3 players who can make or break their Tottenham careers before 2024/25 ends | OneFootball

Tottenham are actually at a critical point in their club's history, because the close to this nightmare of a 2024/25 Premier League season will tell us more about which players belong in the club's futures and how the club respons as a whole to this adversity could define the coming seasons.

Champions League football is still very much in play despite Spurs bottom five status in the league table, as they are through to the Europa League semifinals against underdogs Bodo Glimt after dispatching of Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0.

Ange Postecoglou's future at Tottenham may be all but sealed in the negative, but there are a handful of Spurs players who are in more 50/50 situations with regards to their careers in North London. Here are three players, in particular, facing a make-or-break scenario as the 2024/25 season winds down.

CM Yves Bissouma

It's all on the line for Yves Bissouma, who has been a real disappointment for Tottenham since the club paid out 25 million pounds to sign him a few years ago. Bissouma has never asserted himself as a starting-quality player in the Spurs midfield, and in the 2024/25 season, he's pretty much fully transitioned in to the role of a rotational player.

But with the young guns in midfield still working their way up the ladder, Bissouma has been able to make 15 starts this season. He has been poor in the overwhelming majority of them, and whlie starts will be fewer and further between to close the campaign, Bissouma will still get his chances.

And if he doesn't take advantage of them, Tottenham will be looking to move on and clear both his wages and spot in the squad for someone with more technical ability and control of the passing game.

ST Dominic Solanke

Tottenham blew a ton of cash on Dominic Solanke despite his lackluster goal-scoring record, and he, truthfully, hasn't been any better all-around than sticking almost anyone else at the striker position. Solanke has fewer goals than James Maddison and Brennan Johnson in the Premier League this season with just as many goals as Dejan Kululsevski, who has transitioned into more of a box-to-box role.

Solanke isn't working out, and the recent game against Nottingham Forest is further indication that Richarlison has inside track to kicking the English No. 9 back out of North London. Richarlison is actually the same age as Solanke and has a better track record of success in the Premier League, with injury being the main impediment to his success with Spurs.

If Solanke can't finish the season with some goals and gets outplayed or even matched by Richarlison, the 27-year-old forward's spell in North London could just last one season. Tottenham won't be able to recoup his full fee, but they may not even care about that if they don't believe in Solanke.

LW Mathys Tel

It's hard to envision Tottenham opening up their checkbook to spend 60 million euros to make the Mathys Tel transfer from Bayern Munich a permanent one, but it's not impossible to envision that happening either.

That's because Tel is a serious talent, and he's showing it. Even when the team plays badly, like against Wolves and Nottingham Forest, Tel stands out positively. He is adept at dribbling past opponents and willing to create or take shots himself. Tel is a confident, brave player who has above-average technical ability and well above-average athleticism. This sounds a bit trite, but when you watch him on the ball, you can just tell he moves better than the rest of the players on the team.

Tottenham want to keep him. You can just see it. And Tel can force that issue by balling so hard in the final games of the season that Spurs have no choice but to pull the trigger. With Son Heung-min hurt (or something), the job is Tel's to win at this point. And even if Tottenham don't pay up, maybe they can negotiate another year on loan or even a cheaper fee from a Bayern side that is too busy scapegoating its own stars to run their club effectively. Maybe Spurs can fleece them.