Tottenham linked with Monaco’s #10 : A £44M rated ball-carrying creative

A good fit for De Zerbie?

He’s a left-footed interior attacker who starts wide, often nominally a right-winger, but drifts into half-spaces and central pockets. Excellent movement, combination play, quick progression, vision, and key passing. Strong off-ball work, including pressing and defensive contributions. Good ball-carrying in tight spaces and third-man combinations.

Maghnes is a creative playmaker who unlocks defences with late runs, incisive passes, and positional intelligence. Unselfish, often preferring assists, technically bright, and versatile, RW, AM, hybrid roles who have a high work rate without the ball.

Weaknesses would include not being a great crosser, being limited aerially, and lacking physicality in duels at times. Needs consistency in final-third decisions and technical security under pressure.

However, he thrives in systems emphasising half-space overloads, quick tempo, and synchronised movement rather than pure width or crossing. De Zerbi favours a 4-2-3-1 base that becomes more fluid in possession, sometimes shifting to 3-2-5 or asymmetric shapes, which would fit the bill.

Akliouche’s profile, that of a creative, mobile, press-resistant half-space operator, matches well with De Zerbi’s possession-dominant yet vertical style. He could add technical quality, creativity, and goals/assists to a Spurs attack needing more dynamism. Many scouts and analysts view him as a sensible, high-upside addition for this Spurs setup.