Conte could unearth his next Cesc Fabregas at Spurs in "aggressive" £22.5m-rated beast - opinion

Tottenham Hotspur have a new midfielder in Rodrigo Bentancur after he signed for the north London outfit in an initial £15.9m swoop from Juventus on deadline day.

As per the BBC, the Uruguay international – who scored for his national team late on Tuesday night in their World Cup qualifying win over Venezuela – has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal that could rise by £5m through add-ons.

He joins alongside fellow teammate Dejan Kulusevski, who has arrived on an initial loan costing £8.3m with an option to buy around £29.3m.

The 24-year-old isn’t expected to make it back to Hotspur Way in time for Saturday night’s FA Cup clash with Brighton and Hove Albion but he is likely to be in line for a debut in a week’s time when Spurs host Southampton in the Premier League.

Bentancur isn’t the creative option that Spurs have been crying out for but the Italian head coach has never really looked for someone in that calibre throughout his managerial career.

Take Cesc Fabregas for example.

Under Jose Mourinho at Stamford Bridge, the former Arsenal midfielder provided the creativity they needed to win the title in 2014/15. It was summed up by a phenomenal assist on debut that had even opposition manager Sean Dyche purring.

“The Fabregas pass is arguably the best I’ve seen in a long, long time because of the control, the awareness, the quality and shape of the pass — it lands perfectly for him (Andre Schurrle) to guide it into the goal.”

He went on to register a whopping 18 assists in that campaign.

But when Conte took the dugout the following year, he was largely resigned to the bench, barely featuring during another title-winning triumph. However, as he came around to the 52-year-old’s demands – that being a key cog in his system