New Tottenham boss Roberto De Zerbi has been told to bring former Arsenal man Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to the club, by European football expert Andy Brassell.
Spurs find themselves in a mire that Igor Tudor couldn't pull them out of. He joined as interim boss with the club in relegation trouble, and in five Premier League games, he earned just one point, leaving Tottenham a solitary point above the drop zone.
After the departure of Tudor, and though it had been reported he'd said no to the job for now initially, former Brighton manager De Zerbi has been confirmed as the man to take Spurs forwards, joining after he left Marseille.
The Italian boss is on a five-year contract, suggesting Tottenham feel he'll be there for the long run and presumably keeping them in the Premier League.
When it comes to the summer, then, De Zerbi will have a lot of moves to make to ensure his squad can compete, and European football expert Brassell expects him to raid Marseille for a few players.
He said on talkSPORT: "Geronimo Rulli in goal. He's a terrific goalkeeper. He's brilliant with his feet as well, so he's the best of both worlds.
"Okay, he's experienced – he's 33 years old now, but he's got plenty in the tank.
"I think he'll command his box better and hes way better with his feet, as well as in my view being a better shot stopper than Vicario.
"I go for Adrien Rabiot because I think there is someone who I think should have played in the Premier League by now anyway.
"You look at the size of him, the physicality of him. He's developed into such a brilliant player over the last three or four years.
"He always had the talent, but now I think he knows who and what he is, and despite various little ups and downs, he’s been great for Milan this season."
Brassell wants to see Aubameyang at Tottenham
The big move that Brassell wants to see, though, is for former Arsenal striker Aubameyang, who has 42 goals and 21 assists in 86 games over two spells at Marseille, both since leaving England.
Brassell said: "Perhaps a little bit out there for some people, I'd go for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
"He's going to turn 37 in the summer, so it's a short-term signing. It would be for a good time rather than a long time.
"He has been so good since he's left the Premier League. He was a player who would touch the ball like 10-15 times a game and just really defined himself by his pace and his goals.
"Now he’s still got really good pace actually, not quite what it was when he was 29 obviously, but he's still quick enough.
"He's so unbelievably intelligent, he stretches the game by taking the ball down the flanks, he defends really tigerishly. He keeps himself incredibly fit. He scores and creates.
"You look at his assist numbers over the last couple of seasons and they're absolutely brilliant. For me, he would be a better version of what Randal Kolo Muani should have been for Tottenham.
"Even though there’s the Arsenal connection and maybe for that reason Aubameyang wouldn't be open to it.
"But if we’re talking money and affiliation no object I think he’d be a really terrific signing for them."
