Hey, want some positive transfer news? I have some! After a lengthy delay, presumably to secure a work permit, Tottenham Hotspur have announced the acquisition of left back Souza from Santos.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a couple of weeks since we heard that the transfer was fully completed, and I think it\u2019s safe to say that the delay was to secure a work permit for him coming from Brazil. Souza is a Brazil U17 international but has yet to crack the Brazil senior setup, and that might have thrown a wrinkle or two in getting him squared away to play in the UK. However, now that we\u2019ve successfully gotten Souza on the phone, the deal is reportedly for \u20ac15m (\u00a311.1m).<\/p>\n
Souza is a welcome addition to Tottenham\u2019s defensive stable. He\u2019s clearly been signed as a backup\/rotation to Destiny Udogie, and that will give him time to acclimate and learn the ropes in the Premier League. He\u2019s one for the future \u2014 dynamic on the left flank, good at take-ons, good at crosses, and a capable defender. But he\u2019s young and raw, and this is a HUGE step up for him, so it\u2019s probably wise for all of us to be a little patient as he works his way in.<\/p>\n
Regardless, this is an exciting depth-with-the-possibility-of-more signing and I\u2019m looking forward to seeing what he can do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hey, want some positive transfer news? I have some! After a lengthy delay, presumably to secure a work…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85,62974],"class_list":{"0":"post-431117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tottenham-transfer-news-rumors"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}