Tottenham hold talks with Barcelona over Clement Lenglet

Tottenham have made contact with Barcelona over the potential signing of Clement Lenglet, 90min understands.

Spurs are on the hunt for a left-sided centre-back this summer season and had initially focused Italy worldwide Alessandro Bastoni, however it’s now extremely probably that he’ll stay at Inter.

The north London aspect have held talks with Villarreal over Pau Torres up to now, however at present have their sights set on a unique La Liga defender in Lenglet.

The 27-year-old has made 160 appearances for Barcelona and though he made a promising begin to his profession for the Blaugrana, he has since struggled and has fallen out of favour with new head coach Xavi, making simply seven begins in La Liga final season.

90min understands Spurs need to take Lenglet on mortgage, however Barca are hoping to promote him as an alternative to get him off their books.

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Tottenham usually are not the one membership with the France worldwide on their radar, nevertheless. Ligue 1 aspect Marseille, who’ve secured a return to the Champions League, have made an enquiry, whereas Milan are additionally conserving tabs on the scenario after dropping out on long-term goal Sven Botman to Newcastle.

Lenglet’s former membership Sevilla have additionally been supplied his companies, although that is unrelated to Barcelona’s pursuit of Jules Kounde.

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