# A Coach's View: How Fernandes Fits The Spurs Midfield

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Podcast: [OhSoSpurs Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ohsospurs-podcast-5999232)
Published: 2026-07-01T06:34:00+00:00
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## Resource

Mateus Fernandes is through the door at £85m, and A Licence Coach JJ is here to walk through what Spurs have actually bought. Two talk tracks: first, the player on the pitch — profile, role in a De Zerbi double pivot, the line-breaking question, the ball-carrying upside, the defensive cover JJ thinks he brings. Then the player at the price — whether £85m is market-realistic or bubble-inflated, and why JJ thinks that question shouldn't decide how you feel about him on the pitch. The headline take of the episode: if you could only have one between Fernandes and Sandro Tonali, who do you take? JJ doesn't dodge it — he lays out the bet-on-the-future / bet-on-the-now framing that gives you the coach's actual decision under uncertainty. Plus: who slots in alongside him, where Bergvall fits now he wants to stay, what this means for Paulinha, and why a seven-for-three midfield isn't outlandish if the right ones leave. A nuanced, considered read of the biggest signing of the window. The Coach's View. #KeepItLilyWhite #OhSo33 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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