Another brief update. Scrolling through the Standard’s transfer tracker, I found this bit of info that’s kind of about Tottenham Hotspur, but not really. But hey, it’s deadline day so our threshold for bullshit gets dialed down a bit.
According to the Standard’s transfer tracker, Noah Okafor — a young Swiss winger and erstwhile Tottenham Hotspur target — is heading from AC Milan to Napoli, and NOT to the Premier League.
I wasn’t especially high on Okafor as a target — while I haven’t watched a ton of him (mostly highlights) his skills and stats suggest a player that’s more Diet Brennan Johnson than the coveted right sided dribbly boi for which we’ve been pining. So honestly, I’m inclined to think Okafor was a name on a list and not a serious option for Spurs.
Okafor is heading to play under Antonio Conte and maybe it’s just me but he does NOT seem like a Conte-style player. Keep an eye on the Serie A media over the next day or so and brush up how to say “club signing” in Italian.
We wrote previously that Spurs had cooled their interest in Okafor, and whether that’s because Napoli beat us to him or we just thought we could do better is an open question. Either way, he’s off the list Thank u, next!