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How Tottenham plan to use Radu Dragusin against Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur are likely to start Radu Dragusin when they face Fulham in the Premier League this weekend.
Spurs lost Micky van de Ven to injury against Aston Villa last time out, and the January signing replaced the summer arrival in the 49th minute of the game.
Although Ange Postecoglou said he didn’t believe Van de Ven’s injury was anything too significant, the 22-year-old in Wednesday’s training session.
With that in mind, Dragusin is likely to come into the Tottenham starting XI. And The Athletic’s Charlie Eccleshare has spoken about what Spurs fans could expect from him.
‘Good test’ for Tottenham ace Radu Dragusin
Speaking on the , Eccleshare believes Fulham “will be a good test” for the 22-year-old after coming on at the “perfect time” against Villa.
Eccleshare also thinks Tottenham will do “little different” with regards to Dragusin and Romero’s instructions, namely letting them sit back and backing them to deal with the Cottagers’ attacking threats.
“I was thinking it was kind of the perfect game, that Villa one, for him to come into,” he said.
“It was long enough for it to feel like a proper performance, obviously it’s good opposition, but it wasn’t like he was being chucked on to a siege, especially as as they went down to ten men.
“He had a fair bit to deal with and obviously [Ollie] Watkins is one of the league’s best strikers, but in a controlled way.
“I suspect that it’ll be little different, the approach in that Spurs will leave him and Romero back and basically back them to deal with Fulham’s attacking threats, which will be a good test for him.”
Radu Dragusin will look to impress as Micky van de Ven stand-in
It would be surprising not to see Dragusin come into the starting XI this weekend.
And it’ll be good to see how the ‘outstanding‘ ace fares after being given time to acclimatise at Tottenham and effectively being soft-launched at N17.
Spurs famously beat Bayern Munich and Napoli to Dragusin’s signature. It just goes to show how strong their pull has become, and he’s not the only top talent they’ve signed in recent years.
The likes of Pape Matar Sarr, Destiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson, Dejan Kulusevski have all joined in recent years and look set to be the foundations of a great squad now and going forward.