Understand Bergwijn misses out on trip to Slovenia with illness. Hopefully back soon for #THFC.
— Charlie Eccleshare (@CDEccleshare) November 24, 2021
Bergwijn had already missed the first meeting against the Slovenian outfit on matchday two when Tottenham thrashed Čarno-bejli 5-1 after an ankle injury kept him out of action on six occasions before Antonio Conte took over for Nuno Espírito Santo, and tomorrow’s meeting would have signaled the opportune time for the Amsterdam-native to state his cause under the Italian headmaster.
Tottenham boss wants centre-back reinforcements
Antonio Conte and three-at-the-back are as synonymous as America and McDonald’s, so perhaps it comes as no surprise that the Italian is rumored to be looking to recruit a pair of centre-backs in January as he looks to stamp his image on the Tottenham first-team.
Manchester United’s Eric Bailly (left) and Luton Town’s George Moncur during the Carabao Cup third round match at Kenilworth Road, Luton. (Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images)
According to Duncan Castles on the Transfer Window Podcast mentioned the potential upcoming reinforcement plan that Conte hopes to achieve, which could include a surprise move for Manchester United centre-back Eric Bailly;
“Conte is making big demands. This isn’t unexpected because to get him into the club Fabio Paratici and therefore Daniel Levy, and you hope that Daniel Levy is aware of the promises that, Fabio Paratici made to Conte, was that he would be provided with a squad that could compete, that would have a chance of getting into the Champions league through this season, which means significant spending in January and then a big spend in the summer to give them the opportunity to properly compete for the Premier League title next season.
So there is an understanding there that the large amount of money Tottenham have stored away, in the sense of they have a low wages to turnover ratio, they now have the stadium operating at close to the expected financial gain, they haven’t managed to get the naming rights for naming rights lane yet, but that’s in progress. The money will be channelled into the team. Conte, one of the things he’s asking for in January is not one, but two starting centre-backs.
He later continued;
Conte feels it’s fundamental to improve a centre-back, to get his five-at-the-back system working properly. Options, one of the individuals they’re in discussion about, although as I understand it no offer has been made at this point, is a Manchester United player, Eric Bailly. He’s someone that Conte likes and was looking at as a possible recruit at Inter.”
This article was edited by
Ben Browning.
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| 2 | Manchester City | 12 | 19 | 26 |
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| 4 | West Ham United | 12 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Arsenal FC | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 0 | 19 |
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| 17 | Leeds United | 12 | -8 | 11 |
| 18 | Burnley FC | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Norwich City | 12 | -20 | 8 |
| 20 | Newcastle United | 12 | -12 | 6 |
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| Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 11 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City | 7 |
| Mane, Sadio | Liverpool FC | 7 |
| Antonio, Michail | West Ham United | 6 |
| Jota, Diogo | Liverpool FC | 5 |
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| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United | 4 |
| Gallagher, Conor | Crystal Palace | 4 |
| Ronaldo, Cristiano | Manchester United | 4 |
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| Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick | Arsenal FC | 4 |
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| Firmino, Roberto | Liverpool FC | 4 |
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| Pogba, Paul | Manchester United | 1 | 4 |
| Westwood, Ashley | Burnley FC | 0 | 5 |
| Tarkowski, James | Burnley FC | 0 | 5 |
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| Laporte, Aymeric | Manchester City | 1 | 4 |
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| Wilson, Callum | Newcastle United | 0 | 4 |
| Rice, Declan | West Ham United | 0 | 4 |
| Ritchie, Matt | Newcastle United | 0 | 4 |
| McGinn, John | Aston Villa | 0 | 4 |
| Moreno, Rodrigo | Leeds United | 0 | 4 |
| Norgaard, Christian | Brentford FC | 0 | 4 |
| Mings, Tyrone | Aston Villa | 0 | 4 |
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| Cooper, Liam | Leeds United | 0 | 4 |
| Duffy, Shane | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | 4 |
| Lascelles, Jamaal | Newcastle United | 0 | 4 |
| Shaw, Luke | Manchester United | 0 | 4 |
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| Pogba, Paul | Manchester United | 7 |
| Alexander-Arnold, Trent | Liverpool FC | 6 |
| Dennis, Emmanuel | Watford FC | 5 |
| Jesus, Gabriel | Manchester City | 5 |
| Kovacic, Mateo | Chelsea FC | 5 |
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| Doucoure, Abdoulaye | Everton FC | 4 |
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