This next phase should not be about picking holes in our attacking midfield options. We currently have no credible backup for Lloris and Kane plus problems at full-back and holding midfield in the first eleven. There's 4 problems I would solve before I'd even look at attacking midfield.
All Dele and Lamela do is give Spurs genuine squad depth and versatility. Part of me can see a logic in selling Dele as he cost £5m and may bring huge profit into the club for new players. I say "may" because you still need to have these offers on the table and we're in a strange transfer climate at the moment.
More realistically, we should try to keep Dele, Son, Moura, Bergwijn, Lamela, Gio and Ndombele together and make it our strength. Jose has already shown with Moura what he can do when he coaches these guys every single day. We've seen Winks and Gio finally start doing the professional fouls and frustrating the opposition by constant breaking up their play. We're seen Lloris hitting form once Jose simplified his kicking role and we're starting to see guys like Dier and Sanchez looking better at centre half.
Said this many times, but we have to trust Jose to build something and I see no point judging Dele until our manager has had serious time to lift his confidence, help him to trust his body again and find him his role in the squad.
