Mourinho's mood is really not very beautiful recently. In the past three Premier League games, he has 1 loss, 1 win and 1 tie, and it seems that it is getting more and more out of reach to catch up to fourth in the league. Mourinho is not satisfied with the current structure of the team's lineup, especially on the defensive end, in the mid-back and midfielder positions, Mourinho hopes to strengthen.
Although Moussa Sissoko has made a comeback and has performed well on the court, Moussa Sissoko believes that only Moussa Sissoko is obviously the defensive midfielder. If it is not enough, another player must be introduced to increase the thickness. Sissoko is 30 years old. If there are too many games without proper rotation, it will inevitably increase the chance of the Frenchman being injured. This has been staged in Tottenham many times, so Mourinho hopes to prevent this from happening again.
According to the latest reports from the French media, Mourinho hopes to introduce midfielder Jonathan Ikone, who is currently playing for Lille. The 22-year-old Icone came from the Grand Paris Youth Training and was rented out to Montpellier. After returning to the team, he could not gain the trust of the coach and was sold to Lille two years ago. Ikone played 36 games for Lille this season, surrendering 4 goals and 7 assists.
The excellent physical fitness of Ikone is not a pure defensive midfielder, but also has good offensive ability, which can be reflected in many Ligue 1 league games. But Mourinho pays more attention to his defensive interception ability, hoping to introduce it to enhance the hardness of the midfield. Icone, wearing the No. 10 jersey in Lille, is a key member of the team. His outstanding performance not only attracted the attention of Mourinho, but also his former club Chelsea.
Lampard has always been dissatisfied with the team's defensive performance in the midfield, but the Chelsea coach hopes to introduce a player who is good at defensive and has a certain offensive performance. Icone undoubtedly fits Lampa Germany’s signing requirements. Lampard hopes that players in the midfielder position will not only do a good job defensively, but also be able to participate in the team's offensive transition, which is different from Mourinho's tactical requirements.
In addition to Chelsea and Tottenham’s intention to introduce Ikone, the Premier League’s Newcastle and Serie A’s Inter are also constantly paying attention to the player’s dynamics. In order to finalize the Ikone transaction as soon as possible, Tottenham have contacted Lille for an inquiry, and the players also intend to leave the French Ligue 1 to land in the Premier League. Lampard established a deep relationship with the then coach Mourinho during his time at Chelsea. Now Lampard has become the coach of the Blues, and Mourinho took over the coach of Tottenham after Manchester United. There were two master-disciples matchups in the league this season, and the last laugh was Lampard. One was 2-0, and the other was 2-1. Lampard led Chelsea to double play at home and away against Mourinho coached Tottenham.
This time the pair of mentors and apprentices are fighting again in the transfer market because of Ikone. Mourinho certainly does not want to lose to the former love player Lampard in the signings. So will try to persuade the players to join. However, it is difficult for Tottenham to get a seat in the Champions League, and Chelsea's hopes are great. This will undoubtedly affect Icone's final choice of next home.
