Savinho | May 2026 - Spurs linked again (p218)

[Gabriel]

Kulusevski has been out for over a year and isn't really a winger anyway, Kudus can play all across the front. Odobert did his ACL in February so next season is probably a write off for him.

He's played more games out on the right, but you're correct in that both are positionally flexible. They've had horrendous misfortune with injuries.

 

[nitram]

Apart from not crossing, barndoor and banjo came to mind with his shooting again this week

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

yep thats the lad.

let Savinho go and promote MacAidoo

a little like we let Palmer go to make pace for Bobb. that maybe didn't pan out as well as we hoped but was hardly disastrous

Watched our youth team beat the rags and Mcaidoo does look very good

 

[decmancity]

Will have the summer off to recover further. Long absence following a challenge with Guehi if I remember correctly. Guys like him, Stones, and Rodri all need and deserve time. I rate him highly but think he probably played too much football in the season he got injured.

It's one of the reasons I think it's silly to get rid of players that will be well rested, Savinho/Lewis, when we're coming off the back of a World Cup and others have already played too much this season. It's quite likely that Haaland, Semenyo, and Doku will face problems next season, so weakening the squad is not the answer.

Keeping Savinho isn’t strengthening us. He scored one goal last year. One.

Horrendous. If we can bank a profit and either spend it on someone else or just promote Mukasa or McAidoo I can guarantee we won’t notice any difference.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Get rid he’s shite and light weight.

 

[Taylor]

I would drive him to London myself.

 

[Gabriel]

Keeping Savinho isn’t strengthening us. He scored one goal last year. One.

Horrendous. If we can bank a profit and either spend it on someone else or just promote Mukasa or McAidoo I can guarantee we won’t notice any difference.

We most certainly would notice a difference. Mukasa is no winger and McAidoo only turns 18 next month. Both are wonderful talents but fall far short of the physical requirements immediately needed.

Savinho actually had 4 goals and 3 assists in 1,500 minutes, which is a disappointing return, but it's only his second season and one punctuated by injury. What I would note is that he looked much stronger physically at the end of the season, so I would rather keep for now and see what Maresca can get out of him.

The prevailing narrative for some is apparently to get rid of practically everyone, but, for me, the attention should be exclusively on adding to midfield and right back.

 

[decmancity]

We most certainly would notice a difference. Mukasa is no winger and McAidoo only turns 18 next month. Both are wonderful talents but fall far short of the physical requirements immediately needed.

Savinho actually had 4 goals and 3 assists in 1,500 minutes, which is a disappointing return, but it's only his second season and one punctuated by injury. What I would note is that he looked much stronger physically at the end of the season, so I would rather keep for now and see what Maresca can get out of him.

The prevailing narrative for some is apparently to get rid of practically everyone, but, for me, the attention should be exclusively on adding to midfield and right back.

No, the narrative is that we haven’t won the league for two years, largely because we have a bloated squad with people not putting up the necessary numbers we need to get back to the top.

I’d back Mukasa to win any physical battle over Savinho and McAidoo is the same height and probably faster and as strong.

I am sure Viana is capable of multi tasking so we should be ok to do more than one thing at a time.
In fact I’d rather sell Savinho, put that money towards another midfielder and even if we didn’t buy another winger I’d bet we end up better off.

 

[Gabriel]

No, the narrative is that we haven’t won the league for two years, largely because we have a bloated squad with people not putting up the necessary numbers we need to get back to the top.

I’d back Mukasa to win any physical battle over Savinho and McAidoo is the same height and probably faster and as strong.

I am sure Viana is capable of multi tasking so we should be ok to do more than one thing at a time.
In fact I’d rather sell Savinho, put that money towards another midfielder and even if we didn’t buy another winger I’d bet we end up better off.

We were out of contention in 24-25 because we'd pinned our hopes on an aging squad repeating its heroics and going another season unscathed. We added to the squad for 25-26 but failed to rotate sufficiently, Guardiola preferring instead to utilise a nucleus of players at different time and then leaving others on the periphery. We should be able to finance our midfield rejuvenation without selling wingers, and we've got a better chance of winning the League and reaching the last four of the CL if we regularly rotate Doku, Semenyo, and Savinho. With no Silva and less Rodri, the style of play will change and probably give wingers more space.

 

[NQCitizen]

Interesting one this.

Has his flaws (shooting, physicality) but has massive potential. The dribbling vision and passing are way ahead of the curve for his age. He's largely been trusted in important games to be the first off the bench, it's a larger role than most of the non first XI guys.

For me it comes down to role - one of those "if you're happy to be back up then we're happy to have you" situations.

Same way it worked for Gabby, Alvarez and Marmoush.

The concern for me is Diomande, Barcola - those kind of players aren't coming to sit on the bench. And even with 60m for Sav (doesn't go that far) the guys who'd come to be back up have much lower potential. Is there any guarantee that Godts, Akliouche, perform better than the guy who's got 19 G/A in la liga and made the la liga TOTY when we signed him?

Might just come down to Maresca's style.

 

[PuncturedBicycle]

Interesting one this.

Has his flaws (shooting, physicality) but has massive potential. The dribbling vision and passing are way ahead of the curve for his age. He's largely been trusted in important games to be the first off the bench, it's a larger role than most of the non first XI guys.

For me it comes down to role - one of those "if you're happy to be back up then we're happy to have you" situations.

Same way it worked for Gabby, Alvarez and Marmoush.

The concern for me is Diomande, Barcola - those kind of players aren't coming to sit on the bench. And even with 60m for Sav (doesn't go that far) the guys who'd come to be back up have much lower potential. Is there any guarantee that Godts, Akliouche, perform better than the guy who's got 19 G/A in la liga and made the la liga TOTY when we signed him?

