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title: "Exclusive: Pundit urges Mourinho not sign Joelinton for Tottenham"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Aaron Hindhaugh"
section: "Exclusive"
published: "2021-04-13T20:02:41Z"
modified: "2021-04-13T20:02:41Z"
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# Exclusive: Pundit urges Mourinho not sign Joelinton for Tottenham

**In an exclusive interview with [The Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/), Steve Howey, who made [150 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/steve-howey/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/3138) for Newcastle United, doesn’t think Jose Mourinho should be looking to sign Joelinton, despite his good history in games against Tottenham Hotspur.**

During the fall out from Spurs’ 2-2 draw against Newcastle, Robbie Earle, from NBC Sports, [claimed](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/mourinho-could-worse-tottenham-told-20333843) that Mourinho could do a lot worse than sign Joelinton, who has scored two goals in four games against Spurs.

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Since Joelinton arrived in 2019 for a club-record [£40 million](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49039959), he has scored just eight goals and got seven assists in [70 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joelinton/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/333241), with his best performance coming during that 2-2 draw.

Speaking on Earle’s Joelinton claim and how one performance does not all of a sudden make him a good player, Howey told **The Transfer Tavern**:

*“I’m a bit surprised at his statement. The frustrating thing about Joelinton is he’s six-foot-one and a big strong boy with a good touch, and you see him at times and he shrugs people off the ball, but other times you could just blow him over.*

*“The question is why can’t he do it consistently? As I said, one performance doesn’t all of a sudden mean he should be playing for Tottenham Hotspur.”*

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Spurs suffered another blow to their Champions League hopes as they were swept aside by Manchester United while Chelsea, West Ham and Liverpool all won last weekend.

It was [reported](https://theathletic.com/2508841/2021/04/10/harry-kane-wants-to-leave-tottenham-hotspur-this-summer-but-can-he-really/) last week that Harry Kane will look to ask Daniel Levy for a move away if Spurs fail to qualify for the Champions League this season.