Tottenham Hotspur fans are hoping that their beloved club are one of the biggest buyers in the January transfer market, because they are in need of another talented injection to an attack that would be in even mor dire straits without the recent summer acquistions of Xavi Simons, Mohammed Kudus, and Randal Kolo Muani.
When frustrating new Spurs manager Thomas Frank is actually starting the trio in their preferred roles, they are showing that they are the present and future of this club. But outside of those three, the Spurs front line is really lacking. Wilson Odobert and, especially, Mathys Tel have serious promise, but they are nowhere near ready to be the solutions on the left wing.
That is the main position Spurs fans are hoping to see addressed this winter with Premier League breakout stars Antoine Semenyo and Iliman Ndiaye potentially available for Tottenham to make a serious splash signing.
Yves Bissouma has to go
But Spurs could also make some headway on selling off players they do not need to clear out roster space for superior footballers. Yves Bissouma is the most obvious candidate to leave, and if he did not suffer yet another injury, he most likely would have been sent packing officially from the Tottenham midfield this past summer to a Turkish Super Lig club.
According to a new report from Tom Allnutt of The Sunday Times, Tottenham Hotspur are indeed keen on selling off Bissouma in the January transfer window next month, but Spurs are reportedly also considering selling off other fringe players in the squad.
There are several players besides Yves Bissouma on the Tottenham roster with no path to playing time who are simply soaking up space and wages. Defenders like Ben Davies and Radu Dragusin are non factors, and while Dragusin is young enough and not yet ready for Frank due to injury, Davies is someone Spurs fans are baffled as to why he was re-signed.
And if it were up to Tottenham fans, other candidates this past summer to have been sold alongside Bissouma would be sent packing, too. Those players would be veterans Richarlison and Rodrigo Bentancur, though, both unfortunately and bafflingly, they play such key roles under Thomas Frank that they are unlikely to be sold.
So then younger players like Brennan Johnson on the squad's periphery could be sold this winter instead. Tottenham have to make a priority to get rid of Bissouma, but if the funds for sales for players like Johnson or even loaned winger Manor Solomon can help facilitate a move for a Semenyo or Ndiaye, Spurs fans will take that to the bank as well.