Tottenham Hotspur It was shown “popular” Premier League A defender who is also on the radar of the La Liga champions BarcelonaAmidst news that the director Angie Postecoglou He seeks to strengthen his back line.
Ange Postecoglou hints at potential January signings for Tottenham
Postecoglou will be looking to make amends for his side's 6-3 defeat at home to Liverpool before Christmas this afternoon, as Tottenham travel to face Nottingham Forest at the City Ground, but Nuno Espirito Santo's high-flying side are no easy task either.
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Forest, briefly under the former Tottenham boss, have emerged as the surprise team this season – and there is every reason to believe they can secure a thrilling finish in the European places.
Meanwhile, Spurs are looking to regain any sort of momentum with an injury-plagued squad.
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Tottenham's next five matches in the English Premier League |
date |
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Nottingham Forest (A) |
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 (away) |
January 19 |
Postecoglou is set to feature without Micky van de Ven, Christian Romero and Ben Davies against Forest, leaving the Australian with little choice but to partner Radu Dragosin with Archie Gray at the heart of his backline once again.
Their lack of depth has been seriously exposed by this epidemic of injury problems, which has also led to reports of the same Tottenham are open to signing another centre-back in January While trying to strengthen the team.
Postecoglou says the prospect of a new player joining next month is very much a real possibility, but he also insists there will be no panic buying.
“We were planning” He said Postecoglou in the January transfer window.
“A lot of it will be about where we are at around this time. It's fair to say we're still a bit lacking in some areas and we need to step up. But January is more difficult in terms of the kind of support.” Players you can bring. For us, it's ideal – for any club, I think – that you want to bring in people who will make you stronger. I think the fact that we are still in the Carabao Cup semi-finals. The final, he still has Europe, the FA Cup, we are in all competitions, our schedule is not supposed to be easy at any stage so I think it makes sense and we will try to strengthen the place and the number we will have to wait and see.
“You don't want to just panic and bring in anyone that you don't think is going to help our cause in the last half of the year, but I think we've already shown that we're very methodical and careful in our work. We're going to make sure that we bring someone in to help us.”
Tottenham have offered Crystal Palace defender Tyreek Mitchell on a free transfer
While January is a huge topic of discussion at the moment, Tottenham could have a golden opportunity to sign the Crystal Palace star. Tyreek Mitchell On a free transfer next summer.
This is according to The Boot Room, who wrote that Postecoglou's side are keen to bring in a replacement for Destiny Udogie at left-back and Tottenham have been offered the chance to sign Mitchell On the Boseman deal.
The 25-year-old held talks about a contract extension at Selhurst Park, but they have failed to progress, with Tottenham now floating Mitchell as a possibility to bring in at no cost.
In response, the Lilywhites are considering a free transfer for…common“Palace player, but they face competition from Barcelona, who are also looking to sign the Englishman and are able to agree a pre-contract with Mitchell as early as next month.