Spurs fans on Twitter have been discussing Lucas Moura, after Football.london journalist Alasdair Gold shared an article with his thoughts on the winger.
The journalist shared a link to his article for Football.london on Twitter, which has provoked a response from plenty of Lilywhites supporters, many of whom were quick to share their opinion on the former PSG man. With Jose Mourinho having confirmed that he will have a fully fit squad available to him when the Premier League resumes from its enforced break next week, you wonder whether the 27-year-old winger will continue to have a starting role.
So far this season, the Brazilian has featured 27 times in the top-flight, contributing just four goals and two assists and averaging a 6.89 rating for his performances (per WhoScored). Therefore, it may not be a surprise to see him replaced in the starting line-up by January signing Steven Bergwijn, who contributed two goals in his first five appearances (per WhoScored) in the Premier League, before an ankle injury looked to end his season (per BBC).
Should Moura be a regular starter in the remaining games?
Yes
No
Moura, who is valued at £28.8 million (as per Transfermarkt), was also regularly used by Mourinho as a makeshift striker following the injury to Harry Kane earlier in the season, but now that the Englishman is also back fit, it would perhaps not be a surprise to see the 27-year-old drop to the bench in the remaining fixtures.
Reaction from Spurs fans to Gold’s article on Moura can be seen in the tweets below
From what I’ve seen, he’s just in the team to run a lot and cause chaos and honestly I’m ok with that, and the work rate is appreciated, however he does run into way too many blind alleys with the ball. His future for me is a supersub
— Jace (@JaceTucker1) June 9, 2020
Sub at best for me !!! 45min player, impact player ! Nothing more
— Cos1882 (@CNK82) June 9, 2020
Other Lilywhites supporters took the opportunity to slam the 27-year-old, however.
In polite language, he isn’t good for a team with top 4 ambitions and is one of the brainless attackers a club of our stature has ever seen , Bergwijn is twice the player he is . If the club gets 15-20 million we should accept it
— kabak fan (@thfcaditya) June 9, 2020
Scores in big games. Puts a lot of effort in but for me he’s not a 90 min player. Bit of a headless chicken at times and misses a lot of chances. Not keen on the term ‘super sub’ but…
— lee somerville (@somerville_lee) June 10, 2020
An inconsistent player
— jessie navajas (@jessienavajas2) June 10, 2020
Son, Bergwijn and Lamela all start over him imo. Legend for that night in Amsterdam but he’s got to go
— Josh (@JoshuaDean3) June 9, 2020
Time to sell
— Grillo59 (@Grillo591) June 9, 2020
Overall, it seems as if a lot of Spurs fans aren’t too keen on Moura and feel he shouldn’t be a regular starter when the season resumes later this month.