Five left-sided center backs ready made for Tottenham in summer window

There are a lot of questions still to be answered this season for Tottenham Hotspur, which will likely lead to more questions. The transfer market this summer and maybe even the coach are two good examples. Regardless of how the season finishes or who the coach is next season for the Spurs, left-sided center-back is a position that must be addressed.

Depending on the coach, there are two approaches to solving this problem. One is to buy a player ready to slot into the team. Alternatively, Tottenham gets a younger player who will hopefully develop – quickly – into the player the Spurs needs. In this piece, we explore the former, the ready-to-walk-in player.

Ready-Made but Still Sellable for Tottenham

In developing this list of players, a few things were considered. First, we only looked at players who are actually left-footed. The merits of having someone naturally left-footed on the left-side can be debated but the performance over this season speaks for itself. The second consideration was age.

In this instance, we were looking for that Goldilocks age. This is where the player is old enough to be well seasoned and experienced but young enough to sell-on again after at least three or four seasons with the club. This leaves us with a  window of players between 25 and 27 years old. Meaning players like Marcel Halstenberg (29) and  Tyrone Mings (28) were too old to be included. Likewise, other players like Pau Torres (24) and Sven Botman (21) are too young to be included.

Based on these criteria we have created a list of five players, two of which will be much more difficult to sign as they are both expensive and on long-term deals. The other three will have only a year left on their deal when this summer arrives making them potentially easier buys for a budget-conscious club like Tottenham.