Mathys Tel

[Bishop]

Just looked at his stats and they are poor.

I guess the hope is with good coaching we can coax some quality out of him and I don't dislike the idea, just not sure what everyone else is seeing currently.

 

[Lilbaz]

I guess the hope is with good coaching we can coax some quality out of him and I don't dislike the idea, just not sure what everyone else is seeing currently.

Obviously people have seen quality in him. Byern, france, spurs scouts.

I won't make a judgement on the little i've seen.

 

[mudshark]

I've not been that impressed by him overall, tbh, but he's young and I have noticed some positive signs more recently, which leads me to think that, on balance, he might be worth the punt at the sticker price. I wouldn't have trusted the Aussie to have developed him, but who knows what Frank might do? Same applies to all our youngsters.

 

[alekaras]

Potential is the key word.

We’ve taken more than a few players with potential and apparently high ceilings (e.g. Ndombele) only to later regret the move.

Not to say Tel won’t come good. He hasn’t shown much yet really - but it would be unfair to judge anyone playing in a team that was very poorly organised for long stretches over the past season.

£30 or £40 million sounds a reasonable level of payment for a punt; going above that feels like a risk too far for me…but then it’s not my money.

I don't think you can put Tel and Ndombele in the same bracket. Tel might not have the raw talent of Tanguy, but he's still a very talented player and, more importantly, his attitude has been exceptional, which is something Frank places a lot of importance on. Good signing in my book.