There is zero trust from Tottenham Hotspur fans with their organization, because year after year, they engage in self sabotage and seem to have absolutely no clue what they are doing. There is no identity, no standard, and very little in terms of ambition on the transfer market.
Spurs have gotten some things right, though, in recent years with acquisitions of top young talents like Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall, Mohammed Kudus, Wilson Odobert, Xavi Simons, and Mathys Tel. Yet they sabotage even the young stars they get right by driving them into the ground with injury, not starting them at all, having the wrong coach leading them in Thomas Frank, or sticking with worse veterans like Richarlison or Rodrigo Bentancur instead of trusting these more talented youth.
Well, in a season filled with frustrating missteps led by their coach, Spurs are now contemplating another big mistake, albeit at a level of the club that goes above Frank.
Tottenham are making no sense
According to a report from Football.London reporter Matt Maltby, Tottenham Hotspur are inexplicably stepping up their interest in a transfer target who is linked witih them seemingly year after year - and for no good reason at all. Yes, you are about to hear this correctly: once again, Tottenham are interested in signing Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid, and they are apparently interested in signing the former Chelsea attacking midfielder this month.
Gallagher is not a good footballer. There is a reason why Chelsea got rid of him and are now better off with Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez ruling the midfield rather than a washed Mauricio Pochettino's teacher's pet stealing those minutes. And there is a bigger reason why, most recently, Atleti are truly desperate to sell off Gallagher and almost never start him.
If Tottenham were to make the massive mistake of wasting a transfer fee and significant wages on an aging and mediocre Gallagher, they would be throwing money down the toilet to sign an inferior No. 8 to Lucas Bergvall, who, again, should be getting a lot more minutes in 2025/26 from an incompetent Thomas Frank rather than rotting on the bench or being played out of position.
Bergvall proved last season that he is a crucial player to Spurs and helped them win the Europa League title. Even as a U21, he has more to offer creatively and technically than Gallagher, and any positives Gallagher brings in terms of a nebulous idea of "energy", the Swedish international brings that to the table ten fold.