A European football expert has controversially tipped Roberto De Zerbi to look at signing a former Arsenal fan favourite for Tottenham.
De Zerbi has made it clear he wants to stay at Tottenham for a long time after signing a five-year contract at the North London club.
Some outlets have suggested that the Italian has already had conversations with the Spurs hierarchy regarding the club’s transfer targets.
De Zerbi has allegedly urged Tottenham to sign Manuel Locatelli from Juventus as he tries to put his own stamp on the squad he inherited.
Roberto De Zerbi backed to bring Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Tottenham
Reports have indicated that Spurs are looking to add firepower to their forward line this summer, and European football expert Andy Brassell believes that the Italian could reunite with a player he coached at Marseille.
Brassel suggested that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a much more rounded striker than he was during his time in the Premier League, and believes he would be an upgrade on the strikers Spurs currently have.
When asked which striker De Zerbi would take to Spurs, Brassell told talkSPORT: “Perhaps a little bit out there for some people, I’d go for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. He’s going to turn 37 in the summer, so it’s a short-term signing. It would be for a good time rather than a long time.
“He has been so good since he’s left the Premier League. He was a player who would touch the ball like 10-15 times a game and just really defined himself by his pace and his goals. Now he’s still got really good pace actually, not quite what it was when he was 29 obviously, but he’s still quick enough.
“He’s so unbelievably intelligent, he stretches the game by taking the ball down the flanks, he defends really tigerishly. He keeps himself incredibly fit. He scores and creates. “You look at his assist numbers over the last couple of seasons and they’re absolutely brilliant. For me, he would be a better version of what Randal Kolo Muani should have been for Tottenham.”
“Even though there’s the Arsenal connection and maybe for that reason Aubameyang wouldn’t be open to it. But if we’re talking money and affiliation no object, I think he’d be a really terrific signing for them.”
De Zerbi may want to reunite with experienced midfielder at Spurs
Brassell also backed the Italian coach to look to reunite with a midfielder with whom he worked at Marseille last season.
Adrien Rabiot left the Ligue 1 club to join AC Milan last summer, and the journalist believes that the midfielder, who has been capped 57 times for France, will be on Tottenham’s wishlist.
When asked which midfielder De Zerbi should sign, Brassell said: “I go for Adrien Rabiot because I think there is someone who I think should have played in the Premier League by now anyway.
“You look at the size of him, the physicality of him. He’s developed into such a brilliant player over the last three or four years. He always had the talent, but now I think he knows who and what he is, and despite various little ups and downs, he’s been great for Milan this season.”