He will be ridiculously over priced
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Andros Townsend
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He will be ridiculously over priced
I really do think we should look at bringing in a Mata, Silva, Cazorla, type midfielder who can nit things together for us and add a different dimension of quality alongside another speedster as a backup, whether that be Townsend or not.
Think we will do in order to form a midfield trio with Dembele and Sandro in a 4-3-3
Andros Townsend has become a transfer target for Swansea thanks to his strong performances on loan at Queens Park Rangers in the second half of the season.
The Tottenham winger has caught the eye for QPR since moving on a temporary basis last January, even though the club are likely to drop into the Championship at the end of the campaign, and will return to White Hart Lane with his reputation enhanced.
Swansea have been monitoring the situation closely and Standard Sport understands they are considering a £5million summer offer for Townsend, who is not among the top earners at Spurs and is under contract until the end of 2016. The highest earner at Swansea is thought to be the Spanish forward Michu, who signed a new contract worth a basic £30,000 per week earlier in the campaign.
Townsend has made nine appearances under Harry Redknapp, who knew the player from his time as Tottenham manager, and has scored two goals. The spell at Rangers is Townsend’s ninth loan stint since he signed a professional deal at Spurs but the first at a club in the Premier League.
The Swans’ tactics allowed wide players to flourish when they were promoted to the top division under Brendan Rodgers in 2011, and wingers have continued to enjoy life under Rodgers’s successor, Michael Laudrup. The Dane favours a 4-2-3-1 system, with plenty of attacking freedom granted to the wide men.
After Scott Sinclair earned a move to Emirates Marketing Project last summer, Nathan Dyer, Wayne Routledge and Pablo Hernandez have been influential performers at the Liberty Stadium.
Swansea believe Townsend, who is left-footed but can play on either flank, would have similar success if he moved to south Wales.
West Brom also showed an interest in Townsend a year ago but at the time there were doubts about the winger’s ability to perform in the Premier League, in which he made his debut only last September. The 21-year-old did not start his first game in the competition until he moved to QPR. It is thought Townsend would prefer to stay at Spurs but he will seek assurances about the club’s plans for him when he goes back at the end of the season. Townsend is thought to be highly regarded by Spurs chairman Daniel Levy but has yet to have a sustained run in the first team.
He has made 18 appearances since making his debut against Charlton in the FA Cup in January 2011. Townsend may consider his options if he is not satisfied that he would play regularly next season. There are parallels with Steven Caulker, another England Under-21 international, who proved himself in the top flight during a loan spell at Swansea last season.
Caulker returned to Spurs last summer and was given his chance by head coach Andre Villas-Boas. The centre-back has made 27 first-team appearances this year, gaining full England honours, and is the leading light of a generation of home-grown players also featuring Townsend and 20-year-old midfielder Tom Carroll. Spurs do not want to lose Townsend but if they see no clear route to the first team for him, they might decide to cash in on a player whose stock has risen.
In an interview with Standard Sport in February, shortly after joining QPR, Townsend said: “It’s hard at Tottenham because you have to compete with players from across Europe. We know how tough it’s going to be but we’ve all been given chances. It’s up to us to take them.
“[The move to QPR] is my big chance to show what I can do. Andre Villas-Boas has told me that he doesn’t want to sell me and that I’m in his plans for the future.”
“He called me on deadline day to wish me luck at QPR, which was encouraging. I’m confident I can eventually break into the Tottenham team.”
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/swansea-plan-5m-andros-townsend-swoop-after-winger-takes-off-at-qpr-8574548.html
The Tottenham winger has caught the eye for QPR since moving on a temporary basis last January, even though the club are likely to drop into the Championship at the end of the campaign, and will return to White Hart Lane with his reputation enhanced.
Swansea have been monitoring the situation closely and Standard Sport understands they are considering a £5million summer offer for Townsend, who is not among the top earners at Spurs and is under contract until the end of 2016. The highest earner at Swansea is thought to be the Spanish forward Michu, who signed a new contract worth a basic £30,000 per week earlier in the campaign.
Townsend has made nine appearances under Harry Redknapp, who knew the player from his time as Tottenham manager, and has scored two goals. The spell at Rangers is Townsend’s ninth loan stint since he signed a professional deal at Spurs but the first at a club in the Premier League.
