Spurs transfer news: Roberto De Zerbi makes "very complicated" Luca Williams-Barnett admission

Tottenham Hotspur caput manager Roberto De Zerbi has suggested that helium is erring connected the broadside of caution with the improvement of Luca Williams-Barnett.

Spurs instrumentality to enactment against Manchester United connected Saturday evening sitting bottommost of the Premier League table.

The North Londoners had to hold until their 5th crippled against Aston Villa earlier scoring a extremity successful the 2026-27 apical flight.

As a result, a definite level of disapproval has been aimed astatine De Zerbi for the deficiency of opportunities fixed to versatile attacker Williams-Barnett.

Although the 18-year-old was a regular during pre-season and made a 12-minute outing versus Charlton Athletic successful the EFL Cup, helium is yet to diagnostic successful the Premier League.

De Zerbi makes "very complicated" assertion implicit Williams-Barnett

Speaking up of the Man United fixture, De Zerbi hints that the teen is successful his thoughts, but much elder minutes successful the abbreviated word look unlikely.

As quoted by The Standard, the Italian said: "I'm thinking. I'm reasoning due to the fact that he's different peculiar player. But he's precise young, and the absorption of the very, precise young players is precise complicated.

"Because sometimes you privation to beryllium the bully of the players, of you. But you are not doing the bully of the player. But I deliberation helium arrived [at] the infinitesimal erstwhile Luca would play due to the fact that he's special.

He added: "Special talent. Special property also. Because he's arrogant, but arrogant bully for football. Because you person to judge successful yourself. Not forgetting to beryllium humble.

"Anyway, humility, but judge successful yourself, and the close illustration is Luca."

Will Williams-Barnett enactment astatine Spurs?

While the magnitude of the starlet's existent declaration is unclear, Spurs person an involvement successful handing him caller terms.

However, Williams-Barnett volition privation to measurement up his improvement arsenic soon arsenic possible, peculiarly erstwhile featuring for conscionable 65 minutes successful Premier League 2 this campaign.

The playmaker has not featured successful a Premier League squad since the archetypal play of the campaign, but the subordinate himself indispensable besides judge that helium lone turned 18 years of property astatine the commencement of the month.

Unless Williams-Barnett tin marque an interaction from the substitutes' seat implicit the coming months, a indebtedness determination successful January whitethorn marque consciousness for each concerned.