Spurs: Paratici interested in Milenkovic

Tottenham Hotspur are one of many golf equipment within the signing of Nikola Milenkovic this summer season.

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That’s in line with a report by La Nazione (through Sport Witness), who declare that, following quite a lot of current reports linking Fabio Paratici with a transfer for the AFC Fiorentina centre-back, Tottenham are certainly retaining a really shut eye on the state of affairs of the 24-year-old – with it being mentioned {that a} decision concerning the Serbia worldwide’s future could possibly be discovered within the subsequent few days.

The report goes on to state that, with I Viola additionally regarded as one of many golf equipment within the signing of Spurs midfielder Giovani Lo Celso this summer season, ought to Paratici launch a €15m (£12.5m) transfer for the defender over the rest of the summer season switch window, this might open the door for Vincenzo Italiano’s facet to submit a proposal for the Argentina worldwide.

Paratici can axe Lo Celso with Milenkovic

With it being properly documented that Lo Celso is surplus to Antonio Conte’s necessities on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium heading into the 2022/23 marketing campaign – with Spurs reportedly making the 26-year-old out there for a determine of €24m (£20m) this summer season – it might very a lot seem as if Paratici could possibly be killing two birds with one stone in a transfer for Milenkovic.

Certainly, the Night Normal’s Dan Kilpatrick lately claimed in a submit on Twitter that, ought to each Japhet Tanganga and Joe Rodon transfer onto pastures new this summer season – with the previous believed to be near a transfer to AC Milan and the latter reported to be nearing a swap to Stade Rennais – the Italian sporting director might want to add a brand new centre-back to Conte’s squad forward of the brand new season.

And, contemplating simply how spectacular Milenkovic was for Fiorentina final season, the £18m-rated defender would seem like one thing an ideal alternative for both Tanganga or Rodon in Conte’s first-team squad.

Certainly, over his 34 Serie A outings in 2021/22, the £74.5k-per-week expertise extremely impressed, serving to Fiorentina maintain 9 clear sheets, along with making a median of 1.6 tackles, 1.1 interceptions, 2.7 clearances and profitable 5.1 duels – at successful charge of 66% – per recreation.

These returns noticed the participant who Dejan Stankovic dubbed “fearless” common an attention grabbing SofaScore match ranking of 7.00, rating him as his membership’s third-best performer within the prime flight of Italian soccer final trip.

As such, with Tottenham very a lot wanting as if they are going to be in want of a brand new centre-back forward of the upcoming marketing campaign, coupled with the actual fact the north London facet are hoping to get the £100k-per-week wages of Lo Celso – who John Wenham dubbed a “disaster” earlier this 12 months – off of their books this summer season, a transfer for Milenkovic would very a lot seem to make a substantial amount of sense for Paratici within the coming days.