The Swans’ tactics allowed wide players to flourish when they were promoted to the top division under Brendan Rodgers in 2011, and wingers have continued to enjoy life under Rodgers’s successor, Michael Laudrup. The Dane favours a 4-2-3-1 system, with plenty of attacking freedom granted to the wide men.
After Scott Sinclair earned a move to Emirates Marketing Project last summer, Nathan Dyer, Wayne Routledge and Pablo Hernandez have been influential performers at the Liberty Stadium.
Swansea believe Townsend, who is left-footed but can play on either flank, would have similar success if he moved to south Wales.
West Brom also showed an interest in Townsend a year ago but at the time there were doubts about the winger’s ability to perform in the Premier League, in which he made his debut only last September. The 21-year-old did not start his first game in the competition until he moved to QPR. It is thought Townsend would prefer to stay at Spurs but he will seek assurances about the club’s plans for him when he goes back at the end of the season. Townsend is thought to be highly regarded by Spurs chairman Daniel Levy but has yet to have a sustained run in the first team.
He has made 18 appearances since making his debut against Charlton in the FA Cup in January 2011. Townsend may consider his options if he is not satisfied that he would play regularly next season. There are parallels with Steven Caulker, another England Under-21 international, who proved himself in the top flight during a loan spell at Swansea last season.
Caulker returned to Spurs last summer and was given his chance by head coach Andre Villas-Boas. The centre-back has made 27 first-team appearances this year, gaining full England honours, and is the leading light of a generation of home-grown players also featuring Townsend and 20-year-old midfielder Tom Carroll. Spurs do not want to lose Townsend but if they see no clear route to the first team for him, they might decide to cash in on a player whose stock has risen.
In an interview with Standard Sport in February, shortly after joining QPR, Townsend said: “It’s hard at Tottenham because you have to compete with players from across Europe. We know how tough it’s going to be but we’ve all been given chances. It’s up to us to take them.
“[The move to QPR] is my big chance to show what I can do. Andre Villas-Boas has told me that he doesn’t want to sell me and that I’m in his plans for the future.”
“He called me on deadline day to wish me luck at QPR, which was encouraging. I’m confident I can eventually break into the Tottenham team.”
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/swansea-plan-5m-andros-townsend-swoop-after-winger-takes-off-at-qpr-8574548.html
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
Good. Selling him would be rather stupid considering his impressive form this season.
With Bale coming inside, a trio of Townsend/Bale/Lennon in front of Dembele and Sandro sounds good to me. Imagine those three running at you. You'd brick yourself.
I too have been thinking how deadly that trio would be on the break! Especially with Sandro and Dembele being an excellent duo defensively... we could be an even better counter-attacking team than we have been this season.
SteveAWOL
Colin Calderwood
I should hope that Townsend goes on to become a better winger than Routledge was for us! Hopefully he'll join Caulker and Walker as useful first teamers following successful loan spells.
Indeed. Just need to complement those athletes with a top notch passer, someone with the ability to play defence splitting through balls when teams come to WHL and park the bus. Perhaps Tom Carroll would benefit from a loan move (like Townsend) to get the experience to ready him for that role in the first team.
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Personally I dont want us to pin our hopes solely on Townsend for next season - would prefer we sign a CF and another more versatile forward who could play a different position in a 4-3-3, say (realistically) Benteke and Remy, and then have Defoe, Benteke, Remy, Bale, Lennon and Townsend as our forwards next year. Would mean we have a couple options on the bench in each game and enough depth to cope with 4 competitions. Am assuming we sell Ade and Dempsey
Spurs7891
Jermaine Jenas
I think AVB did a big mistake in letting Townsend go out on loan. At times we badly needed a player like Townsend in midfield, especially when Lennon was out injured. Our team shape was badly affected whenever Lennon was out. We could have used Townsend as a direct replacement for Lennon during those times.
braineclipse
Willie Hall
I think AVB got it spot on. Townsend looked very inconsistent and at times outright poor when featuring for us. Yes he looked good at times and looked like a player with a lot of potential, but it was unfulfilled potential as of this January.
He obviously needed game time, he wasn't going to get that regularly here so he was unlikely to make the step up he's made while at QPR. I think we will have a much better player on our hands from the start of next season as a result.
