Links between Tottenham Hotspur and Marcus Edwards are way off the mark, Alasdair Gold has claimed.
What’s the word?
The Englishman came through the ranks at Tottenham, but moved to Portugal where he quickly became a sensation, and is now plying his trade at Sporting Lisbon.
The winger even scored against his former employers in the Champions League, and has been linked with a return to North London, but Gold has claimed that a move is far from happening.
Should Spurs sign Marcus Edwards?
Speaking on the Gold and Guest Podcast, Gold stated that Edwards is simply not suited to Antonio Conte’s style, and hinted that a move is unlikely.
“We saw Marcus Edwards stuff coming out in the last couple of days, which from what we understand, at this point of time, is a little bit wide of the mark,” he stated.
“He’s just not a Conte player in my mind whatsoever.”
Extra firepower
Although Spurs have top class attackers in Harry Kane, Heung-Min son and Dejan Kulusevski, they have been criticised for a negative style of play, and may benefit from bringing in additional firepower in the January window.
With nine goals and nine assists this season, the 24-year-old is in fine attacking form, and could hit the ground running quickly if he is to return to his hometown.
However, given that Edwards is currently thriving as a first-team regular in Lisbon, it seems unlikely that he would want to move to a team where he would have a lot of competition for game-time, and in Conte’s current system, which sees three attacking players line up ahead of a defensive five and midfield two, there may be no space for him.
Gold may be correct that Edwards is not a Conte player, with creative attackers such as Bryan Gil struggling for minutes under the Italian, and a move looks highly unlikely to happen.
Source: footballfancast
