The easiest link for a football writer to conjure up this summer will be Victor Wanyama to Tottenham Hotspur, but just why would Mauricio Pochettino want to sign another defensive midfield player.

Even though Spurs need to bolster their squad ahead of a possible long Champions League campaign, more than one football expert is asking the question as to where Wanyama would fit into the way Spurs play.

The problem with signing the Kenyan from Saints for Pochettino would be that in Eric Dier he already has a very good defensive midfielder and if both were played in the same side it would leave Spurs woefully short of attacking flair.

Saints play with two defensive midfielders and are set up that way, but Spurs are different, they rely on their defence holding strong and then using their flair in midfield to good effect.

For a side that relies on getting forward quickly and getting the ball to the feet of Harry Kane, to lose a flair player in the centre and use two essentially stoppers in midfield would drastically change their playing style.

So the footballing world is asking why Pochettino would want to sign Wanyama, a player of his quality would want to be first choice in the Spurs side and would not be content with being back up, but that is what he would likely to be unless the Argentinian manager changes what is a winning formula.

Some are suggesting that Pochettino is after Wanayma, for one reason and that is because he can ! that being the case parallels are being drawn with Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool two years ago when the Irishman forgot what had got him success the previous season and signed all and sundry because he could and in doing so broke up a winning formula.

Spurs fans are of the same opinion judging by several Tottenham websites, the wisdom of spending big on Wanyama is being questioned by the White Hart Lane faithful who see Wanyama as a competent Premier League player but not much more.

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