Tottenham Hotspur have been supplied an opportunity to signal one membership’s “huge identify” participant for supervisor Ange Postecoglou, with the Lilywhites giving a response.
Spurs shifting to make early January signings
Postecoglou has lengthy made public his want for the north Londoners to make early January signings, with the Lilywhites already agreeing private phrases with defender Radu Dragusin of Genoa.
Tottenham are believed to be in talks to signal Dragusin and try to succeed in an settlement. In the meantime, a shock improvement occurred right this moment when Sky journalist Florian Plettenberg broke information of RB Leipzig ahead Timo Werner being on the verge of becoming a member of Spurs.
The German is seemingly able to make the transfer as Postecoglou’s facet transfer shortly in makes an attempt to bolster each their attacking and defensive choices.
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Negotiations look like dragging on.
Different stories recommend that Spurs are eager to make three January signings within the type of a defender, midfielder and ahead, so if strikes for each Dragusin and Werner come to fruition, Tottenham can have ticked each off their to-do checklist simply days after the window’s opening.
Based on journalist Dean Jones, writing for GiveMeSport this week, Spurs have additionally been handed a possibility to signal a “huge identify” participant within the type of Raphinha.
Tottenham supplied Raphinha likelihood from Barcelona
Certainly, as per his data, Raphinha has been pushed in direction of Tottenham, however Jones says it’s a participant provide which Spurs have not chosen to take.
This is not shocking given the current revelations surrounding Werner’s imminent reported transfer to N17, however it’s believed a “related state of affairs” may crop up in regard to Borussia Dortmund’s Donyell Malen.
For the sake of argument, if Raphinha is edged in direction of Spurs once more in the summertime, we consider he may nonetheless be a reasonably fascinating possibility given Werner’s transfer is a six-month mortgage.
Within the occasion Tottenham select to not signal the previous Chelsea star, Barca’s £100,000-per-week different could possibly be a superb option to take Werner’s place given his confirmed Premier League expertise.
The Brazilian was as soon as a star for Leeds, with ex-Spurs boss Tim Sherwood calling him “phenomenal”.
Former Leeds striker Noel Whelan, talking to Soccer Insider in 2021, additionally branded him a “relentless” participant.
“He’s a participant now who constantly has an impact on a recreation, in a constructive method. Even when he’s not on the scoresheet, he can have performed a hand within the aim. He’s relentless,” stated Whelan.
“He will get on the ball, has nice steadiness, could be very dynamic and he takes the sport to the opposition. What impresses me is that he’s not afraid to do the horrible facet. I get increasingly impressed by his value ethic.”