“not everyone is completely sold on” – Spurs could make a potential U-turn on defender after concerns shown by Conte

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Tottenham Hotspur may be reconsidering their interest in Sporting wing-back Pedro Porro as head coach Antonio Conte is reportedly concerned about his physical profile, as per journalist Dan Kilpatrick.

Spurs have been linked with a move for Porro as their current right-wing-back options have not met expectations.

Players like Emerson Royal, Matt Doherty, and Djed Spence have all underperformed, leading to potential interest in Porro, who has been excelling in Lisbon and has a release clause of around £40m.

However, Conte may have doubts about Porro’s ability to adapt to his style of play, as he prefers his wing-backs to be physical players.

This has been reported on the Last Word On Spurs podcast, where Kilpatrick said that Conte may have concerns that Porro might be “a bit slight” and not everyone may be completely sold on him.

He said:

 “I had heard Conte has concerns that Porro might be a bit slight, I think that’s been reported elsewhere.

“He likes his wing-backs to be physical players. It’s no secret that he liked the idea of converting Adama Traore, for instance, to the role a year ago, so that gives you an idea of maybe the kind of profile that he’s looking for there.

“So it may well be that there’s also a sense that not everyone is completely sold on Porro.”

 

 

 

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6 Comments

  1. Djed Spence has underperformed?
    Get your facts right he was never given much of a chance and when he was he was quite impressive.

  2. I wish Conte would make up his mind, also if he’s gonna go do it now this club court move on with this chairman and manager messing about. spence has never been given a chance yet when he has played he has done well in the short time. Getting sick of being a Spurs supporter it’s nothing but hassle about time we moved on and achieve what we should be capable of.

  3. Spence hasn’t underperformed! Spence hasn’t been given a chance because Conte is showing disdain at Levy because he didn’t authorise his signing. Poor journalism to call out Spence.

  4. Spence, Skipp, Sarr, the list is long of talent not tested. Conte must buy in or leave. We need to know before we commit to players that work in his system and not our new coach

  5. Sarr in his short time has proved himself to be potentially very good, spence hasn’t had a chance and skips come back from injury so we know what they can do.Just tell us what you want to do Conte then the team can be sorted out by someone else if it’s not you

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