A number of Tottenham Hotspur fans took to social media on Sunday afternoon to discuss their star man from the clash with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Adama Traore cancelled out an early Lucas Moura effort to leave the two teams all square heading into the final exchanges, but Spurs secured all three points in the 91st minute when Jan Vertonghen headed a Christian Eriksen corner into the back of the net.

Moussa Sissoko, Eric Dier, Lucas and Vertonghen were offered up as the four choices for the club’s Man of the Match award at Molineux.

And it would be fair to say that there were a lot of mixed opinions among the supporters.

Some of the fans were also disappointed that the likes of Paulo Gazzaniga, Davinson Sanchez and Toby Alderweireld had not been included among the choices.

As a result, it is not too difficult to determine that it was more of a team performance from Jose Mourinho’s side on the afternoon, rather than a display which saw one player drag them to all three points.

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There is no question that Spurs were struggling in the latter stages of Mauricio Pochettino’s time at the club, but the London giants are currently just three points off the top four in the Premier League table.

And next up is the small matter of a home game against Chelsea on December 22.

Meanwhile, a number of the club’s supporters have recently offered their views on a transfer report surrounding Gareth Bale.

When Patrick van Aanholt was forced off through injury and replaced with Jairo Riedewald in the 65th minute, one would assume that not many inside Selhurst Park were expecting much from the former Ajax man.Van Aanholt had left the field almost immediately after signalling that he had a problem, and with little notice that he was set to enter the fray, Riedewald was perhaps unprepared both mentally and physically.The 23-year-old had made just two Premier League appearances prior to appearing against the Hammers on Boxing Day, and having failed to feature at all in the league under Roy Hodgson last season, Riedewald seems far from a favourite of the manager.

However, it was his vital contribution in the 87th minute that deserves as much praise as Jordan Ayew’s Goal of the Season contender just three minutes later.

After Aaron Cresswell cut the ball back nicely into the path of Robert Snodgrass in the dying embers of this London derby, it looked for all the world like the Scotland international would grab his second goal of the game.

The former Leeds man’s cultured left boot met the ball firmly, but the sound of the goal net springing upon impact was not heard, for Riedewald had thrown his body on the line to keep the ball away from Vicente Guaita.

It felt like it was the only thing that the Dutchman did after coming on. Statistically, his crucial intervention was amongst just a handful of contributions that involved 11 passes – all of them successful – as well as one clearance and 17 touches of the ball.

Despite that, his efforts enabled the south Londoners to reset and go again, where Ayew then momentarily allowed the spirit of Pele to possess his body before he waltzed through the Hammers’ backline and exquisitely dinked Roberto.

Many will presumably only remember Ayew’s moment of brilliance, but Riedewald’s heroic block deserves just as much praise.

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Dani Olmo has been one of the players whose reputation simply rocketed in the last year or so.

And now, after an incredible 2018/19 season for Dinamo Zagreb and even better ongoing 2019/20 campaign with the same team, the young midfielder is starting to attract the attention of some of Europe’s best.

Just recently, he was linked to Manchester City by Calciomercato as they state Pep Guardiola is very interested in bringing the former La Masia graduate to the Etihad.

And this doesn’t really come as a surprise, either.

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Olmo has scored a handful of goals and provided assists across all competitions this season, including two goals and an assist in the Champions League group stage.

Interestingly enough, he also scored a goal against Manchester City on the last matchday of the group stage at the Maksimir stadium.

And seeing other experts’ opinions on the 21-year-old, it really seems like he’s a huge talent just waiting to be snapped up.

Here’s what those in the know have had to say about him…

Pep Guardiola, Manchester City manager

Let’s start with the man who just might be getting his hands on the Dinamo Zagreb prodigy in the not too distant future.

Guardiola already seems to be a fan of Olmo as he has praised the kid before their big clash in the Champions League, emphasising his talent and claiming he could go on to become a big star.

Here’s what he said in the pre-match press conference, as quoted by Manchester Evening News:

“I said after our home game, it was an incredible surprise. He came from the Barca academy – it’s not easy, he’s one of the best players in the Spain academy, and he’ll come to one of the big clubs in Europe.

“I’m so glad for him, he’s doing so well. The future is in his hands.”

Nenad Bjelica, Dinamo Zagreb manager

Another coach who believes Olmo is destined for greatness is Bjelica, his current gaffer over in the Croatian capital.

He’s been working with the 21-year-old for quite some time now and unfortunately for him and his club, he’s very much aware of the fact Olmo will be on his way out sooner rather than later.

