Radu Dragusin. Yonhap News Tottenham Hotspur is close to recruiting a new centre-back.
European transfer market expert Nicolo Skira said on social media on the 31st (Korean time), “Radu Dragusin of Italian Serie A Genoa’s transfer to Tottenham is getting closer. Tottenham is willing to pay 25 million euros (approx. “They offered 36 billion won). Genoa requested 30 million euros (about 42 billion won), but Tottenham is confident of completing the contract,” he said.
Earlier, another expert, Fabrizio Romano, also emphasized, “Tottenham has started negotiations with Genoa. Dragisin has agreed to the transfer and is ready to make a bid.”
Tottenham are reeling from the absence of center backs.
The season started with Mickey van der Pen and Christian Romero, but van der Pen went down due to injury in the 11th round against Chelsea. This is the point at which Tottenham, who had been undefeated in the opening 10 games, began to falter. In addition, Romero was injured in the 18th round against Everton. The remaining center back resource is Eric Dier.
Tottenham is in 5th place with 36 points from 11 wins, 3 draws, and 5 losses. After van der Pen’s injury, he conceded 15 goals in 7 games. In the 19th round against Brighton & Hove Albion, where both Vanderpen and Romero were absent, they had the worst defense, conceding 4 goals.
Tottenham worked diligently for the winter transfer market.
The original target was French Ligue 1 OGC Nice center back Jean-Clair Todibo. However, it is analyzed that a transfer to Tottenham has actually become difficult as Nice owner Jim Ratcliffe recently acquired a 25% stake in Manchester United. Todibo is reportedly pursuing a move to Manchester United.
Romano explained, “The transfer of Todibo is not easy. This is because Nice is delaying the timing of the transfer, and Tottenham wants to join a new center back right away.”
Tottenham immediately turned their attention to the next signing list.
They started recruiting Romanian Dragusin. Dragusin is from Juventus and was loaned to Genoa last summer. He then moved permanently to Genoa last summer. Genoa was promoted to Serie A with Dragusin, and Dragusin also showed strong defense in Serie A.
2023-12-31 10:22:43
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