Tottenham Hotspur they have been offered a “popular” first division Defense that is also on the radar of the La Liga champions. Barcelonaamid reports that the manager Ange Postecoglou He is interested in strengthening his defensive line.
Ange Postecoglou hints at possible January signings for Tottenham
Postecoglou will look to make amends for his side’s 6-3 home humiliation to Liverpool before Christmas this afternoon, with Spurs traveling to face Nottingham Forest at the City Ground, but Nuno Espirito Santo’s high-flying side also pose no challenge. easy task.
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Forest, under the brief ex-Tottenham manager, have emerged as this season’s surprise team, and there is every reason to believe they could secure a sensational finish to the European places.
Meanwhile, the Spurs are looking to regain any kind of momentum with their injury-plagued squad.
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Tottenham’s next five games in the Premier League |
Date |
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Nottingham Forest (outside) |
December 26 |
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Wolverhampton Wanderers (home) |
December 29 |
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Newcastle United (home) |
January 4 |
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Arsenal (out) |
January 15 |
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Everton (out) |
January 19 |
Postecoglou will be without Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Ben Davies against Forest, leaving the Australian with no option but to partner Radu Dragusin with Archie Gray again at the heart of his backline.
Their lack of depth has been seriously exposed by this plague of injury problems, which has also led to reports that Tottenham are open to signing another central defender in January while trying to strengthen the team.
Postecoglou suggests that the possibility of a new player joining next month is very real, but also insists that there will be no panic buying.
“We have been planning” saying Postecoglou in the January transfer window.
“A lot of it was going to be where we are at the moment. It’s fair to say we’re still a little short in a couple of areas and we need to strengthen. But January is more complicated in terms of what kind of players we get. you can bring. For us, the ideal, for any club, I suppose, is to bring people who make you stronger, I think the fact that, obviously, we are still in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup final, we still have Europe. the FA Cup, we are In all competitions, our schedule is not going to slow down at any point, so I think it makes sense to try to reinforce where and what number we will have to wait and see.
“You don’t want to just panic and bring in someone who you don’t think will help our cause in the second half of the year, but I think we’ve already shown that we’re pretty methodical and prudent in our work. We’ll make sure we bring in someone who will help us.” help.”
Tottenham offered Crystal Palace defender Tyrick Mitchell on a free transfer
While January is a big topic of discussion at the moment, Spurs may have a golden opportunity to sign the Crystal Palace star. tyrick mitchell on a free transfer next summer.
This is stated by The Boot Room, which writes that the Postecoglou team is interested in incorporating an alternative to Destiny Udogie at left back and Tottenham have been offered the chance to sign Mitchell in an agreement with Bosman.
The 25-year-old has held talks over a contract extension at Selhurst Park but they have failed to progress, with Spurs now raising Mitchell as a possibility to add on a free transfer.
In response, the Lilywhites are considering a free deal for the “popular” Palace player, but they face competition from Barcelona, who are also considering signing the Englishman and may reach a preliminary agreement with Mitchell next month.
