The New Ledley?

Written by Joe Austin for FootballFancast.com: In the last few months, Harry Redknapp
has bemoaned having to work on a small wage budget. He has said that
limited money for player’s wages has prevented him from signing top
players. Looking through the Tottenham
squad, there are a few injury-prone players that rarely feature in the
side, on high wages. Releasing Woodgate and King could free up some
money, but do Tottenham have enough defenders to do this?
They would be left with central defenders Gallas, Dawson, Kaboul and Bassong. Of these, I see Kaboul as the man to take Tottenham to the top in the future.
There is a touch of the Gareth Bale to Younes Kaboul’s
story. Kaboul came to Tottenham from Auxerre in 2007. He was young but
showed he had raw ability. Due to the injuries of Dawson and King he
started playing regularly in the first team. Just like Bale, Kaboul was
not quite ready for this exposure, and made mistakes which affected his
confidence. In doing so, Kaboul created many doubters in his
potential. However, after a few seasons out of the limelight, Kaboul
seems to have matured. He looks assured and confident and has played
well this season.
Kaboul has been absent with a hip injury since January, but should be
back to full fitness in the next few weeks. To some extent, the jury
is still out on Kaboul, but personally I think he will develop into a
very good player. Watching him at White Hart Lane against Inter Milan
earlier this season, I was hugely impressed with him. He is remarkably
quick and agile for such a big defender and teamed up impressively with
the experienced William Gallas.
He is good in the air, being strong and tall. He also weighs in with
his fair share of goals, including the winner against Arsenal in
November, lovely.

In his early Tottenham career Kaboul was prone to lapses in
concentration. His mistakes against West Ham and Birmingham cost
Tottenham points in 2007. This lack of composure resurfaced earlier
this year. He head-butted Newcastle’s Cheik Tiote and was sent off,
luckily it did not cost Tottenham points that day. However, in general,
he has shown signs of maturity in recent months, his time at Portsmouth
with Tony Adams has clearly benefited him.
He is as strong as anyone in the league and is one of the quickest
defenders. With attributes likes this, he can be a top class defender.
He probably still needs to work on his technique, and on his
positioning, but if he continues to improve like he has done in the last
year I think Tottenham will have a serious defender on their hands.
For the time being, Gallas and Dawson are a good partnership. But
there is no reason why Kaboul cannot overtake Dawson, who still makes
silly errors, in the next few years.
Tottenham would lack experience without the likes of King and
Woodgate, especially as Gallas will be 34 next year and might play less.
So maybe this summer is too soon to offload both but I don’t think
Woodgate has a future at White Hart Lane. As for Dawson, he will need
to rise to the challenge of leading the defence in future years, while
Bassong must continue to improve. But my guess is that Kaboul will be
running the show for Tottenham before too long.
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i agree with that, cant wait for kaboul to be fit, sooner the better, class.

I have to admit that Kaboul surprised me with his play before he got injured but I still believe that Dawson is the better and more reliable CD and he had a very good game for England against Wales at the weekend. However it's great to have both of them.

Mikey M