Who is Mathys Tel? What Tottenham’s new star can bring to Ange Postecoglou’s team

Mathys Tel was the communicative of the January transportation window, with the Bayern Munich wonderkid the taxable of a thrilling transportation contention betwixt respective Premier League giants.

Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United were each funny successful signing the 19-year-old aft helium decided to permission Munich successful pursuit of much regular crippled time.

On Monday’s deadline day, the guardant boarded a program to England… and to the astonishment of everyone he landed astatine Tottenham – conscionable days aft turning down their advances.

Ange Postecoglou wasted nary clip successful throwing Tel consecutive into the action, subbing him connected successful the first-half of the Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd limb against Liverpool connected Thursday night.

It was a debut to hide nevertheless arsenic Spurs were humiliated 4-0 and he’ll beryllium hoping for much, overmuch amended connected Sunday erstwhile his broadside instrumentality connected Aston Villa successful the FA Cup.

Here’s what Tottenham fans tin expect from their newest signing arsenic they commune helium tin assistance turnaround their atrocious season…

Mathys Tel plays successful a fig of attacking positions

Tel has large versatility, allowing him to play crossed the guardant enactment which volition nary uncertainty travel successful useful for Postecoglou fixed Tottenham’s countless wounded issues.

Described arsenic a ‘false winger’ – moving arsenic a accepted wideman and drifting successful centrally to run arsenic a 2nd striker – helium chiefly plays connected the left.

‘I’m determination betwixt a fig 9 and a near winger,’ the teen told the Bundesliga website successful a 2023 interview. ‘I tin besides play connected the right, but I’m much comfy arsenic a striker and connected the left.’

He initially played connected the near aft being subbed connected for Richarlison astatine Anfield, but with the Brazilian present joining Dominic Solanke and Brennan Johnson successful the attraction room, Tel whitethorn person to settee for playing successful his little favoured positions.

Harry Kane’s verdict connected Mathys Tel

Tel was dubbed a ‘mini-Mbappe’ by fans erstwhile helium joined Bayern from Rennes successful 2022 for £24million.

There are evident comparisons betwixt the French teen and the Real Madrid superstar owed to their playing styles but it is England skipper and Tottenham’s all-time apical scorer Harry Kane who Tel looks up to.

‘He’s a large striker. ‘He has shown that crossed his career. I’m a striker too, truthful he’s a relation exemplary for me,’ Tel said of his present erstwhile Bayern teammate.

‘It’s important to person radical to larn from technically and successful presumption of finishing. Often I don’t adjacent person to inquire him. He conscionable comes implicit to maine and tells me: “Mathys, you tin bash that, oregon that”. He’s a relation exemplary to me, and helium is helping maine a lot.’

‘It’s a large determination for some parties. Mathys is simply a large feline and truly hardworking,’ Kane said aft Tel’s transportation was finalised.

‘Obviously, for his imaginable it’s important for him to get immoderate minutes nether his loop and immoderate regular crippled clip and hopefully develop, support improving and hopefully fulfil each the imaginable that helium has.

‘It’s large for Tottenham to person a young bare subordinate with loads of endowment to hopefully people immoderate goals and assistance propulsion Tottenham arsenic acold arsenic possible.

‘I’m wishing him each the best. I anticipation helium has a fantastic clip there. I cognize helium volition and I’m definite each the fans volition marque him consciousness truly invited arsenic well.’

Will Mathys Tel motion for Tottenham permanently?

Tel has joined Tottenham connected indebtedness from Bayern until the extremity of the play but Spurs bash person the enactment to bargain him permanently successful the summer.

Reports accidental the buy-out clause is worthy €55m (£45.7m) and if activated, Tel volition motion a six-year declaration to stay successful northbound London.

It’s aboriginal days, but Postecoglou has already hinted that helium wants the transportation to happen: ‘He’ll beryllium a Tottenham player, mate. He’ll beryllium a Tottenham player.

‘I deliberation he’ll amusement everyone he’s going to beryllium a Tottenham subordinate successful the adjacent six months. I didn’t bring him present for six months.’

Asked for his thoughts connected Tel and chap debutant Kevin Danso’s show against Liverpool, the Spurs brag said: ‘They did okay. Kevin was truly positive, arsenic was Mathys.

‘It’s hard, you know, throwing guys successful aft their archetypal grooming sessions, it’s not ideal. That’s portion of our dilemma astatine the infinitesimal of trying to get immoderate fluency and consistency but besides knowing we person to support tinkering with the starting enactment up to relationship for everything going on. But I thought they acquitted themselves well.’

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