Maddison reveals thrilling Postecoglou vow that helped seal Spurs transfer
The England playmaker was unveiled as Spurs’ third permanent signing of the summer on Wednesday, becoming a member of from relegated Leicester for a £40million price and penning a five-year contract in north London lasting till 2028.
Maddison follows Dejan Kulusevski, who’s now a full-time Tottenham participant after 18 months on mortgage from Juventus, and goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, a £17m arrival from Serie A side Empoli earlier this week, as the primary offers of a recent period on the membership.
The switch is extensively seen as a cut-price coup for Spurs, who had initially been battling with Newcastle for Maddison’s providers earlier than their rivals as a substitute turned their attentions to Sandro Tonali at AC Milan.
His creativity, scoring and sheer attacking versatility needs to be of big profit to new Tottenham boss Postecoglou, who has promised to carry an thrilling, vibrant model of soccer again to N17 subsequent season after agreeing to go away Scottish treble winners Celtic to change into Antonio Conte’s long-term successor earlier this month.
And in his first interview as a Spurs participant, Maddison spoke of the renewed ambition he may sense on the membership and revealed a promising assurance made to him by Postecoglou that clearly struck a wire.
“I feel a hunger about the place,” he told the official Tottenham website. “You come right here, and also you get a really feel for the membership and the individuals, every part about it, and it feels sensible. Like I mentioned, I’m very completely happy and may’t wait to get going.
“I spoke to the supervisor, spoke to [chairman] Daniel [Levy] and so they each spoke very extremely of every part concerning the membership.
“Speaking to the supervisor was essential, how he’s going to be, with that little little bit of the unknown, so to have a good chat with him and to get his ideas on issues, how he sees Spurs going this season… he mentioned one factor to me on the decision, I hope he received’t thoughts me saying this, however he mentioned, ‘whether you come or not, you’re going to see a very totally different Spurs group underneath me’, and that form of caught with me that he mentioned that.
Tottenham signal James Maddison
“Things like that are so important, building a good relationship with him, with Daniel, speaking to other players, obviously, I know a lot of them anyway, and playing against them for so many years, I feel like I have such a good understanding with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and now I’m part of it, and I have this lovely white shirt on, I’m ready to go.”
Maddison’s move to Spurs is a transfer some eight years in the making, with Tottenham twice having thought of his signature up to now.
Now he has lastly made the swap, the previous Coventry and Norwich midfielder is able to hit the bottom working and impress his new fanbase.
“I’m absolutely thrilled,” he mentioned. “That feeling of being a Spurs player now is something I’m very excited about.
“It feels really good, even putting on the white shirt, the iconic Tottenham shirt, having a look in the mirror… it feels really good. Myself, my agent, my family are all really happy with my decision. As I keep saying, I can’t wait to get going.”