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‘Absolutely no chance’: Pundit says attacker who was close to Spurs move wouldn’t get into their best team

Jordan Harris

Thu 31 August 2023 6:55, UK

Steve Nicol has suggested that Tottenham Hotspur may not rue missing out on signing Ansu Fat𝔉i on loan, with the pundit insisting that he does not get into Ange Postecoglou’s strongest side.

Nicol was speaking on amid reports that Brighton are now set to win the race to sign the Barcelona sta𒁃rlet.

It appears that Ansu Fati will be playing in the ꦜPremier League this season. However, it seems that he will not be wearing a Tottenham shirt.

Journalist suggested that Fati thought he was about to join Tottenham. However, he is now set to join Brighto👍n and link up with Roberto De Zerbi.

Of course, some at Tottenham will 🌌be particularly disappointed to see the Fati mꦚove elsewhere, particularly if he ends up moving to another Premier League side.

Nicol doesn’t think Fati would get in Tottenham team anyway

However, Nicol believes that the move may not be the end of🌜 the world for Spurs. He suggested that he would not pick the Barca sta𓆏rlet in his strongest Tottenham team.

“He doesn’t get in Spurs’ XI either,” h🍸e told . “Are you ꦏtaking Heung-min Son out?

“He’s not getting in ahead of Maddison, absolutely no chancꦛe. So you’re asking a guy to play out of position in a league th꧒at is way quicker than what he’s used to. So you’re asking somebody to do something they’re not comfortable with. And everybody’s going to expect Ansu Fati to be the Ansu Fati of when he was 16, 17 years old, so the kid’s under pressure straight away, regardless of whether it’s Brighton or Spurs.”

Of course, the situation would pr𝓀obably be different if Fati was signing permanently.ജ It would be less important that he hit the ground running if he was joining on a permanent basis.

But  has suggested that there is no buy o🏅ption in the loan deal with Brighton. So the Seagulls will ༒be looking for Fati to make a fairly immediate impact.

Perhaps Ange Postecoglou felt that signing Fati would give him the option to use Son in a different role. Obviously, plenty has been said about the struggles Richarlison i𒆙s enduring soꦉ far this term.

Son is someone who could perhaps push for🗹ward int𓆉o the striker role. And with that, Fati would potentially get his opportunity in his favoured position.

But it seems that Fati will now not be the attacker to come in if Tottﷺenham do strengthen before the window.