{"id":176006,"date":"2025-09-23T09:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/176006\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T09:53:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:53:29","slug":"johan-lange-will-be-relieved-tottenham-didnt-sign-100m-star-whos-underperforming-after-summer-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/176006\/","title":{"rendered":"Johan Lange will be relieved Tottenham didn&#8217;t sign \u00a3100m star who&#8217;s &#8216;underperforming&#8217; after summer talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tottenham Hotspur had a very successful transfer window, but it\u2019s clear they wanted one more attacker, and one of their top options has had a very slow start to the season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/thomas-frank\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Frank<\/a> saw five new players sign for his squad over the summer, with Xavi Simons, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/mohammed-kudus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mohammed Kudus<\/a>, Randal Kolo Muani, Joao Palhinha and Kota Takai arriving through the door at Hotspur Way.<\/p>\n<p>Kudus has been superb so far, and <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/tottenham-fully-expected-to-open-discussions-to-sign-rolls-royce-midfielder-in-january\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham are keen to sign Palhinha<\/a> permanently already, showing what a success the window has proven to be thus far.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btbf-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BeyondTheBackFour?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"object-fit:unset\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/custom\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/btbf-title.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>  Click to subscribe to the podcast <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit:unset;height:30px;width:fit-content\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/custom\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/youtube.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the players whom <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/johan-lange\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johan Lange<\/a> was keen to bring to North London has just been told he is underperforming this season by his manager, and could have been a potentially expensive mistake.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234623729-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Morgan Rogers during Everton v Aston Villa in the Premier League\" class=\"wp-image-987840\" \/>Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesTottenham dodged a bullet by not going big on Morgan Rogers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/tottenham-hotspur\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> looked to have dodged a bullet by not going big on <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/morgan-rogers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morgan Rogers<\/a> following his slow start to the new Premier League campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder is yet to register a single goal or assist during the 2025\/26 season and has been one of the biggest underperformers in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa have also started the season slowly after being held to a 1-1 draw with 10-man Sunderland over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Unai Emery\u2019s team have collected just three points this season and are currently sitting in 18th place without a win.<\/p>\n<p>Over the summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/tottenham-have-started-making-calls-for-dream-target-after-eberechi-eze-chooses-arsenal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham asked about signing Rogers<\/a> and looked serious about signing the England international.<\/p>\n<p>TBR Football revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/how-morgan-rogers-could-now-feel-about-leaving-aston-villa-after-strong-interest-from-liverpool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Villa valued Rogers at \u00a3100m<\/a>, which made a deal for the midfielder very tricky over the summer, and that valuation could drastically drop over the next 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs could face competition for him during the next window, with <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/chelsea-identify-100m-attacker-as-top-2026-target-joe-shields-tried-to-sign-him-late-this-summer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea making Rogers a top target in 2026<\/a>, sources have told TBR Football.<\/p>\n<p>What Unai Emery has said about Morgan Rogers\u2019 poor form<\/p>\n<p>Emery has admitted that Rogers is \u2018performing under the level he had\u2019 last season, but has challenged him to recapture his form.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the game, Emery told the media: \u201cHe was playing two years ago in the Championship. He started here playing in the Premier League and in Europe, also the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is, for him, how he is reaching his demands. To keep it is the next challenge. He is performing under the level he had, and he is, as well, trying to recover to the level, but getting balance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Villa face Fulham at home in the Premier League next, in what could be another stern test for the Midlands club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur had a very successful transfer window, but it\u2019s clear they wanted one more attacker, and one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[13931,3339,83585,13929,403,99,4899],"class_list":["post-176006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-aston-villa","tag-english-premier-league","tag-johan-lange","tag-morgan-rogers","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-tottenham-hotspur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}