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The centre-back situation at Tottenham is clear – they want their new signing for that position to join next week. They had talks with Nice over Jean-Clair Todibo but at the moment there is no agreement. They don’t want to lose a lot of time, they don’t want to spend too long in negotiations, and so the Todibo deal looks close to collapsing.
Instead, Tottenham have opened talks with Genoa over signing talented young Romanian centre-back Radu Dragusin. He’s been great in Serie A, and Ange Postecoglou really appreciates the player, who has said yes to the move. With the player everything will be okay, and so now it’s about negotiations between the clubs.
Negotiations are ongoing, it’s advancing, everything is going very well, and so the idea is for Dragusin to be the favourite option to strengthen Tottenham at centre-back. The fee is likely to be around €30m, so cheaper than Todibo, and I can also reveal that Barcelona sent scouts multiple times to follow Dragusin, and Newcastle too. Newcastle decided not to invest in that position, while Barca are also not looking to make that kind of investment in January.
And back to Todibo for a moment – I’m sure Todibo remains on Manchester United’s list since last summer and even now; but could he be one for June. Nice want big money now so it looks like a difficult deal.
Mauricio Pochettino has confirmed he will be involved in what will be an important January transfer window for Chelsea. It’s important to mention that it’s not just about signing players, but also selling players.
One to watch will be Ian Maatsen, because he has chances to leave Chelsea this January. We know about interest from Borussia Dortmund, so let’s see what’s going to happen there after he also came close to a move in the summer with Burnley.
It’s a similar situation for Trevoh Chalobah, who rejected a move to Nottingham Forest, but who was also…
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