After all, he’s too talented and too good to stay at Dinamo, as per Bjelica’s interview with 24sata, quoted by One Football:

“I think we are just watching his last matches at Dinamo. There are so many offers. In the end, the club and the player will decide together what is best for both sides. He is ready to play for the best clubs in Europe.”

Denis Silva Puig, Olmo’s former La Masia coach

Of course, Olmo’s meteoric rise is not something that should come as a big surprise.

After all, he was perceived as a big talent even when he was still in Catalonia, playing for Barcelona’s youth teams. His former coach, Puig, described the now 21-year-old as a natural-born goalscorer who was bagging goals in every single category.

Here’s what he said about Olmo, as quoted by Bleacher Report:

“He was very good that season with me.

“He was a typical forward, a very good finisher. He scored goals in every age category, and, of course, as a forward, it’s the first thing you notice about him—he has always scored a lot of goals. He understood space well, so he could find room to score. He’s a natural-born goalscorer.”

Verdict

It seems that Man City might be getting a true gem of a player if they manage to land Olmo’s signature.

The 21-year-old surely looks like a player who could go all the way to the top and Dinamo Zagreb could be enjoying their last days with this prolific midfielder.

Tottenham Hotspur fans have urged the club to avoid a move for Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha.

The Daily Mirror reports that the agent of Zaha, Pini Zahavi, is attempting to broker a deal between the two clubs for the Ivory Coast international.

The former Manchester United man attempted to leave the club in the summer, handing in a transfer request amid interest from Everton and Arsenal.

And a number of fans believe that he either isn’t the player the club need or that he simply isn’t good enough.

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The Mirror also report that Zaha could cost £80m, a fee that Spurs are said to be unwilling to match.

And several supporters believe that he is overpriced for the talent he offers.

Zaha has scored three goals and registered three assists thus far this season.

Palace, currently, are ninth in the Premier League, eight points behind Chelsea in fourth.

They are also eight points clear of the relegation zone, with AFC Bournemouth currently 18th.

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Southampton have missed out on a transfer target after it was confirmed that Swansea have signed Chelsea’s Marc Guehi on a loan deal until the end of the season.

What’s the word, then?

Well, the Swans confirmed on Friday afternoon that they had completed the signing of Guehi, who will wear the number two shirt for the Championship side.

According to a report from The Sun just before Christmas, Southampton were believed to be interested in securing a loan for the 19-year-old defender, while another Premier League outfit in Norwich were also keeping an eye on the situation.

The Sun also reported that Swansea were interested, along with other Championship sides in Bristol City and Nottingham Forest, although it has now been confirmed that Steve Cooper’s side have won the race for the teenager.

The hunt for defensive recruits continues for Southampton

After missing out on Guehi – a January target for the Saints – it is now a case of going back to the drawing board for Ralph Hasenhuttl.

The former RB Leipzig boss declared that his side “will do something” in the market in terms of bolstering the full-back positions this month, while Adam Blackmore reported that Hasenhuttl reiterated that claim in his pre-match press conference ahead of the Leicester game this weekend.

Significantly, the south coast side have conceded the second-most goals in the Premier League this season with 38 concessions in 21 games, so the need for defensive recruits is a great one.

Additionally, behind Ryan Bertrand, Yan Valery and Cedric, Hasenhuttl doesn’t have any other senior full-backs while he also has just Maya Yoshida – who has played just five Premier League minutes since that 9-0 loss to Leicester – and Jannik Vestergaard, who the club are open to offers for, behind first-choice centre-back pairing Jack Stephens and Jan Bednarek.

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Apart from The Sun’s report, it is unclear just how badly Southampton wanted Guehi – however, he was believed to be a target, so Hasenhuttl can put a red cross next to this one on his wishlist.

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Newcastle have been linked with a number of players this month but so far it seems that nothing is coming to fruition.

Nice midfielder Wylan Cyprien is rumoured to be on the Magpies radar in a reported £20m move, with the Daily Mail also suggesting that Tottenham are interested in the Frenchman.

Steve Bruce could be on the lookout for midfielders seeing as he lacks experience from his options in the centre of the pitch when Isaac Hayden and Jonjo Shelvey are unavailable, with the latter currently out injured.

Matty and Sean Longstaff both have less than 20 career league starts to their name which means the Magpies should be looking for reinforcements, particularly as they have only averaged 39% possession in the league this season.

However, the club is also in need of a forward as the club’s four strikers only have three goals between them, so Bruce may have some decisions to make with Moussa Dembele and Alfredo Morelos having been linked.

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With that under consideration, our team of Football Fancast writers have offered their opinions on whether the north-east outfit should make a move for Cyprien.

