Tottenham Hotspur are near an settlement to signal Genoa defender Radu Dragusin with Djed Spence provided to the Italian membership on mortgage as a part of the deal.
The Athletic reported on Tuesday final week that Tottenham have been in talks with Genoa over a transfer for Dragusin and they’re now near the switch after lodging a £25million provide, together with add-ons.
Spence returned to Spurs final week after his season-long mortgage deal at Championship membership Leeds United was minimize brief after the full-back was restricted to simply seven Championship appearances after struggling a knee damage.
Signing a central defender was a precedence for Spurs throughout this switch window, with Dragusin thought of alongside Lloyd Kelly, Tosin Adarabioyo and Jean-Clair Todibo as potential choices.
Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero, Spurs’ first-choice centre-backs, have handled accidents and suspensions within the first half of the season, that means head coach Ange Postecoglou has had to make use of full-backs Ben Davies and Emerson Royal out of place. Eric Dier, in the meantime, has fallen out of favour and made solely 4 league appearances this season.
Dragusin has performed each Serie A sport this season for Genoa as they sit twelfth within the desk. The 21-year-old was an integral a part of their crew which gained promotion from Serie A final time period, that includes in all 38 league matches having initially joined on mortgage from Juventus in the summertime of 2022.
Dragusin beforehand had mortgage spells at Sampdoria and Salernitana throughout the 2021-22 marketing campaign, earlier than dropping right down to Serie B final season.
He has been capped 13 instances by Romania and can seemingly characteristic for his nation at Euro 2024, after they secured qualification final 12 months.
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