The Spurs boss will throw the 21-year-old, who he has likened to the legendary Socrates, in at the deep end at White Hart Lane. However, he believes the £8million-man is up to the task of performing on the big stage.
"He looks like Socrates- he runs like him and if he can play like him we will be all right," he said.
"He does have that funny running action. There were two top Spanish clubs in for him. "I couldn't get to Brazil with us being in the situation last year where we were trying to finish in the top four, so (chief scout) Ian Broomfield went over.
"We spoke to people in Brazil, we spoke to Dunga and they all said: `You've got a real good one there'. Ian saw him four times and he had no doubts. He raved about him. You don't get into the Brazilian national squad if you're a mug, do you?"
Source: PA