It's similar to Walker, yes we could have had some use for him in our squad during his loan spells to QPR or Villa, but loaning him out allowed us to get him back as a much improved player.
Spur of the moment
Frederic Kanoute
No question he is a very special talent. I remember his debut game for us in the 3rd round of the FA Cup against Charlton when he scored one from long range and generally tore their defence to shreds with his long, mazy Ronaldo-esque runs that included multiple step-overs at speed.
My only worry is he still doesn't always know when to release the ball - shades of Bentley? He likes to run and run with it, eventually cutting inside to have a pop rather than laying it off to someone in space. Also I'm not convinced about his ability to put in a decent cross. Like most wingers at speed he has a tendency to over-hit them.
That article suggests we might get £5m for him but given his latent talent and huge potential, that could be a ridiculous undervaluation. True, he's already had nine loan spells, not all of them successful, so you wonder about yet another one. His loan to Leeds had to be aborted as things just didn't work out.
It would appear his time has come at last to either make or break at Tottenham.
My only worry is he still doesn't always know when to release the ball - shades of Bentley? He likes to run and run with it, eventually cutting inside to have a pop rather than laying it off to someone in space. Also I'm not convinced about his ability to put in a decent cross. Like most wingers at speed he has a tendency to over-hit them.
That article suggests we might get £5m for him but given his latent talent and huge potential, that could be a ridiculous undervaluation. True, he's already had nine loan spells, not all of them successful, so you wonder about yet another one. His loan to Leeds had to be aborted as things just didn't work out.
It would appear his time has come at last to either make or break at Tottenham.
Yeah, at the end of the day when dealing with young players, getting them game time at the highest level is the only way that you'll see if they'll sink or swim at the level you want them to perform at.
At Spurs last season, Townsend looked good in the Europa League against pony teams, but inconsistent at Premiership level.
This season at QPR not only has he stepped it up and learnt how to terrorise Premiership defences, but he has cut inside a lot and scored goals. He looks like he could potentially be a better all-round player than Lennon and if he continues to work on his game, I think he could be a top-class attacking threat in the years to come for us.
We have been blessed with a really promising crop of players coming through and the investment the club have put into the youth set up and training facilities looks like it could begin to pay-off already.
Even Livermore has been useful at times and we'll probably sell him on for a good couple of million if not more. I'm excited by Townsend & Carroll and I think Caulker can be a good defender if not a regular starter (he needs to step it up another level to get there!). We also have the likes of Pritchard and Cebellos who look promising so onwards & upwards on this front!
At Spurs last season, Townsend looked good in the Europa League against pony teams, but inconsistent at Premiership level.
This season at QPR not only has he stepped it up and learnt how to terrorise Premiership defences, but he has cut inside a lot and scored goals. He looks like he could potentially be a better all-round player than Lennon and if he continues to work on his game, I think he could be a top-class attacking threat in the years to come for us.
We have been blessed with a really promising crop of players coming through and the investment the club have put into the youth set up and training facilities looks like it could begin to pay-off already.
Even Livermore has been useful at times and we'll probably sell him on for a good couple of million if not more. I'm excited by Townsend & Carroll and I think Caulker can be a good defender if not a regular starter (he needs to step it up another level to get there!). We also have the likes of Pritchard and Cebellos who look promising so onwards & upwards on this front!
braineclipse
Willie Hall
Very common among players that age with that level of experience.
Nothing like Bentley. The problem with Bentley was that there were very few full backs he could beat for pace, so he had to either take part in quick passing play or he had to just get that yard of space with some trickery and then deliver the cross. Then dallying on the ball becomes a real issue, when you can take players on like Townsend can it's not that much of an issue.
Spur of the moment
Frederic Kanoute
Good observation.
While a good stat, there's no way he would have done that playing for us. The other teams set up differently when going into a game against Tottenham compared to QPR. QPR most likely rely far more on counter attacking than us and their players will have far more room to run into.
Not only was he slower than 99% of all fullbacks, but he tended to come to a complete halt before attempting run past a defender on the outside.
SteveAWOL
Colin Calderwood
True, hopefully Andros makes a better adjustment to playing for a top club than Bentley or Routledge did.