Tottenham Transfer Talk on Friday 12th November
Tottenham Transfer Talk on Friday 12th November
Hello happy Spurs folk, a quick round up post while I put together a new project I'm working on.
It will be interesting to see selection after the international break and some players, like Harry Winks, will have been at Spurs training and getting fitter under Antonio Conte and his three fitness coaches.
International players will be tired perhaps, Skipp has a ban for some of his stupid yellow cards so there is a conundrum to solve. Will Winks get an opportunity or will he have to wait for a European game or remain on the bench?
It's not all change on the transfer hunt, we will still be viewing Italy as a major market for us with the knowledge of both Fabio Paratici and Antonio Conte now.
Xavi Simons
Spurs are monitoring the progress Dutch 18-year-old (19 next April) PSG midfielder Xavi Simons.PSG keep losing young talent as there is no path to the first team for them and his contract expires in June 2022.
He is a right-footed central midfielder who was with CD Tháder Rojales (2008-2010), FC Barcelona (2010-2019) and has played for Netherlands U-19's twice.
His agent is Mino Raiola and he had won the Ballon d'Or for the best youth player four times when he was just 17.
Barcelona did not want to make an exception for Simons, so Raiola struck a deal with PSG and Simons moved in July 2019.
This guy is a bit special, he is expected to develop into a major star so securing and developing him would be brilliant for Spurs.
Mattjs de Ligt
There is plenty of talk in Italy of Mattjs de Ligt leaving Juventus next summer and Tottenham through Fabio Paratici being very interested.
However, Chelsea are being reported as willing to offer €120m (£101.16m - US$139.04m - AUS$185.14m) for his services.
That would surely rule us out.
Dejan Kulusevski
Dejan Kulusevski was one of the 'made in Paratici' hits of the season before the sporting director left for London to hold the same position at Tottenham.
Paratici is again be on the trail of the Swede to deliver an offensive winger to Nuno Espirito Santo, with, to my eyes, Steven Bergwijn and Lucas Moura both not looking up to the level Spurs require.
Weston McKennie
Tottenham made a loan with no obligation to buy offer to Juventus in August for USA midfielder Weston McKennie.
That offer was turned down by Juve as they wanted an outright sale.
That is still their stance, they want midfield reinforcements and need to clear McKennie out but they also want the money so will only entertain a loan if it has an obligation to buy.
Juventus wanted £30m for him in the summer so Paratici will be seeking a lower figure in January or next summer, depending on when we can shift non-homegrown players to make way for him.
Andrea Belotti
Torino boss Ivan Juric announced Andrea Belotti will not sign a new deal and will therefore be a free agent in the summer.The forward has struggled with injuries and scored only once in six appearances for the Serie A club this season – having been involved in 20 goals in 36 games last season.
The 27-year-old featured for Italy during Euro 2020 and has collected 39 senior caps for the Azzurri over the past five years.
Mauro Icardi
Mauro Icardi wants to leave Paris Saint-Germain.The 28-year-old striker is struggling for game time at PSG since Lionel Messi joined, he has been relegated to the bench, starting just six of PSG’s 15 games.
Manor Solomon
Tottenham have asked about Shakhtar Donetsk forward Manor Solomon.The 22-year-old has been scored 20 goals and registered 9 assists in 97 appearances.
Arthur Cabral
Tottenham have been scouting 23-year-old Brazilian forward Arthur Cabral.Rodrigo Varanda
Spurs have reportedly expressed an interest in making an audacious move for Corinthians youngster Rodrigo Varanda.The 18-year-old (19 next January)has already made 10 appearances for São Bernardo Futebol Clube (SP) where he is on loan for the season, scoring once and setting up another in the Paulistão A1 - Primeira fase.
The teenager, whose deal with the Brazilian outfit is due to expire in 2024, not in January as reported elsewhere, is understood to be attracting interest from Europe.
Spurs have had discussions over a possible move to North London, an £8.5m deal.
The Brazilian plays as a second striker at and has made 10 appearances for them.
According to Tuttosport, Spurs are still at the head of the queue to sign 21-year-old (22 next July) versatile attacker Mikkel Damsgaard.
Mikkel Damsgaard
Currently with Serie A side Sampdoria, the Danish international (13 caps, 4 goals, 7 assists) left-winger has played 552 minutes and not scored a goal or had an assist across his 8 games.
Damsgaard has had 11 shots, 2 on target (18.2%) and a dribbling success rate (14/19) of 73.7% this season.
Tottenham Hotspur have reportedly joined West Ham United in the race to sign 27-year-old (28 next May) Genk striker Paul Onuachu.
