Why do Spurs need Ashley Young?
There has been speculation about Ashley Young moving to Spurs from Aston Villa all summer long. I can’t really see why this has been the case and would be totally puzzled if it turned out to be true. Firstly because Spurs don’t need him and secondly because there will be uproar at Aston Villa if they sell another of there better players.
Spurs arguably currently have the most effective wide players in the country with Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon in the starting line up. If they are not available then there is Gio Dos Santos, David Bentley, Modric and Kranjcar that can play the position at least as well as if not better than Ashley Young. Danny Rose is also an effective wide man. There just doesn’t seem a logical reason for signing him unless one of the Spurs men are leaving.
I haven’t seen anything from Young that makes him an improvement on the players already at Tottenham and when scrutinized his final ball is not accurate enough to be paying silly transfer fees for.
Spurs have made two very sensible signings this summer. To remain in the land of logic the best thing would be for Keane to depart and a talented forward to arrive. It seems unlikely to be Luis Fabiano and there are no other obvious candidates in the frame at the moment so perhaps Keane will be staying again.
Jenas is perhaps the other candidate to leave as he is unlikely to start many games.
