According to a recent report from The Daily Mirror, Tottenham are interested in a summer move for midfielder James Maddison. The 22-year-old currently plays his football at fellow Premier League club Leicester City having moved there from Norwich City last year, with his impressive first few months in the top-flight seemingly attracting the interest of Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino.
And that’s because a recent report from The Daily Mirror outlines the North London outfit’s interest in the Englishman as they line up a possible replacement for Christian Eriksen, yet Bournemouth’s David Brooks is another who is reportedly (as per The Daily Mirror) on the Spurs wish-list.
And after his quite remarkable start to life in the Premier League, it is the 21-year-old Welsh sensation who Tottenham should seek to land come the summer.
The Breakdown
Ultimately, there is little doubting that Maddison has made a fine start to life in the Premier League with Leicester this season, netting five times and laying on four assists in just 23 league games for Claude Puel’s side to help them to 11th place in the division.
And with undoubted ability on the ball with vision to pick a pass, as well as great quality in dead-ball situations, the Englishman looks destined for big things in the game – he even made Gareth Southgate’s England squad back in October, albeit didn’t feature, to underline just how far he has come in the last few months.
Yet the level Brooks has produced consistently over the course of the current season, also his first in the Premier League, has been something to behold to suggest that he is very much a star in the making, and thus a player Spurs must seek to land.
The 21-year-old made the move to Bournemouth during the summer after impressing greatly in the Championship with Sheffield United last season, for whom he netted on three occasions and laid on five assists as Chris Wilder’s men secured a top half finish.
And the Wales international has taken it to another level this time round in the Premier League having netted six times and laid on four assists for Eddie Howe’s Cherries this term, thus equating to a direct contribution every 160 minutes of action – Maddison is currently averaging 188 minutes per goal or assist.
And while offensively there really isn’t much to choose between two of the rising stars in the Premier League at present, Brooks just shades the Englishman in terms of defensive contribution, averaging more interceptions, clearances, and blocks than the Leicester star (as per WhoScored).
And in a Tottenham team in which Pochettino does demand defensive work and pressing from his forward players, Bournemouth’s Brooks appears to be an ideal fit – add in Pochettino’s proven track-record at developing young talent, and the Welsh sensation could seriously flourish under the Argentine.
As such, while Maddison certainly has the talent and potential to prove to be a great signing for Tottenham, Bournemouth’s Brooks is the man they should seek to land come the summer.
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