Tottenham Hotspur are pushing towards a deal for Genoa defender Radu Dragusin as the transfer window moves just hours away.
It’s no great secret that Tottenham need to add another centre back in the January transfer window.
Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven are both out injured right now, exposing Tottenham’s lack of depth at the back.
Signing at least one centre back is an absolute must for Tottenham and a new signing now appears to be moving closer…
Tottenham Hotspur move in for Genoa defender Radu Dragusin
Fabrizio Romano now reports that Tottenham are pushing to sign Genoa centre back Radu Dragusin.
Romano claims on YouTube that Tottenham are set to send an official bid for Dragusin after opening talks for the Romanian on Friday.
It’s stated that Dragusin has already accepted a move to Tottenham and he has the backing of boss Ange PostecoglouFabrizio Romano claims ‘fast’ Barcelona now nearing Spurs transfer after Postecoglou decision.
The Australian allegedly feels that Dragusin ‘could be perfect’ for Tottenham’s back line as he enters a second transfer window as Spurs boss.
Romano adds that the deal is ‘advancing’ and ‘going very well’ with an expectation of a €30million (£26million) deal being agreed.
Barcelona are thought to have scouted Dragusin on a number of occasions but can’t do a January deal, giving Spurs the window of opportunity to strike.
“Tottenham, exclusive information from yesterday night, opened official talks with Genoa and are preparing an official bid for Radu Dragusin, the Romanian centre back who is doing great in Serie A,” said Romano. “He’s a player who already said yes to Tottenham’s project, Ange Postecoglou already said yes to the player, he appreciates Dragusin, he believes that Dragusin could be perfect for Tottenham’s project.”
“Now the negotiation is club-to-club because everything with the player will be okay. Now, Genoa and Tottenham are in negotiations and the fee is going to be around €30million. The negotiation is advancing, everything is going very well, and so the idea is for Dragusin to be the favourite at centre back for Tottenham’s project.”
“What we can say is that also Barcelona sent their scouts multiple times to watch Radu Dragusin, in September, October and November, and Newcastle too, but Newcastle decided not to invest big money in that position at the moment, not on Dragusin at least, and Barcelona will not do that kind of investment in the January window,” he added.
Why do Tottenham want Dragusin?
One of the key aspects with Dragusin is that he is right-footed but has played many games as a left-sided centre back.
That means Postecoglou can be comfortable with using Dragusin as cover for both Romero and Van de Ven, rather than just one.
The 21-year-old is a major physical presence at 6ft 3in tall and he has shown a very aggressive style of defending.
Dragusin wants to be on the front foot as a centre back and there are parallels to Romero, who was also on the books at Juventus and Genoa like Dragusin.
Dragusin has the recovery speed – having been described as ‘fast’ by Giorgio Chiellini – and athleticism of Van de Ven with shades of the aggression and ball-playing ability we see from Romero.
There is still plenty of developing for Dragusin to do over the coming years but we can certainly understand Tottenham’s thinking here as Postecoglou seeks to add defensive depth early into the window.
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