Why Tottenham are targeting Clement Lenglet and who else they could sign

Tottenham are regarded as closing in on a mortgage transfer for Barcelona defender Clement Lenglet, although it’s unclear whether or not they’ll finally pull the set off on any deal.

Antonio Conte is eager to strengthen his backline this summer season and has been linked to a complete host of left-footed centre-backs, however offers for high-profile targets resembling Josko Gvardiol and Alessandro Bastoni have proved problematic, with each gamers expressing a need to stay at their present golf equipment till subsequent season and maybe past.

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“Sure, we’ve reached an settlement to increase Simone Inzaghi’s contract”, he added.

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Consequently, they’re exploring different choices, and Lenglet is a kind of.

In a Q&A, Football.London’s Alasdair Gold revealed that one of many benefits of Lenglet was his versatility, however that he’s prone to be a backup possibility ought to Spurs not land their prime targets.

‘He’s versatile and might cowl each the left-sided and central roles in a again three’, he revealed. ‘From what I perceive, the skilled Frenchman could be a back-up possibility if Tottenham really feel they’ll’t get the gamers on the prime of their centre-back want checklist this summer season.’

So who’s their first selection possibility?

Initially of the summer season, it was reported that Spurs had drawn up a four-man shortlist for the left-centre again place. As per The Athletic, these consisted of Bastoni and Gvardiol, in addition to Nico Schlotterbeck and Sven Botman, each of whom have since transferred already this summer season.

This has left Tottenham slightly wanting choices, however one which they’re contemplating is Villareal defender Pau Torres, who has a launch clause within the area of 55m to 60m euros ought to any membership want to signal him.

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It appears, for now, as if Lenglet might be the probably arrival nevertheless.

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Premier League desk

#	Group	MP	D	P
1	AFC Bournemouth	0	0	0
2	Arsenal FC	0	0	0
3	Aston Villa	0	0	0
4	Brentford FC	0	0	0
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	0
6	Chelsea FC	0	0	0
7	Crystal Palace	0	0	0
8	Everton FC	0	0	0
9	Fulham FC	0	0	0
10	Leeds United	0	0	0
11	Leicester Metropolis	0	0	0
12	Liverpool FC	0	0	0
13	Manchester Metropolis	0	0	0
14	Manchester United	0	0	0
15	Newcastle United	0	0	0
16	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0
17	Southampton FC	0	0	0
18	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0
19	West Ham United	0	0	0
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	0

Participant	Group	Targets
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	23
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	23
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	18
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	17
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	16
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	15
Jota, Diogo	Liverpool FC	15
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester Metropolis	15
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace	14
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester Metropolis	13
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	12
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	12
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	12
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	11
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	11
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester Metropolis	11
Richarlison	Everton FC	11
Pukki, Teemu	Norwich Metropolis	11
Raphinha	Leeds United	11
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa	11

Participant	Group	Purple Playing cards	Yellow Playing cards
Mings, Tyrone	Aston Villa	0	11
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	10
Tarkowski, James	Burnley FC	0	11
Firpo, Junior	Leeds United	0	11
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	0	10
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	0	10
Brownhill, Josh	Burnley FC	0	10
Bednarek, Jan	Southampton FC	0	10
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	10
Moreno, Rodrigo	Leeds United	0	9
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	9
Romeu, Oriol	Southampton FC	0	9
Rudiger, Antonio	Chelsea FC	0	9
Mctominay, Scott	Manchester United	0	9
Salisu, Mohammed	Southampton FC	0	8
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	0	8
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	0	8
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	0	7
Richarlison	Everton FC	0	8
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	1	7

Participant	Group	Assists
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	13
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	12
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester Metropolis	11
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	10
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	10
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	10
Robertson, Andy	Liverpool FC	10
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	9
James, Reece	Chelsea FC	9
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	9
Cancelo, Joao	Manchester Metropolis	9
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	8
Jesus, Gabriel	Manchester Metropolis	8
Kulusevski, Dejan	Tottenham Hotspur	8
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	7
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	7
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	7
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	7
Mbeumo, Bryan	Brentford FC	7
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	6