Tottenham Hotspur, a club with a rich history of developing top-tier talent, may have just made a significant acquisition that has fans and pundits alike drawing comparisons to one of their greatest ever players: Gareth Bale is one of those footballers that nobody could have predicted to one day become a star footballer. With the signing of this young talent, football fans have praised the Spurs for getting this star who has the potential to replicate the hero of the white silk at the club.
Thomas has been getting people’s attention with his turn up speed, trickery and a left boot that looks like a clone of Bale. His journey from where he is to North London has been a combination of sweat, skill, and luck and this SU fixture is a fine example as Bale was a Southampton boy who rose through ranks to stardom.
Similarities on the Field like Gareth
It is not just that the two headlines bring Ryan Thomas and Gareth Bale together; they truly are alike in many ways. Their growth, physical appearances and even style of play have been compared often by observers of hockey. Similar to Bale, Thomas has raw speed, and once the player has received the ball, defenders cannot catch up with him. The cutoff, the Morrations with the way he extends for the wing and sinewaves his left footed shots similar to how it traumatized the English Premier League for years with the magnificent Gareth Bale.
Furthermore, through detailed analysis of Thomas at the youth level playing for Totten crystal palace, one will notice that Thomas has the tendency of scoring crucial goal whenever the team is pressuring him and even at a time when the game was critical especially when he was playing for tottenham’s youth team. He possesses a great ball control on the field and appears rather mature for his age, meaning that he could seamlessly fit into Premier League.
Who is the New Prodigy like Gareth Bale?
Perhaps the most thrilling thing about Thomas’s possible promotion is that he will also get proper guidance at Tottenham. There is also the possibility for the young Welshman to learn from his hero since Gareth Bale himself has returned to the club. Thomas welfare could still be enhanced by the guidance and grooming that could be offered to him by Bale when he returns to Tottenham.
Moreover, similar to previous coaches, the coaching staff of Tottenham will influence the work of Thomas and his ability to develop young talents. As Bale went through a similar process, training, being mentor and gaining match experience, the same apply to Thomas, a potential future Spurs key player.
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The Weight of Expectations
Praising by comparing to Gareth Bale is always sweetness to the ears but at the same time comes with a lot of expectations. The new expectations will therefore be the focus for Ryan Thomas: how to manage it so that one does not control the other? The fans are probably the most passionate and demanding in the English Premier League and the young winger should definitely take it easy and work hard.
Thus, early performances demonstrated that Thomas has the psychological endurance necessary to exist in the public eye. An ordinary man of a humble origin and who understands the need to work hard and smart to get to the top is a man who is willing and prepared for the task of having to do the hard work to get there.
Similarities on the Field
Tottenham can have landed gold with this signing and to think about another Gareth Bale in the making is very exciting for the followers. The road that lies ahea dwill be equally a roller coaster ride but if Thomas stick to the promise his talent holds him, he has all that is need to be the next great Welsh winger to dazzle at the White Hart Lane.
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