Tottenham positioned in race for £17m rising star amid doubts about starter

Tottenham Hotspur‘s switch plans for subsequent 12 months are starting to take form as we quick strategy the brand new 12 months, with a “rising star” now on director Johan Lange‘s agenda amid some doubt about an Ange Postecoglou mainstay.

Spurs focusing on new attacker and defender for Postecoglou

In the direction of the latter levels of final week, a report by GiveMeSport shared Spurs chairman Daniel Levy‘s potential switch plans for January – claiming {that a} new attacker and defender are on the agenda in north London.

The Lilywhites’ participation in Europe has stretched Postecoglou’s choices to the naked bones at instances, particularly amid the damage statuses surrounding a number of of the Australian’s squad members.

Spurs announced that Wilson Odobert underwent hamstring surgery over the weekend, with the FA releasing a press release quickly afterward, confirming that midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur is banned for seven domestic games after his feedback made about Son Heung-min in the summertime.

Richarlison is also sidelined and could be out for months, so the necessity for extra choices is turning into fairly evident.

When it comes to attacking gamers they might transfer for within the winter, there are some ideas that Tottenham could look to take Arda Guler on loan from Actual Madrid, with the Turkey worldwide struggling to battle his means into Carlo Ancelotti’s first crew on an everyday sufficient foundation.

“Guler could be a implausible pickup for Tottenham,” stated commentator Ian Darke to Tottenham Information lately.

“He’s an excellent younger participant. He simply can’t get within the Actual Madrid aspect as a result of they’ve acquired Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius Jr and Mbappe.

“He shone on the Euros and he’ll be pissed off that he doesn’t get on the pitch very a lot in any respect. I see Actual Madrid loads. However whether or not they’d let him go in January, I’m unsure. As soon as they clinched the title final season they gave him a run of video games, and he apparently got here up with a flurry of targets. In case you’re speaking about signing some class, he’s positively that.”

There are additionally rumours that Spurs are ready to move for Tariq Lamptey in January, as Pedro Porro’s type has displayed inconsistency, however the Spaniard is not their solely participant going through criticism.

Tottenham place themselves in race for Lucas Chevalier

Certainly, The Boot Room and journalist Graeme Bailey now write that Tottenham have positioned themselves in the race to sign Lille goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier, amid tentative doubts surrounding Guglielmo Vicario.

The Italian has confronted some backlash thus far this time period for his weak point at dealing with nook kicks, and it’s believed Postecoglou’s aspect are being stored conscious of Chevalier as he makes a reputation for himself in Ligue 1.

The value tag for Lille’s primary, who has put in some spectacular Champions League shows, stands at round £17 million – so it’s a deal which might be very doable ought to Spurs choose to go in a special path to Vicario.