Sky Sports reporter Lyall Thomas has revealed that Tottenham Hotspur signed Micky van de Ven as a player for the future but the centre-back has surprised those at the club by how quickly he has taken to the Premier League.
Van de Ven has hardly put a foot wrong since arriving at Spurs and his partnership with Crisitan Romero seems to have the makings of a top-class one, with the pair complementing each other well.
The 22-year-old has been part of a water-tight defensive unit, which has conceded just two goals and kept two clean sheets in the first three Premier League games of the season, which is especially impressive considering the kind of high-risk, attacking football that Postecoglou’s men have played.
(Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) Journalist Ben Jacobs suggested on GiveMeSport that the impressive start Van de Ven and Romero have made has left Spurs with a dilemma as the club now have to decide whether it would be worth spending big on another centre-back instead of just signing a backup defender.
Spurs did not plan for instant Van de Ven success
Thomas has now asserted that the Lilywhites did not plan for the former Wolfsburg man to be an immediate starter when they bought him.
He told the Last Word on Spus podcast: “If you look at the players who have come into the team straight away and how they?ve performed, I mean again it?s been part of the impressive start.
“I mean [Micky] Van de Ven in particular, at 22, he?s come in and taken...