Tottenham Hotspur-focused Twitter account @HotspurRelated recently posted a tweet sharing the alleged news that Spurs manager Jose Mourinho “has requested” that Tottenham’s board look into the possibility of bringing Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma to the North London club.
This tweet from @HotspurRelated cites French publication RMC Sport as the original source of this news. An article that was recently published by Sport Witness explains that RMC has revealed that Zouma, who is currently valued at £25.2m according to Transfermarkt, “is on a list” of desired transfer targets that have been presented to Spurs’ hierarchy by the Portuguese coach. Sport Witness goes on to clarify that Tottenham haven’t made an official offer for the French centre-back yet.
After this alleged news was shared on Twitter by @HotspurRelated, plenty of Spurs supporters responded to this tweet to share their thoughts on this development.
José Mourinho has requested the #thfc board explore possibly signing Chelsea centre-back Kurt Zouma. [RMC]
— Hotspur Related (@HotspurRelated) June 4, 2020
Many of the Tottenham fans who replied to this post shared a negative reaction to the idea of their club making a move for Zouma, with one Spurs fan declaring that the 25-year-old centre-back is a “walking disaster waiting to happen”.
This had better be a joke. Zouma is a walking disaster waiting to happen. We already have Davidson Sanchez who fill that role ?
— Philip Allan (@Philipallan13) June 4, 2020
Meh
— gianni (@celsoball) June 4, 2020
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Jose out
— Luke (@lukethfc1) June 4, 2020
Huh? Delete
— Sandro (@Sandro_GLC18) June 4, 2020
Do you want to see Kurt Zouma in a Tottenham Hotspur shirt next season?YES, DEFINITELY
NO WAY
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— KB 17 (@KeelanCOYS) June 4, 2020
Please no.
— Tom Simkins (@ThomasSimkins) June 5, 2020
Foyth is better than zouma . Don’t do it José
— Mark Bradley Evans (@MBEvans2013) June 4, 2020
However, not all of the responses to this post were negative. Some Tottenham fans were more positive about the idea of their club potentially signing Zouma, with one Spurs fan stating that the 25-year-old is “like Toby Alderweireld”, in their view.
Not a chance, but him and tanganga would be insane
— Zeki (@thfcZK) June 4, 2020
I think this would be a decent signing. Good ball playing defender, strong, and fast. he’s shomewhat like Toby Alderweireld.
— Kurtis ?? (@thfckurt) June 4, 2020
As per Transfermarkt, Mourinho is the manager who was in charge of Chelsea when the club signed Zouma from Saint-Etienne back in 2014. With that in mind, it may be fair to say that Mourinho has shown an interest in the defender before and it might not come as a surprise if he does indeed have his name on a list of desired transfer targets ahead of the upcoming summer transfer window.