Lewis Blain

“Newcastle’s interest in Wylan Cyprien is quite baffling and ultimately epitomises the tactical nous of Steve Bruce. The Magpies have a wealth of riches in the central midfield position, Jonjo Shelvey along with the Longstaff brothers and Isaac Hayden is suitable for the time being. It is the scoring of goals that has been their thorn. Only three other teams in the Premier League have scored fewer than Newcastle’s 21 – it’ll only take one weekend for that to flip.

“Joelinton has been nothing short of a flop with just a solitary league strike to his name while the rest of the attacking department makes for disgusting reading. Miguel Almiron has two in the league, Andy Carroll is yet to score and Dwight Gayle just cannot buy an opportunity – he is also expected to leave the club this month if reports are to be believed.

“£20m combined with anything they garner from departures should go towards finding a goalscorer, failure to do so is likely going to cost Bruce his job, and lets face it Mike Ashley’s history with appointing managers has been nothing short of a farce.”

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Harry Sherlock

“Newcastle, clearly, can’t really be trusted to spend massive fees – they dropped £40m on Joelinton and, well, that hasn’t exactly worked out.

“His problems mean that bringing in another striker has to be a priority, not spending £20m on a midfield that, actually, appears relatively settled.

“Midfielders don’t keep clubs in the Premier League; strikers do.

“Joelinton, though, isn’t the player to do it; he has just one Premier League goal to his name and spending the money on a player like Morelos or Dembele would be the sensible option.

“Both other players have better striking records – Morelos has 28 goals in all competitions this season while Dembele has 14.

“Of course, there is no guarantee they will adapt instantly to life in the Premier League but if the money is there, it needs to be spent on a new striker, regardless of how good Cyprien may be.”

Charles Jones “I’d be very wary of signing any midfielders from Ligue 1 if I was Newcastle.“Their track record of signing players from France hasn’t been too great as of late as the likes of Remy Cabella, Henri Saivet, and Florian Thauvin have all flopped at St James’ Park.“It’s not only a trend for players at Newcastle as we’ve seen others from Ligue 1 come in and make little impact including Andre Zambo Anguissa and Cyprien’s old Nice teammate Jean Michael Seri.“£20m could land them a great striker which they’re desperately in need of, rather than adding to a position that is already strong.”Billy Meyers“I just don’t think Newcastle should be spending this amount of money on unknown quantities anymore.“Despite his recent run of four goals in seven games, Miguel Almiron was relatively unheard of before his £20m move to St James’ Park, and he has largely failed to make an impact despite the aforementioned good form of late.“Another of the Magpies’ marquee signings was Joelinton, who cost a staggering £40m and has only managed to muster up one Premier League goal so far this season.“If I were Steve Bruce or Mike Ashley, I would prefer to aim my focus on helping my £60m duo settle and find their feet on a consistent basis first, before splashing out another significant sum on a player who brings no guarantee of success.”Meanwhile, Bruce may have expanded his search for a new player by looking abroad at a young player with a lot of potential.

According to TugaScout, Wolves are one of several teams to have been offered the chance to sign Porto frontman Ze Luis this month.

What’s the word?

It’s claimed that the Portuguese outfit are willing to sell the Cape Verde striker for a fee of around €20m (£17m) as they look to cash in on the 28-year-old.

Sevilla and Tottenham Hotspur are the two other names mentioned per the report with Molineux being a potential destination too.

Ze Luis only joined Porto in the summer for €9m (£7.7m) from Spartak Moscow, and he has gone on to find the next eight times in all competitions but is yet to feature in 2020, via Transfermarkt.

Nuno’s nightmare

With just over ten days remaining in the January transfer window, Wolves will need a bit of magic to bolster their playing squad.

Nuno Santo has emphasised the need for additions, claiming that deals need to be done and dusted “ASAP” – they cannot afford to end the month without strengthening.

The club offloaded striker Patrick Cutrone last week, meaning they only have one senior option in Raul Jimenez, who himself revealed that he was “tired” which is no surprise given the number of matches he’s played this season alone (36).

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An injury to the Mexican would scupper their season and subsequent chances of breaking into the Premier League’s top six as well as mounting a serious run at the Europa League.

Ze Luis offers the solution, especially after Nuno reverted to a 3-4-1-2 formation in their stunning comeback at St Mary’s on Saturday, meaning he could be likely to get more of an opportunity than the Italian, who managed to start just three games in the league.

Per WhoScored, the 28-year-old has won three Man of the Match awards from just eight league starts, whilst also averaging 2.4 shots and winning 2.3 aerial duels per game.

