Reports have linked Spurs with a move for the Valencia midfielder, but the answer to their midfield problems is much closer to home
France’s Fifa Under-20 World Cup victory in 2013 provided the platform for the affirmation of talented midfield starlet Paul Pogba. The Juventus midfielder was awarded the tournament’s Golden Ball, and a year later he was named the best young player at the senior World Cup in Brazil.
However, while Pogba glided across the pitches in Turkey with characteristic insouciance, it was midfield partner Geoffrey Kondogbia who provided the structure, and arguably had a stronger body of work in that tournament.