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2:53pm, 20 November 2025Football

Hupu, November 20th: Matt Barlow, a reporter from the English media "Daily Mail", answered the questions of Tottenham fans in his column.

About the goalkeeper recruitment situation

In the view of Tottenham’s senior management, a world-class goalkeeper can bring a significant improvement to the team’s strength. Although the club signed young goalkeeper Kinski less than a year ago, Tottenham are still actively looking for a world-class goalkeeper. Tottenham's top goalkeeper Vicario has had some wonderful moments this season, but he lacks control of the penalty area and is often targeted by opponents in set-piece defense. For example, might they make an irresistible offer to Aston Villa for Argentina international Martinez? This can happen.

But there are some unknowns, as no one knows exactly how the Lewis family intends to deliver on its publicly promised investment in the team for competitive success.

But even if clubs are willing to spend money, the market in January is notoriously difficult to operate.

About the signing of Bournemouth forward Semayo

In the eyes of the outside world, Semayo is perfectly qualified to perform at the left-wing position that has been vacant since South Korean forward Son Heung-min joined Los Angeles. But Spurs have spent £125m on Xavi Simons, Odobert and Tell over the past three transfer windows, so it remains to be seen whether they will invest in this position again.

In addition, they also loaned the highly rated young winger Moore to the Rangers this season - but he experienced a difficult first half of the season in the Scottish League, and it may be good for him to recall him.

So I'm not sure whether it would be wise for Tottenham to get involved in a possible winter transfer competition with the likes of Liverpool for Semayo, which would only make him compete for the same position as the current players in the team and potentially hinder their development.

As long as there is a suitable price, Tottenham will allow Bissouma to leave the team. If they don't sell him in January, Spurs plan to activate a clause extending his contract by one year to 2027.

What’s the latest on the injuries of Kulusevski and Madison? When are they expected to return?

Madison, who was injured in August, is unlikely to return too soon before the end of the season. This is a serious injury, and even if he returns to practice, I expect Frank to be cautious about his return based on the situation with Dragusian, who is also coming off a similar knee injury.

Dragusin, who has been out since January this year, has resumed training for some time and is eager to play again, but he only played his first game last week and only played 45 minutes with the U21 team in a behind-closed-doors game against Leyton Orient.

The Romanian team wanted to recruit him during this international match. Spurs rejected an official call-up as they wanted to keep his recovery under their own control, but allowed him to travel to a Romanian camp to train only.

Kulusevski is still expected to return in December.

How does Bergvall fit into this team? He is extremely talented, but fans are worried that there is no place for him in this system

This is a legitimate question. Bergvall is an exciting talent, but I feel Frank is more worried than most supporters about his carelessness on the ball, and I think this is why Frank is reluctant to start him in a deeper midfield position more often than not.

Currently, I think he competes with Simmons for the No. 10 position. Perhaps as time goes by, Frank will adjust the team's formation and find his place in the midfield with a number 6 and two number 8s. It's important to remember that Bergvall is only 19 years old now.

Will Muani be sidelined for a long time due to mandibular fracture? Or will we see him playing with a mask on soon?

Tottenham are fortunate that experts determined that surgery is not required, otherwise Muani will be absent for several months. The current situation is that they will fit him with a protective mask to allow him to return sooner, but he will not be able to make it to Sunday's game against Arsenal.

Frank must feel cursed by injuries. This is a slight departure from last season, when many of the injuries to Spurs players were due to muscle problems, easily blamed on the intensive schedule and Postkoglu's high-intensity training regimen.

Mouany suffered a broken jaw in an accidental collision with Maguire, while Solanke has yet to return from an ankle injury he suffered in pre-season that has sidelined him for five months, a problem that later required surgery.

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