Tottenham eye Barcelona defender as move for Bundesliga star deemed unlikely

An replace on Tottenham’s hunt for a centre-back has been offered on Monday.

Tottenham are, in fact, out there for contemporary legs at centre-back this summer time. This comes with Antonio Conte deploying a three-at-the-back system, one thing Spurs didn’t have that a lot expertise with earlier than 2021/22.

Because of this, their squad just isn’t actually set as much as utilise such a system, particularly on the left aspect of a back-three the place left-back Ben Davies is the membership’s solely actual choice.

So, it was not too shocking to see it reported over a month in the past that the Lilywhites are out there for a centre-back or two this summer time.

Ideally, Conte is eager to wrap up Spurs’ summer time enterprise earlier than the July 9 journey to South Korea, though there’s an understanding that it is going to be tough to take action.

The likes of Alessandro Bastoni and Pau Torres have been linked with Spurs during the last six weeks or so, although there seems to be little motion on these fronts.

Now, Tottenham look to have turned their consideration in direction of one other centre-back.

Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo report that Tottenham have made a suggestion to take Barcelona defender Clement Lenglet on mortgage. Spurs have included an choice to purchase the defender however face competitors from Roma, who’ve made a everlasting switch provide.

Stated switch could possibly be accomplished quickly as it’s believed Barcelona are eager to ship Lenglet out this week.

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On a much less optimistic notice, Tottenham’s transfer for RB Leipzig defender Josko Gvardiol seems unlikely to succeed.

In accordance with Croatian outlet Jutarnji, there’s little or no probability of the defender being offered this summer time with Leipzig planning to present him a brand new contract with a launch clause which won’t be energetic till 12 months’ time.

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