Spurs can land their own Mount as Paratici plots bid for "world-class" £25m "genius" – opinion

Fabio Paratici has been hard at work this summer with Tottenham to improve the team ahead of the 2022/23 campaign.

The former Juventus chief has brought in Ivan Perisic, Fraser Forster and Yves Bissouma to bolster the squad before pre-season has even begun.

With a Champions League group to prepare for, Spurs may want to add more players to the group and they have been linked with a host of talented gems in recent weeks.

Football.London reporter Alasdair Gold recently claimed that the club have a long-standing interest in Leicester City talent James Maddison.

In securing a deal for the midfielder, bought for £25m from Norwich in 2018, Paratici can land the Italian head coach his own version of Chelsea’s Mason Mount.

The obvious comparisons are there; English, young, attacking midfielders, can score goals, can assist, and have flair.

In the Premier League last season, Mount produced 11 goals and ten assists for Thomas Tuchel – averaging a SofaScore rating of 7.43.

The England international has proven that he can score and assist on a regular basis in the top-flight as he has made himself an integral part of a Champions League outfit – winning the competition in 2021.

Meanwhile, the Leicester man also caught the eye with a stunning campaign under Brendan Rodgers with the Foxes…

As you can see in the graphic above, the 25-year-old was outstanding in the final third as he managed 20 direct goal contributions in the Premier League – one less than Mount had for Chelsea.

Maddison was once dubbed a “genius” by BBC Norfolk’s Rob Butler and England boss Gareth Southgate once claimed that his set-piece delivery is “world-class“, showing that he has caught the attention of pundits and managers alike in his career.

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