Spurs chase 6ft 7in Fazio replacement
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It seems to me that the Federico Fazio deal will go ahead if the Saido Berahino deal goes ahead, one is a sweetener for the other giving he is being sold at a cheap price.
The deals may be separate but there will no doubt be an understanding that if we let WBA have Fazio for just £5-million, then either the add-on portion for Berahino will be greater or the fee comes down. Most transfers quote a total fee though and not how much the add-ons are so finding pit may take some digging.
If Fazio does go then Spurs will be left with the four main central defenders. One of them, Eric Dier, is at the moment being played as a defensive midfielder, whether that is until we buy another or whether we now see that as his long term position we'll have to wait and see.
That leaves us with Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld and Kevin Wimmer so we'll need to add another centre-back to the squad. There have been calls to promote 10-year-old (20 in September) Serbian Miloš Veljković but he was going to go on loan to Leeds United which demonstrates the level he is at, he needs another year of regular football before he can even be considered a back-up option at centre-back for us.
News from Italy via TMW suggests Spurs and Southampton are chasing 23-year-old (24 next August) Danish international Jannik Verstergaard. He has been linked with Newcastle United and a £7-million (€9.86m) move by Everton has also been reported.
A while ago I penned an article about how we were increasing the height of our central defenders to strengthen us in the air and this Dane stands 1.99m (6ft 6 1/2in) tall so it does clearly look like we have decided we need at least one very tall centre-back, presumably for games where there is a certain threat. The trouble is they can be slow on the ground and Fazio couldn't handle Benteke when we played Villa.
Just an enquiry at this stage and nothing definite but any offer will be in the knowledge we know what is happening with the Fazio and Berahino situations.
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The deals may be separate but there will no doubt be an understanding that if we let WBA have Fazio for just £5-million, then either the add-on portion for Berahino will be greater or the fee comes down. Most transfers quote a total fee though and not how much the add-ons are so finding pit may take some digging.
If Fazio does go then Spurs will be left with the four main central defenders. One of them, Eric Dier, is at the moment being played as a defensive midfielder, whether that is until we buy another or whether we now see that as his long term position we'll have to wait and see.
That leaves us with Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld and Kevin Wimmer so we'll need to add another centre-back to the squad. There have been calls to promote 10-year-old (20 in September) Serbian Miloš Veljković but he was going to go on loan to Leeds United which demonstrates the level he is at, he needs another year of regular football before he can even be considered a back-up option at centre-back for us.
News from Italy via TMW suggests Spurs and Southampton are chasing 23-year-old (24 next August) Danish international Jannik Verstergaard. He has been linked with Newcastle United and a £7-million (€9.86m) move by Everton has also been reported.
A while ago I penned an article about how we were increasing the height of our central defenders to strengthen us in the air and this Dane stands 1.99m (6ft 6 1/2in) tall so it does clearly look like we have decided we need at least one very tall centre-back, presumably for games where there is a certain threat. The trouble is they can be slow on the ground and Fazio couldn't handle Benteke when we played Villa.
Just an enquiry at this stage and nothing definite but any offer will be in the knowledge we know what is happening with the Fazio and Berahino situations.
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