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da roleta： Former midfielder Jamie O’Hara has told Tottenham Hotspur to avoid signing Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha this summer, per Love Sport Radio.
The club are seemingly set to reinvest in the squad this summer after two transfer windows without securing a signing.
What’s he said?
Spurs have long been linked with a move for Zaha, with reports in 2018 claiming he was a major target of Mauricio Pochettino.
They actually tabled a bid for the Palace star in 2016 but O’Hara has insisted that the club need to focus their attention elsewhere when the transfer window reopens.
Indeed, he does not even believe that Zaha, who has scored eight goals and laid on eight assists in the Premier League this season – is good enough to get in Spurs’ team regularly and instead thinks the midfield needs reshaping.
He said: “Zaha is a fantastic player and a great prospect but I think Tottenham need to be looking at someone now who is going to change that team and add to that team.
“Does Zaha start in front of Moura or Eriksen or Son? I don’t think so. I think they need to really strengthen in midfield. I’d like to see them sign a world-class midfielder. That’s the first thing Tottenham need to do.
“They need a couple but I’d like to see them go for someone special just to say ‘we’ve arrived now, we’ve got our stadium, this is what we’re thinking and this is where we’re going’.
“They don’t need to sign bit-part players.”
Right wing depth
Zaha would offer depth on the right-hand side of Spurs’ midfield, but O’Hara is right to claim that he would not be an immediate starter.
Instead, he would have to be bedded in by manager Pochettino, who is definitely better off taking O’Hara’s advice.
Mouse Dembele has left the club, while fitness doubts continue to plague Eric Dier.
Bringing in a “world-class midfielder” would be a statement of intent far bigger than acquiring Zaha’s signature, and that’s what Daniel Levy and Pochettino’s priority should be in the coming transfer window.