[@Lilywhite Rose]: Spurs have made a bid of €200,000 for 16 year old Irish ☘️ Goalkeeper, Gavin Bazunu
Posted Aug 7, 2018, 6:24 AM UTC
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Phew... I was beginning to think we were going to go into the season without a 4th choice goalkeeper.
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Not going to lie, I choked on water a little at this comment.
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Always rated him
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Im irish,This guy has emerged from nowhere in ireland and is tipped to have a great future
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Can't lose the world Cup if we don't concede a goal
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Sorry that I have to break it to you this harshly but three draws in the groups would likely not be enough
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IMO it is a little early to be speculating on Tottenham's 2022 World Cup run.
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and even if they get through, there are penalty shootouts in the later stages
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Can't lose a penalty shootout if you don't concede a goal
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One goal scored would likely be enough
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See: New Zealand 2010
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I look forward to us selling him to a decent sized European club for ~£2m in 4/5 years time.
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Not the signing I'd hope for but it's always nice to see young Irish lads getting a chance at Spurs. Seemingly he's very highly rated at Rovers.
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#StatementOfIntent
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Anyone here know how De Bie is progressing?
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I remember he really dropped off 12-6 months ago. u/WindyCoys could potentially add some insight.
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He’s very highly thought of, I think he might be the most liked of all of our young keepers tbh.
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Can I ask a random question... why did he u/ you in? Don’t mean it rudely just new to the subreddit and wondered if you work for the club or something.
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I just follow the youth team reasonably closely :)
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Windy runs a blog (https://windycoys.com/) and writes about our youth team. He is the go-to source of knowledge on this subreddit for youth news, player valuations, etc.
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Windy is one of the main tottenham youth followers on the internet
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Not currently. He will be homegrown if he stays with the club til he’s 21.
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FM has taught me that he would be homegrown if he is at the club for three years, so when he's 19. Is that not correct?
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I think it won't matter anyway whether he's homegrown until he's 21.
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I'm waiting 'til he's in the shirt on the official twitter before I get excited.
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On a serious note, Bazunu has started four times for Shamrock Rovers (anyone remember that Europa League tie?) this summer and has four clean sheets (0-0, 2-0, 2-0, 5-0)
No clue of their situation, but stats show four different keepers have seen time including two 33yo+ guys
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Stupid question, does he fulfil some sort of HG quota somehow?
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He will eventually, to be homegrown you have to be with a club from that association (so an English club for English hg status) for 3 years before turning 21 and to be club trained (important for the CL) you have to be with the club for 3 years from 15-21
Nationality does not affect homegrown status
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It does not iirc. For example, Ben Davies does not qualify for HGN, as he was brought up in Wales. Would think it would be the same for this lad.
Edit: For some reason forgot how young this lad was. Can easily get his 3 years in before being first team ready.
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well i believe davies is HG for the prem bc swansea is a prem club. he doesn’t count as HG for UEFA bc swansea are a welsh team. this guy wouldn’t count but for different reasons
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Swansea aren't a prem club anymore but I get your point
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So long as you train at a club for three years before you turn 21 you count as homegrown (club).
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You are correct, for some reason forgot how young this lad was. Can easily get his 3 years in before being first team ready.
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This has me wondering if whiteman or Austin will evee feature for us... Whiteman looked good and i heard good things about austin
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Nah neither of them are anywhere near good enough for us. You never know how they will develop over the next couple years but we really don’t have any exciting GK prospects in the academy atm.
We even signed an extra youth GK last year. He’s already been released. I think de bie might be the biggest prospect at this point and even he isn’t that exciting. Whiteman is probably the most developed of the 3 right now.
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what about glover?
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Glover is pretty shit. He couldn’t even get in an A League side. Not even sure he’s at the club anymore. Will likely end up in the lower leagues (not even sure he’s good enough for that) or back in Australia.
Edit: actually I’m pretty sure after some research that he’s not at the club anymore. Last contract he signed ended this last season.
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Huh. I remember he was serving as third choice before gazza came, so I thought the lad had some potential. That's sad :(
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Sounds like a good prospect, I'll take him
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Finally breaking out the pocket book...
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That will get us over the hump!
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^The linked tweet was tweeted by @lilywhite_rose on Aug 07, 2018 05:42:12 UTC (11 Retweets | 42 Favorites)
#thfc We have made a bid of €200,000 for 16 year old Irish ☘️ Goalkeeper, Gavin Bazunu. The deal would see the young stopper stay at Shamrock Rovers to complete his schooling before moving to Hotspur Way. Has already made 6 first team appearances including 2 in @EuropaLeague
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It’s..... something
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cool beans
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I thought you can't buy players under 18?
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Wow, finally
I can stop pressing F5 now