Fans of Tottenham have been reacting to a post on Twitter, which relays reports that the club have shortlisted former Arsenal defender Steve Morrow to become the club’s next academy director.
Tottenham are currently searching for a new academy director following the departure of John McDermott, who has left to join the Football Association.
According to recent reports in the Daily Mail, the club have shortlisted former Arsenal defender Steve Morrow to take over the role from McDermott.
In reaction to the reports, which were relayed by Ricky Sacks on Twitter, fans of the club have flocked to share their opinion on the matter, with many claiming that Morrow’s most notable academy graduates of Alex Iwobi, Eddie Nketiah, Reiss Nelson and Bukayo Saka are not overly impressive.
Would you like to see Steve Morrow at Tottenham?
Yes
No
3/4 are bang average looool
— Sandro (@Sandro_GLC18) April 9, 2020
We dream with Luis Campos. Reality is this guy.
— Patrick ?? (@PatrickyTHFC) April 9, 2020
So why do we want a gooner director?
— Az ( Isolation ) (@SLiiPZHDD) April 9, 2020
We need talent not fodder
— Thomas (@RizzoTHFC) April 9, 2020
Please no
— ? / Dier Propaganda (@sacramentoszn) April 9, 2020
He played for Arsenal. No chance
— Steve Betts (@bettssteve) April 9, 2020
This looks like Pep with glasses on.
— Matthew T. Haskel (@haskel_t) April 10, 2020
What do we think?
Although many Spurs fans appear to want nothing to do with Morrow due to his connections to their rivals, it is difficult to argue that he has not had success in the same role at Arsenal.
Regardless of whether Spurs fans rate the likes of Alex Iwobi, Eddie Nketiah, Reiss Nelson and Bukayo Saka, the four Arsenal academy products, who all graduated from youth-team to first-team football under Morrow, have a combined value of £62.1million (as per Transfermarkt), with Iwobi being sold to Everton last year for a fee of £27.36million.
As such, there is a clear reason why the Spurs bosses are interested in the former Arsenal man, as he has a proven track record of ensuring the progression of youth prospects into established first-teamers, before potentially going on to earn the club a tidy profit from an incoming transfer fee.