Vincent Janssen: Tottenham striker joins Fenerbahce on loan
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Tottenham striker Vincent Janssen has joined Turkish club Fenerbahce on a season-long loan deal.
The 23-year-old joined Spurs for £17m from AZ Alkmaar in July 2016 but only managed six goals in 38 appearances during his first season.
The Netherlands international had moved further away from first-team selection after the arrival of Fernando Llorente from Swansea this summer.
Fenerbahce are also interested in a loan deal for Chelsea's Diego Costa.
On Thursday, Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino said that Janssen still had a future at the north London side despite his exclusion from their Champions League squad.
"That is about numbers," said the Argentine manager, when asked about the Dutchman's omission.
"We only have 17 places. We are 19, so we left out both Vincent and [Argentina midfielder] Erik Lamela.
"In January we check again to see if we change the names in the squad. But, yes, he has a future like other players here."
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Is Llorente better than Janssen? I'll go out on a limb here and suggest that a World Cup winner who also scored 15 goals for a poor Swansea last season is considerably better.
(a) If we are to compete in 4 competitions then we need a range of strikers. To be left with 2 out and out strikers is madness. Take a look at how many the other big teams have.
(b) Many players need a year to adjust to the PL, especially if given as little time as VJ.
Declining? So at least you admit he's been at the top, and rightly so, two players you mentioned don't have a goldenboot and are never likely too. Even Aguero who has been in the PL throughout his peak, still only has one. So, one goldenboot between all 3 of your stand out examples, compared to Kanes 2 at age 23. The only thing here that stands out is a bungling attempt at trolling.
@43 Firmino, Lukaku, Aguero, ah, you mean three players Kane has scored more goals than for two seasons straight having had injury layoffs in both?
😂 Classic Liverpool fan who thinks every player is average or declining, apart from Liverpool players of course.
Clueless, biased idiot. Worry about your own team before commenting on others.
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No he isn't - I saw him play live for AZ against Feyenoord before the move to spurs and he was a goal machine.
The trouble is he just played second fiddle to Harry Kane - most players would struggle for form in that circumstance
COYS
He didn't turn down Brighton! Premier League rules state that no club can have more than two players on loan at any one time. Brighton had already reached that quota with Tim Krul (Newcastle) and Isaiah Brown (Chelsea).
I take your point though that a loan to another Premier League club would have been far more beneficial, assuming he would have got good game time.
Hope he at least finds some form for his own sake, if not ours.
Dandyman2, give it a rest and get a life, your comment is completely ridiculous. What's the matter, was the milkman a Spurs fan who you've never forgiven?!?