Might just come down to Maresca's style.

Even Diomande is an even more unproven & younger winger. I don't see how we replace Savio with a wide left-footed RW when there's nobody proven on the market. Barcola being a right-footed LW.

I would like to see Savio under Maresca, as he loves a touchline hugging winger, but don't think we'll get that chance

 

[NQCitizen]

Even Diomande is an even more unproven & younger winger. I don't see how we replace Savio with a wide left-footed RW when there's nobody proven on the market. Barcola being a right-footed LW.

I would like to see Savio under Maresca, as he loves a touchline hugging winger, but don't think we'll get that chance

Honestly I think we keep him unless the offer is crazy and the replacement is genuinely world class.

Viana gave him a 5 year deal 8 months ago and I wouldn't say he's had a particularly good or bad season, barring spells where he's been injured. As a long-term minded DoF he seems like a guy you'd give one more year - almost the situation Doku was in last summer having seemingly lost his place to Marmoush.

 

[decmancity]

Is there any guarantee that Godts, Akliouche, perform better than the guy who's got 19 G/A in la liga and made the la liga TOTY when we signed him?

How long do we hold onto this, genuinely?

That was two seasons ago. In that team was also Sorloth who didn’t score a single goal for Palace before being shipped off to Villarreal. La Liga isn’t what it once was.

If Savinho isn’t in the CFG already, do we sign him?

 

[NQCitizen]

How long do we hold onto this, genuinely?

That was two seasons ago. In that team was also Sorloth who didn’t score a single goal for Palace before being shipped off to Villarreal. La Liga isn’t what it once was.

If Savinho isn’t in the CFG already, do we sign him?

Quite possibly. As you said, two seasons ago he was in the La Liga TOTY at 19. Arguably the highest potential top talent not already grabbed by a fellow "big club", as it seemed that summer.

I understand the argument for moving on now if he's upgraded by someone with higher potential willing to play a similar role.

Otherwise let him have one more year of development. You can see the difference 21 and 23 makes on the other wing in Doku.

It's easy to do negative hypotheticals but you've also got to weigh that against if you develop his shooting and pressing now you've got genuine competition for Semenyo because his passing, ball control and dribbling are already better really.

If Sav shot with any conviction at all, and just put up 5 goals a year i don't think he'd get half the stick - the rest of his game is pretty solid for a 22 year old.

Fix his shooting, fix his confidence and I still think we can have a top 10 right winger at 23 or 24. Question is do we have a replacement ready to go we also think that about?

 

[skillman]

Would actually rather us keep him. There’s a player in there and just his end product needs fine tuning to be more consistent.

 

[Protein Junkie]

I think he’s brilliant and a shoe in for a future Balon D’or. He would thrive under De Zerbi and the wide open Spursey pitch.


* Opinion courtesy of Malcom Allison on Colin Bell in reverse.

 

[LongsightM13]

How long do we hold onto this, genuinely?

That was two seasons ago. In that team was also Sorloth who didn’t score a single goal for Palace before being shipped off to Villarreal. La Liga isn’t what it once was.

If Savinho isn’t in the CFG already, do we sign him?

People assuming his performances for City so far are the outliers
When all available evidence suggests that his one good season at Girona was actually the outlier
That said, he does look far more effective on the left than the right

 

[Dax777]

yep thats the lad.

let Savinho go and promote MacAidoo

a little like we let Palmer go to make pace for Bobb. that maybe didn't pan out as well as we hoped but was hardly disastrous

I don't think Palmer was let go to make space for Bobb. Palmer qaa ler go coz he wanted more playing time and didn't want to be a bench player.

 

[BlueEagle]

Interesting one this.

Has his flaws (shooting, physicality) but has massive potential. The dribbling vision and passing are way ahead of the curve for his age. He's largely been trusted in important games to be the first off the bench, it's a larger role than most of the non first XI guys.

For me it comes down to role - one of those "if you're happy to be back up then we're happy to have you" situations.

Same way it worked for Gabby, Alvarez and Marmoush.

The concern for me is Diomande, Barcola - those kind of players aren't coming to sit on the bench. And even with 60m for Sav (doesn't go that far) the guys who'd come to be back up have much lower potential. Is there any guarantee that Godts, Akliouche, perform better than the guy who's got 19 G/A in la liga and made the la liga TOTY when we signed him?

Might just come down to Maresca's style.

I think the challenge I have with this is that a few years ago when we were at our best, we didn't really have the concept of squad players. Ultimately I would rather have 2 players actually battling it out to be the first team player. If you think a few years ago we had Sterling, Sane and Bernardo who could play on the wings, and then we went out and bought Mahrez. So 4 fantastic players for 2 positions, but we really let them fight it out.

And the reason for me makes sense - we have to honestly think whether we'd be happy to have any player in our squad start at e.g. Real Madrid away. Because if the answer is no, then they shouldn't be a part of our squad in my opinion. I know that's a high bar, but that's the point of a squad. If our quality drops significantly enough due to one injury, then we could be out of the champions league.

Personally I think the fact we've focused on buying squad players (such as Kalvin Phillips) is one of the reasons why we've not been as dominant in recent years. Every player we sign should be a challenge to the player that already plays in that position. And I genuinely think Savinho has qualities, but there's very few games this season that I've been that happy to see him start, because I honestly think it's too much of a risk at the moment. That's why I find it difficult to justify him staying.

 

[simon23]

I dont care if we cant replace him - he is that bad Id sell him anyway....