TOTTENHAM CAN SIGN NEW ERIKSEN AS £33M TARGET NETS HAT-TRICK OF ASSISTS
With RB Leipzig yet to secure a place in the Champions League, and with a DFB Pokal final against Eintracht Frankfurt looming, Dani Olmo could hardly have picked a better time to rediscover his best form.
The Spain international had been the subject of much criticism since returning from the Qatar World Cup. And, with his contract running down, some may have feared that Olmo’s Leipzig career was set to end with a whimper rather than a roar.
His bounce-back against Freiburg in the cup semi-finals in midweek, then, was a most timely riposte. Leipzig scored five goals away at Freiburg, and Olmo was involved in all but one of them.
The former Barcelona youngster scored one himself and set up three others. A hat-trick of assists that had even Leipzig team-mate Konrad Laimer wondering how on earth the Man of the Match award had ended up on his mantelpiece and not Olmo’s.
Dani Olmo shows why Tottenham Hotspur wants him
“Very good,” RB boss Marco Rose tells Marca; Olmo producing by far his finest display since those recent injury concerns.
“He’s picking up his pace now. He looks powerful. Hopefully, he’ll stay in shape for the next few weeks because he played a really good game.”
According to BILD, Tottenham Hotspur opened talks with Olmo’s camp in April. A potential £33 million move for the one-time Dinamo Zagreb talisman is reportedly under consideration. Is it merely a coincidence that two of the coaches on Spurs’ managerial hitlist have worked with Olmo before? Julian Nagelsmann at RB Leipzig, and Luis Enrique with the Spanish national team.
“Dani Olmo was huge for us,” Enrique said following Euro 2020; Olmo emerged as one of Asturian’s most important players en route to the semi-finals. “He is very smart and has a lot of quality. He is a very important player for us.
“Dani Olmo has proven that he has high quality,” the former Camp Nou boss adds. He offers a great level and tremendous flexibility in his movement.”
Whoever takes over from Antonio Conte in North London – be it Nagelsmann, Enrique or another – Spurs’ next boss would only benefit from the addition of an energetic, all-action attacking midfielder capable of bending even the most high-pressure matches to his will.
The likes of which Spurs haven’t really had since Christian Eriksen’s Mauricio Pochettino heyday.
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