Tottenham kicks Argento’s ass, says “I’m not signing him again!”

It’s bad news for Tottenham fans. The Argentine international midfielder is leaving after being pushed hard by James Maddison and limited in playing time.

The Argentine international midfielder has been struggling to find a place in the starting lineup for James Maddison, and has been linked with a move to Spanish giants Besiktas. They are willing to pay as much as Spurs want for the player.

“Rosselso’s playing time at Tottenham has drastically decreased and he has decided to leave,” Turkiye’s leading newspaper Takbeem reported on Thursday, adding, “Besiktas are looking for a new midfielder. His agent has suggested the option of Rosselso and we are studying it. If it is financially acceptable, we will proceed.”

Rosselso had initially decided to part ways with Tottenham, but after being offered a new contract, he seemed to have second thoughts. But he never lost his focus. He decided to leave Spurs and manager Anzhi Postecoglou, who hadn’t properly valued him, and look for a new destination. He chose to join Besiktas, the 2020-2021 Turkkiye First Division champions and one of Istanbul’s top three clubs.

Rosselso is one of the strangest players that football pundits and fans looking at Tottenham from the outside.

He’s not a starter for the Spurs, and it’s hard to call him a rotation player. He’s just a solid backup with a long bench time. Tottenham played 36 games in the Premier League in the 2023-2024 season, and Rosselso made 21 of them. The problem is that he only started four of them.

His 503 minutes of playing time is the 20th most of any Spurs player. To put it bluntly, he”s not even on the substitutes list.

It”s strange that Rosselso is currently playing for the world champions, Argentina. Rosselso started both of Argentina’s exhibition games in March before being subbed off midway through the second half. Argentina played El Salvador and Costa Rica, and Rosselso left the field in the 26th and 27th minutes of each game. Against El Salvador, he scored a goal.

He is undeniably a key midfielder for Argentina’s national team. In Argentina’s 1-0 win over Brazil in a South American qualifier for the 2026 World Cup on Nov. 21 last year, he started and was subbed off in the 24th minute.

The 28-year-old, born in 1996, has played for his country’s top club Rosario Central, as well as French giants PSG and Spanish giants Real Betis.

He arrived in the summer of 2019 for a total fee of £55 million, or about $90 million, including a loan fee and a transfer fee the following year. Mauricio Pochettino, who was in charge of Tottenham at the time, saw the Argentine technician as the next big 사설토토 thing for Spurs after Erik Lamela.

However, Pochettino was sacked three months after signing him. Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte were unable to use him properly. In the 2021-2022 season, Rosselló joined Villarreal on loan and became a key player in the team’s UEFA Champions League run to the final four.

His manager at the time was Unai Emery, who now manages Aston Villa, and at least Emery and Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni recognized his quality.

However, Postecoglou, who took over at Tottenham last summer, is no different. Postecoglou is using England international James Maddison, who arrived at Spurs around the same time as him. Even though Maddison’s form has plummeted over the past two to three months, Postecoglou has taken the extraordinary step of starting him and then dropping him recently. However, Maddison’s absence hasn’t meant that Rosselso has been left out.

A tired Rosselló was the first to announce his departure, and Tottenham, seeing Maddison’s decline in form, offered him a two-year extension, but he refused to budge.

Besiktas are willing to pay some, if not all, of the 900 million dollars Tottenham paid for him. With one year left on his contract, Spurs will have to listen to any offer.