LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27: Ange Postecoglou, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur, looks on prior to the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur at Selhurst Park on October 27, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
Levy has already made Tottenham move for club’s “vital” £34 million star.
Tottenham and chairman Daniel Levy are said to have already moved for one club’s “vital” £34 million player, and it is believed they have a financial advantage over numerous other sides in the race for his signature.
Spurs targeting new centre-back for Postecoglou this summer
Despite already boasting three star senior central defenders in the form of Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Radu Dragusin, Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou is after a fourth as he plots to overhaul the current squad.
Ange outlines Tottenham star as weak link as he eyes “perfect” £55.6m heir
The Australian has decided to sell him.
If you’re saying, ‘Is it an area we can strengthen?’, yes it’s an area we will probably look at”, said Postecoglou on signing another centre-back at Spurs.
“With all these things, it’s about trying to strengthen the group as much as anything else. If you think about when I first arrived, we had maybe six or seven centre-backs at the club. So it’s not just numbers. It’s more about the ability of those players to play the football we want and to fit in to what we’re trying to build here.
“I think it is an area of the park we will look to strengthen, but I think we’ll look to strengthen all areas of the park come the end of the season. That is planning that’s already underway, and other people are in charge of it at the moment.”
Tottenham have been linked with Fulham’s Tosin Adarabioyo, and more marquee options like Everton starlet Jarrad Branthwaite, to bolster their defence. However, a fruitful pool of talent for the club is over in Italy, where Fabio Paratici’s network of contacts has come in handy over the last few years.
Spurs are rumoured to be in the chase for Bologna star Riccardo Calafiori, who has really impressed under Thiago Motta in Serie A and could come at a fairly affordable price. Elsewhere in the division, another attractive Italian centre-half may well be Torino’s Alessandro Buongiorno.
| Alessandro Buongiorno’s best Serie A games for Torino over 2023/2024 | Average match rating (via WhoScored) |
|---|---|
| Genoa 0-0 Torino | 8.49 |
| Lecce 0-1 Torino | 8.47 |
| Torino 3-0 Napoli | 8.37 |
| Salernitana 0-3 Torino | 7.68 |
| Torino 3-0 Atalanta | 7.65 |
The Italian has been exceptional over the last eight months, and even finished 23/24 as Torino’s best-performing player per 90 on average according to WhoScored.
