As a Spurs fan, I've been following the summer signings period on a daily basis. There has been lots of drama. It seems the Spurs can't sign a striker yet again. It remains to be seen if they will sign a back-up striker to Kane, but I sure in hell hope they do.
Regardless, the signings so far have got me thinking in a positive manner.
First up was Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, a central midfielder, who from what I understand, is more of a defending midfielder, but he's said to be good at making everyone around him better.
Next was Matt Doherty, a right-back, who is quite aggressive in both defense and on the attack. He came over from the Wolves and is likely to supplant Aurier at right-back. But we'll see about that.
They then signed the veteran goalkeeper Joe Hart. That move made me scratch my head a bit since they have two young goalkeepers in their academy. It's been written that he's a great character guy, so perhaps he's there for the dressing room and to play every once in a while because Gazzaniga has been a solid back up to Lloris.
The big news recently was the double signing of Reguilion and Bale, both from Real Madrid.
Sergio Reguilion, a left-back, had been on loan to Sevilla who won the Europa Cup, but the Spurs have signed him. Apparently, he's a hell of a defensive back and is likely a replacement for Danny Rose, who fell out of favor with Mourinho, and possibly an upgrade among the options although I feel Sessengon needs to get his chance to compete.
The even bigger deal has been the loan of forward and winger Gareth Bale, who returns to the Spurs after years at Real Madrid.
With all these new players, Jose has lots of new toys to play with and try to figure out a starting XI.
From my humble perspective, my hope is that Lo Celso, Lamela, Bergwijn, Sissoko, Sessengon, Aurier, Dele, Tanganga, and Ndombele get plenty of playing time. With all the fixtures on the Spurs' table, they're going to need to rotate plenty of folks in the starting XI, which runs counter to Mourinho's tendencies.
It should be interesting.
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