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Rodrigo Bentancur's capacity to drive Tottenham forward from midfield makes him an uncommon ability in the present game, as per Gus Poyet.
The previous Spurs star, who himself was a touch hand in conveying the ball from profound, has made sense of what makes the January marking from Juventus a critical resource in Antonio Conte's side.
Presently the chief of the Greek public group, Poyet uncovered that he even attempted to sign Bentancur before in his vocation.
"For you all to comprehend, when he was 19, 20 [years old], Rodrigo was at Boca Juniors," he told the club site.
"I watched him when I was at Real Betis [in 2016] and I needed to take him. I asked, however, he couldn't go. In this way, I had him on my radar five or six a long time back.
"Two things are significant here. One, he would have rather not been agreeable in Uruguay, and faced a challenge, crossing the waterway from Uruguay to join Boca Juniors. Two, when he got into Juventus, how he might interpret wellness and what he expected to get to the next level... went to another level.
"There was a second when individuals couldn't say whether he planned to play, but we saw this Juventus group and he was generally in it - with each chief.
"He has the responsibility, the specialized capacity, he gets the game. I'm so intrigued with him, particularly the way in which he drives with the ball. He's certain, he will get the ball and run meters with it.
"That is something that we've lost in football since everybody needs to play two contacts, positional, control, and pass. He gets the ball, and he will drive with the ball."
Poyet portrayed his pleasure at individual Uruguayan product Bentancur transforming the English game.
"I'm satisfied, too, to see an Uruguayan in the Premier League," he proceeded. "That is great as far as we're concerned. His covers are staggering, at 24. I got 30 in my entire profession!
"Think now, at 24, he will be in his prime, sufficiently experienced, yet youthful. The following several years will be astounding for him, and for Tottenham."
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