Many Tottenham Hotspur fans have been talking about an update involving Oliver Skipp that recently emerged on social media.
Football Insider has recently reported that coaches at Spurs are currently ‘convinced’ that they have a future Premier League star in Skipp, who is currently on loan at Championship side Norwich City.
A source has told Football Insider that Mourinho and his staff feel that Skipp will be ready for the Premier League after acquiring one or two seasons of regular first-team football. Skipp is currently valued at £6.48m.
This update involving the young midfielder caught the attention of many Spurs fans, who flocked to Twitter and made their opinion clear about the news.
What did Spurs fans make of this news involving Oliver Skipp?
He’s going to push Hojbjerg for that holding role which is only going to make us stronger
— Miles Blumsom (@MilesBlumsom) November 13, 2020
Is Skipp a future Tottenham captain?
Yes
No
I think it will be great for him to learn from Hojberg and he will be the perfect backup for him, hopefully eventually making his way into the starting XI. A great talent but like many spurs midfielders will be criminally underrated ???? @LastWordOnSpurs #COYS #Skipp https://t.co/5e7XaRRLgK
— Kierran Jenkins (@KierranJenkins) November 13, 2020
He’s a proper player. He’ll develop physically over the next 3 years. He’s still very young. He has all the attributes to lead our club
— David (@barfootio1) November 13, 2020
Our best youngster no cap
— SpursJimmy (@SpursJimmy1) November 13, 2020
In his loan stint at Norwich so far, the 20-year-old Skipp has made 11 Championship appearances and has picked up a rating of 6.86 (as per Whoscored). Only seven Norwich players have picked up better ratings than Skipp and it shows that he’s had a pretty good time at Carrow Road.
Some other Spurs fans also had high praise for Skipp and they see a bright future for him at the north London-based club.
Skippy really is one of my favs
— AGS (@ALISONSTUART17) November 13, 2020
I have high hopes for Skippy. Looks to play forward. Opposite to Winks.
— Jay Dee (@Wobbly_Desk) November 13, 2020
Season in the bundesliga next year and he will be ready. Man like Skippy. https://t.co/fAjzkYLnd5
— george hawkins (@georgehawkins__) November 13, 2020
Winks is shaking
— Y A N D A (@LunjesFather) November 13, 2020
These Spurs fans clearly have high hopes for Skipp and feel that he’ll be a part of the club’s first-team in the next few years.
Mourinho has already tipped Skipp to become a ‘future Tottenham captain’ and he has made it clear that the Englishman will become an ‘important’ player for Spurs in the near future. This suggests that Mourinho indeed likes Skipp a lot and fans can only hope that the loan stint at Norwich helps him improve and he returns to Tottenham as a better footballer.