Tottenham Hotspur may transfer to spoil Manchester United‘s makes an attempt to herald a brand new defender for Ruben Amorim, with the under-pressure Ange Postecoglou going through critical backline problems with his personal.
Ange Postecoglou going through requires sack amid Tottenham kind
Spurs have slipped to fifteenth within the Premier League desk, and are nearer to the relegation zone than they’re to the European qualification locations.
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This has piled strain on Postecoglou, regardless of the membership’s present harm disaster, which has resulted in 10 first-team gamers at present being unavailable for choice.
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Tottenham’s subsequent 5 Premier League fixtures |
Date |
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Leicester Metropolis (dwelling) |
January 26 |
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Brentford (away) |
February 2 |
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Man United (dwelling) |
February 16 |
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Ipswich City (dwelling) |
February 22 |
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Man Metropolis (dwelling) |
February 26 |
Guglielmo Vicario, Future Udogie, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Yves Bissouma, Rodrigo Bentancur, Timo Werner, Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert and striker Dominic Solanke all missed their 3-2 defeat at Everton final weekend, however there are nonetheless actual query marks round Postecoglou.
Spurs have misplaced 12 Premier League video games already, which hasn’t occurred at this stage of a season for many years, nevertheless it seems chairman Daniel Levy is conserving religion together with his present tactician in the intervening time – factoring of their critical lack of obtainable star gamers proper now.
“For the time being, no substantial updates on Ange Postecoglou’s place,” stated Fabrizio Romano earlier this week.
“Let’s have a look at what occurs within the subsequent few days however accidents are thought of a large concern and one of many the reason why Spurs’ plan is at present not working.”
One factor is definite, although – Postecoglou wants new signings by way of the door earlier than deadline day on February 3.
Spurs seem badly in want of a brand new defender, and have been for some time contemplating van de Ven and Cristian Romero’s absences. Whereas the duo are anticipated to return sooner moderately than later, it’s reliably believed that the Lilywhites are out there for a brand new centre-back (Gary Jacob).
Udogie is at present out with a hamstring harm as properly, and this has prompted curiosity in signing Lecce starlet Patrick Dorgu.
Tottenham may hijack Man United talks to signal Patrick Dorgu
The Denmark worldwide, rumoured to command a price ticket of £30 million, is attracting critical curiosity from United, however Spurs may try and hinder their advances.
In line with The Boot Room and journalist Graeme Bailey, Tottenham hijacking Man United’s talks for Dorgu is a real possibility, and hyperlinks to the left-back are nothing new – so this might maintain some substance.
Spurs have been targeting Dorgu as an alternative to Udogie since way back to final yr, with the Serie A gem stated to be eager on a transfer to England as properly. The versatile 20-year-old has began all however one in every of Lecce’s 21 Serie A matches this time period, making their joint-third highest price of tackles per 90 while additionally averaging their second-highest variety of photographs per sport on common (WhoScored).
“He has already had quite a lot of taking part in minutes in Serie A with Lecce, and he has carried out actually, very well,” stated Denmark Underneath-21s coach Steffen Højer to daring.dk.
“What’s particular about him is that he’s a quiet and calm man, however issues are simply extremely pure for him on a soccer pitch.”
