Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly near signing one centre-back in January, however one other defender deal is known to be off.
Spurs supervisor Ange Postecoglou has prioritised recruitments on the again, with first-choice centre-backs Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven each at the moment out injured.
The absence of these two gamers has compelled Postecoglou to make use of Ben Davies and Emerson Royal in a makeshift pairing on the again, whereas Eric Dier has additionally featured after being frozen out initially by the Australian supervisor.Â
With the January switch window simply across the nook, Spurs are reportedly near signing Genoa’s Romanian centre-back Radu Dragusin.
“Tottenham are ready to ship first verbal bid for Radu Dragusin after talks opened with Genoa, as revealed final evening,” Fabrizio Romano wrote on X (previously Twitter).
And he added: “Dragusin already stated sure.”
In keeping with the Italian journalist, Spurs are eager to barter a €25 million switch, whereas Genoa are holding out for €30m. Talks are ongoing.
However the information on one other January switch goal is much less optimistic, with a deal for Good defender Jean-Clair Todibo now regarded as unlikely.
“Todibo deal might collapse quickly – as timing with OFC Good can be sluggish and Tottenham need new CB to affix subsequent week,” Romano wrote.
Todibo, who had a brief spell at Barcelona earlier in his profession, has additionally been linked with a transfer to Manchester United.
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