Tottenham Hotspur riding on the wings for the 2021/22 season

With the new 4-3-3 line-up under Nuno Espirito Santo, Tottenham is asking their wingers to attack more and defend less and the group should be up to it. 

In the 4-2-3-1 formation, the wings have a lot of responsibility on the defensive side of the ball from helping press and pressure up top through tracking back to the box. While the 4-3-3 does not allow the wide attackers to ignore defensive responsibility, the ask is less and the focus on offense is greater, which should result in a more consistent Tottenham attack. Here we look at the wingers for the Spurs and the role they will all play.

Tottenham to rely less on inverted wingers

Through three matches in the Premier League and two matches in Europe, one common denominator has existed with the player on the right-wing, they have been right-footed. Lucas Moura started the first two matches on the right as Heung-Min Son was playing striker. With Harry Kane, back Son moved to the right to start the match versus Watford.

While Steven Bergwijn has started the three Premier League games on the left, in the two games in Europe, it was a left-footed player out wide left for Tottenham in Ryan Sessegnon. This increasing tendency to move back to using regular wingers is probably a good thing when what the team needs is service from the wings for a goal-scoring machine in the middle.

Further, when you consider how the newest addition to the Tottenham winger room plays, letting the wingers attack their strong foot makes sense. With this move toward more traditional winger play in mind, we will look at the position from the two sides, right and left.