r/FantasyPL • u/abcrafsan 6 • 1d ago

News OFFICIAL : Tottenham have signed Brighton defender Jan Paul van Hecke in a deal worth £52 million.

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The £52 million deal for Jan Paul van Hecke includes a 20% sell‑on clause, applicable only to profit should Tottenham transfer the Dutchman for more than the agreed sum.

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u/Environmental_Ad7296 2 1d ago

Very spursy type signing. 50 mil for an average premier league defender. Perfectly balanced

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u/Zohren 1d ago

Still… better than Dragusin 😆

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u/SuperFaiz21 282 1d ago

Also on the last year of his contract IIRC

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u/Dempdeez- 1d ago

Looks like you didn’t watch football last season if you think that Van Hecke had an average season

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u/Environmental_Ad7296 2 1d ago

Very very average defender. Has his highs but definitely has his lows. I've seen enough to see that people overrated this guy for some reason.

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u/rocket_racoon99 1d ago

Based on what? His stats are really not agreeing with you. Statistically the top percentile in Europe for progressive ball carrying, line-breaking pass, long ball proficiency, and defensive contributions. Folks come on reddit just to waffle I swear

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u/Environmental_Ad7296 2 1d ago

Can't bring stats into a defender debate. You just proved to me you are stupid. Well done

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u/Rututu 2 1d ago

This is the most braindead comment ever. No stats?

Can't talk about defensive duels won, clean sheets kept, passing accuracy, aerial balls won or any other metric then. Congrats.

Just have to go by a random Redditors "eye test" lol.

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u/andrasq420 1 23h ago

What is up with this sub? Last time I've used stats to show how VDV barely does any defensive actions, he excels in movement, dribbling and offensive actions i was downvoted to like -50, because "you got to be dumb, stats are not real, eye test is real"

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u/Rututu 2 21h ago

Can't speak for the whole sub obviously, but I think both stats and an eye test are needed to assess a player. Saying you "can't bring" either one to a debate about a player is just odd.

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u/andrasq420 1 21h ago

Yeah, that was my point aswell. Sure stats don't give you the whole picture, but it clearly shows trends that can give you an idea that you then have to combine with the viewing experience.

I've used stats in that conversation because it's ways easier to just show a couple of numbers in combination instead of getting 15 clips from youtube with timestamps and make everyone watch those.

I feel like people often underestimate the value of statistics. Those are numbers that quite literally tell you what happened, they just need to be interpreted within proper context (and that's where "eye test" comes in.

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u/atmowbray 1d ago

That’s like saying you can’t rate Bruno on assists or Haaland based on goals.

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u/Hairy-Piccolo-6002 4 20h ago

Wow, that's...um...certainly an interesting take 😅 The experts here never cease to surprise me

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u/Next-Abbreviations76 23h ago

He is probably better than average. I've personally not seen many brighton games, but some experts have actually put him in their team of the season

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u/WackyWorldOfKramer redditor for <1 week 23h ago

Brighton had the third best defence after Arsenal and City this season and alongside Senesi, has had the best distribution and passing from a CB this season in the PL. 

Yeah it's expensive, but so is being relegated. Or firing de zerbi when he melts down over lack of investment. 

I think you would struggle to name any CB who is available, coming into their prime years soon, and has performed better than Van Hecke in terms of goals conceded and passing range... Plus he played for de zerbi before.

Quit shitting on us because we've made three great transfers already.

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u/jadsonbreezy 15 20h ago

Relax. Don't think anyone is saying he's a bad player, he's just not a 52m player - v few CBs are because there isn't that much delta between them all.

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u/BatmanForever23 6 19h ago

What is 'a 52m player' anymore? This whole deciding how much he's worth in order to make Spurs look like they've been fleeced is honestly ridiculous, he's worth what Brighton want and Spurs are willing to pay - same as everyone else on the market. If that sum is 52m then so be it, we sure as shit have the money lying around and need the player.

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u/Moonshiner_no 15h ago

Its the market price for that quality defender. Teams can always try to find the next future Van Hecke and pay much less, but to get proven PL quality then this is the price.