To bring this slightly more on topic... I am so, so excited about the versatility Berahino brings. This season, we have seen our 3 AMs behind Kane operating with far more fluidity than ever before. Berahino offers the chance to step that up a gear in a way players like Lamela simply do not. He can play left/right wing and has the pace to ACTUALLY STRETCH THE PLAY for the first time since Lennon (Townsend's running has never been intelligent enough). But more to the point, he is a both good finisher from midfield, giving us goal threats across the attack, and a natural number 9.
Chadli (while not my favourite player) has been a fantastic goal outlet for our relatively toothless attack, but his main limitation imo (defensive work aside) has been his lack of versatility. Trials with him up front have been a complete failure dating back to the AVB days. In Berahino we finally have a player who gives us the option to naturally switch to a 4-4-2 at any point during the game if we need to up the ante, and who can be withdrawn into a midfield role if we need to calm things down. Moreover he has a pre-established relationship with Kane.
I genuinely think Berahino is going to transform our attack, while from what little I've seen of him, N'Jie looks like he adds goals, pace and versatility in a similar way. If we can begin to get central midfield sorted this season (big if), we are going to hit the ground running and be a massive handful next year and I am fairly confident we can come in the top 4 regardless of how much money the big clubs spunk.
We currently have an entire team that are of the ages 20-24 bar Lloris (my only major worry in terms of players getting poached, but even he is young for a keeper). None of these players are likely to want to leave in the next 2-3 seasons, and all of them are likely to start reaching their peaks (as we start playing in the new stadium nonetheless).
It is really is an exciting time to be a Spurs fan.