He also comes with experience across Europe’s top competitions, playing 18 matches in the last three seasons across both the Europa and Champions League.

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BBC Sport pundit Garth Crooks claims that he believes Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish is better than Tottenham Hotspur’s Dele Alli.

On the chalkboard

Selecting his Team of the Week after Grealish scored in Villa’s 1-1 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion, Crooks picked the midfielder and explained his reasoning.

He said: “What I want to know is when is Grealish going to be spoken about in international terms? Between Dele Alli, James Maddison and Grealish I’m having Grealish every time. Come on Gareth Southgate – start giving this lad some encouragement and the occasional mention in the press.”

But do the statistics bear this out?

Per WhoScored, Grealish has made 22 appearances in the Premier League this season, while Alli has made 17.

The two have scored the same amount of goals, both netting seven times in 2019/20. Grealish has registered five assists, while Alli has three to his name.

Offensively, the Villa man averages 2.1 shots per game, 2.6 key passes, 2.3 dribbles, while he is fouled 4.8 times. Defensively, he makes 1.1 tackles per game, 0.5 interceptions, and 0.3 clearances. He also has a passing accuracy of 85.2%.

Alli, by comparison, averages 1.7 shots, 1.2 key passes, 1.6 dribbles and is fouled 1.3 times. He also averages 1.4 tackles, 0.8 interceptions, and 0.6 clearances, with a passing accuracy of 77.2%.

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What a missed opportunity

Spurs must be cursing their luck.

Grealish has thrived in the Premier League this season but they could have had both he and Alli.

Spurs made a bid for the Villans star in August of 2018 after the Midlands club had been taken over by wealthy new owners. Had they made the offer just weeks prior, the then-Championship club would have had no choice but to cash in.

Chairman Daniel Levy dithered, though, and Villa were able to reject the bid and keep their prized asset.

Crooks is right to pick Grealish over Alli – the stats prove that he is a far better option in the final third, though he does not quite muck in as much in his own half as his countryman – but the numbers simply emphasise what a mistake the club made.

They should have moved heaven and earth to bring the attacking midfielder into the club and then perhaps we could have seen the two playing together, rather than being compared like this.

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Time is running out for Steven Gerrard to bolster his Rangers squad ahead of the transfer deadline on Friday.

With the exception of Jermain Defoe, who had already been on loan with the club since January 2019 before he signed a pre-contract agreement to join permanently in the summer, the Gers have failed to bring a single new face into the club this month and it seems unlikely that any major business will be concluded before the deadline passes.

However, the club are reportedly considering the possibility of allowing Brandon Barker and Jordan Jones to leave this week in order to free up resources for an incoming signing, per Daily Record.

The report claims both players are considered surplus to requirements at Ibrox and clubs south of the border have been alerted to their availability.

While both players have found themselves on the fringes of the senior squad this season – with Jones starting just 2 SPFL fixtures so far – playing the fans seem particularly disgruntled by the prospect of Jones’ departure.

In response to the reports, these fans suggested Barker is welcome to leave but insisted they want to see Jones remain in Glasgow.

This fan, meanwhile, took a seemingly more tongue-in-cheek approach to the situation, suggesting that Jones’ departure could cost the club the league.

Or perhaps he was being deadly serious after all…

Another fan simply expressed their bewilderment at the report and hinted Gerrard could be about to make a very foolish decision indeed.

Finally, another fan claimed that Rangers should be looking to offload Sheyi Ojo and send him back to Liverpool instead of getting rid of Jones.

Given the former has played 13 more SPFL fixtures than Jones this season, it would be a huge surprise if Gerrard made a u-turn before the transfer deadline.

Duncan Wright of The Sun has issued an update on Crystal Palace’s chances of signing Jordon Ibe.Earlier on deadline day, the same journalist broke an exclusive which revealed that the south Londoners had turned their attention to the Bournemouth winger after seemingly losing out to West Ham in the race to sign Jarrod Bowen from Hull City.

Jack Rosser of The Evening Standard also mentioned that the Cherries are ‘desperate’ to get rid of Ibe before the end of the transfer window.

However, Wright has now revealed on his Twitter account that he has been told any deal between Crystal Palace and Bournemouth seems ‘unlikely’.

The former Liverpool attacker has made just two Premier League appearances this season, while also embarking on two Carabao Cup outings – none of these showings have led to a goal involvement.

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It means that, as things stand, Roy Hodgson has only welcomed one new face for the first-team through the door in Cenk Tosun, who joined on loan from Everton earlier in the month.

You can see what Wright tweeted down below:

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