Following on from Tottenham Hotspur’s devastating defeat on Thursday evening, fresh reports have emerged about the right-back position at the club – and much of the fanbase have flocked to the news.
The Athletic’s Charlie Eccleshare has revealed that the club are open to the idea of selling Serge Aurier this summer and intend to replace him with Norwich City’s Max Aarons, who is thought to have been on the radar of the Spurs hierarchy for quite some time.
He said:
“Tottenham will listen to offers for Serge Aurier at the end of the season and hope to replace him with Norwich’s Max Aarons, though Mourinho is understood to have reservations that he is too small. But even if a deal for Aarons is possible, he will not be a panacea for a defence that has been shaky for coming up to two years now.”
The 20-year-old England youth international has done pretty well for his maiden campaign in the top-flight. In 30 appearances, he is averaging 1.8 clearances, 1.4 tackles and 1.3 dribbles per game, via WhoScored, and is arguably one of the Canaries’ standout performers despite their seemingly likely relegation to the Championship.
Even though this could bode well for Spurs’ chances of landing him, it appears as if some in north London don’t want to see him arrive at the club.
One fan compared him to Kyle Naughton whilst others had their doubts over his potential for a club of our stature.
Here’s how they reacted on social media…
Aarons reminds me of Kyle Naughton so a no for me …I like Hojbjerg we need someone who can tackle and pass the ball.we need a whole new back 4 and start again imo
— h (@hman767) July 3, 2020
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https://twitter.com/Mk83Paul/status/1279003023331786752?s=20
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Aaron's isnt better than Aurier by the way https://t.co/kpiu0B2D10
— Leon Richards (@Leon_N17) July 3, 2020
from paris to norwich
— Steven (@Stevey_George) July 3, 2020
After watching Aarons defending vs the Goons wasn’t much better than Serge
— Obes (@ian_obee) July 3, 2020
I am quite concerned with Aaron’s virtually being the clubs Main target at fullback I doubt he’s gonna be very good for us
— M (@DoubleM_COYS) July 3, 2020
Tbh, kwp is not worse than Aarons that much…
— ckc (@alsckc) July 3, 2020
If we want to stay mid table then Aarons is fine. But I don’t want to be mid table so we need much better.
— Martin (@martygee56) July 3, 2020
Both tragic players. 0 ambition.
— ENIC Out (@IndoorKiteFlyer) July 3, 2020
Low quality players…
— Misa🇰🇪 (@MisaToonsKenya) July 3, 2020
Arsenal gonna bring in Partey, Sancho to United, Chelsea signing everyone.
Max Aarons isnt even at Aurier’s level yet. I’m sorry to say it.
And we don’t even know if Hojbjerg is better than Winks.
— Tottenham Loyal (@TottenhamLoyal) July 3, 2020
We’re shopping at Lidl when we should be in Waitrose
— Paddy (@paddy123451) July 3, 2020
These two 🤮 relegation fodder
— dean merrick (@deanmerrick) July 3, 2020
Will hardly improve us
— BH⚽️🤷♂️ (@THFC_BH) July 3, 2020