Tottenham Hotspur are interested in 18-year-old Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz. [BILD]
Paul Onuachu
That is what the reports are saying which suggests he is being scouted and considered.
The Genk hitman, a giant at 6ft 7in, hasn't scored in 5 games but has scored 9 goals in 11 league games after scoring 29 goals in 33 games last season.
He has had 40 shots so far this season with 55% being on target.
Genk were asking £22.02m (€26m - US$30.38m - AUS$40.32m) for him last summer.
Last season in the Belgian League Onuachu was:
- 1st for goals (29)
- 1st for goals per 90 minutes (1.01)
- 1st for goals and assists (31)
- 1st for goals and assists per 90 minutes (1.08)
- 1st for penalties scored (8)
- 1st for non-penalty goals (21)
- 1st for non-penalty goals per 90 minutes (0.73)
- 1st for shots on target (48)
This season Onuachu has scored 3 of the 5 penalties (1st) Genk have been awarded and had 22 shots on target (1st).
Spurs remain strongly interested in striker Dušan Vlahović (Fiorentina) who has just scored his second hat-trick of the season and free agent in the summer Franck Kessié (AC Milan).
Indeed plenty of talk that we are securing the services of free agent Kessié for £165,000-a-week in the Italian press. He has told Spurs he'll sign but, yes there is a but, Barcelona are interested so nothing is set in stone yet.
André Onana
A player I suggested in the summer, after his ban for drugs was André Onana and so it comes to pass that we are now interested in him if reports are to be believed and why wouldn't they, he's a quality keeper.
We have signed a replacement for Lloris, initially on loan, but Antonio Conte may have other ideas.
Onana was given a 12 month ban, reduced to 9 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
The 25-year-old (26 next April) Cameroon international has resumed training with Ajax and is available for selection.
His contract ends this summer so he will be a free agent.
Other free agents available in the summer include:
Right-Back
César Azpilicueta - 32 (33 next August) - Right-Back
Juan Cuadrado - 33 (34 next May) Juventus - Right-Back
Centre-Back
Antonio Rüdiger - 28 (29 next March) Chelsea - Centre-Back
Andreas Christensen - 25 (26 next April) Chelsea - Centre-Back
Niklas Süle - 26 (27 next September) Bayern Munich - Centre-Back
Alessio Romagnoli - 26 (27 in January) AC Milan - Centre-Back - left-footed, but wants to stay at AC Milan and is negotiating an extension without his agent Mino Raiola as his relationship with the Italian club is still tense after Gigio Donnarumma’s exit on a free to PSG. Romagnoli is happy to take a pay cut from his €6m salary, Milan are offering €3.5m, he wants at least €4.5m.
Simon Kjaer - 32 (33 next March) AC Milan - Centre-Back
Left-Back
Marcelo - 33 (34 next May) Real Madrid - Left-Back
Defensive Midfield
Marcelo Brozović - 28 (29 this month) Inter Milan - Defensive Midfield - is always being linked with Spurs and has been again but he wants to stay at Inter Milan so I'm sure they will come to an agreement and he will sign a new contract.
Central Midfield
Paul Pogba - 28 (29 next March) Manchester United - Central Midfield
Corentin Toliso - 27 (28 next August) Bayern Munich - Central Midfield
Luka Modrić - 36 (37 next September) Real Madrid - Central Midfield
Right Wing
Federico Bernardeschi - 27 (28 next Feb) Juventus - Right Wing
Ousmane Dembélé - 24 (25 next May) Barcelona - Right Wing
Ángel Di María - 33 (34 next February) PSG - Right Wing
Gareth Bale - 32 (33 next July) Real Madrid - Right Wing - could we see him back for a third time in January? He has been injured again so would he be fit, no point taking him on loan if we have to get him fit before he can play.
Attacking Midfield
Jesse Lingard - 28 (29 in December) Manchester United - Attacking Midfield
Isco - 29 (30 next April) Real Madrid - Attacking Midfield
Left Midfield
Ivan Perišić - 32 (33 next February) Inter Milan - Left Midfield
Left Wing
Lorenzo Insigne - 30 (31 next June) Napoli - Left Wing
Second Striker
Paulo Dybala - 27 (28 next March) Juventus - Second Striker - Juventus want him to stay, he wants to stay.
Striker
Kylian Mbappé - 22 (23 in December) PSG - Striker - Real Madrid have been talking to him for 3 years now.
Alexandre Lacazette - 30 (31 next May) Arsenal - Striker
Luis Suárez - 34 (35 next January) Atlético Madrid - StrikerWell that's it for this morning's offering folks.
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These are always very interesting :-)
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