Spurs: Di Marzio drops Botman claim

Gianluca Di Marzio has revealed that Tottenham Hotspur are enthusiastic about a transfer for Sven Botman this summer time.

What’s the discuss?

In a latest article posted on his personal website, the Italian journalist revealed that, regardless of AC Milan being believed to be in superior negotiations for the signing of the LOSC Lille centre-back, Tottenham, Manchester United and Newcastle United are all retaining a really shut eye on the scenario of the 22-year-old forward of a possible transfer of their very own in the summertime switch window.

In his piece, Di Marzio wrote: “Each Tottenham and Manchester United might contest – along with Newcastle – the profile of Sven Botman at Milan – [who is in] negotiations with the Rossoneri. Each golf equipment have a sizeable funds to get to the defender. Even the Rossoneri membership, subsequently, should rigorously monitor the present scenario.”

Overlook Bastoni

Whereas missing out on the signing of Alessandro Bastoni will undoubtedly come as an enormous blow to each Fabio Paratici and Antonio Conte, contemplating simply how spectacular Botman has been for Lille in latest seasons, it’s straightforward to see why the Spurs sporting director might be concentrating on the Netherlands U21 worldwide as an alternative choice to the Inter Milan starlet.

Certainly, over his 25 Ligue 1 appearances in 2021/22, the £27m-rated expertise was in astonishing type, serving to his facet preserve eight clear sheets, in addition to making a median of 1.0 interceptions, 1.0 tackles, 4.5 clearances and profitable 4.0 duels – at successful fee of 66% – per recreation.

The £18k-per-week left-footer additionally impressed in an attacking capability, scoring three objectives and registering one help, along with finishing a median of 53.4 passes, 4.1 lengthy balls and taking 0.6 pictures per fixture.

These returns noticed the participant who Matt Spiro dubbed an “exceptional centre-back talent” common a fairly outstanding SofaScore match ranking of 7.10, rating him as Jocelyn Gourvennec’s best performer within the prime flight of French soccer.

As such, with Botman clearly being an extremely gifted left-footed ball-playing centre-back – to not point out a less expensive possibility at €45m (£38m) than the £54m Bastoni – it might certainly seem as if the Dutch defender can be a improbable different to the Italy worldwide for Paratici and Conte to pursue this summer time.

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