Tottenham Hotspur might 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 severe 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 stress on Postecoglou, regardless of the membership’s present damage disaster, which has resulted in 10 first-team gamers presently being unavailable for choice.
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Tottenham’s subsequent 5 Premier League fixtures |
Date |
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Leicester Metropolis (house) |
January 26 |
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Brentford (away) |
February 2 |
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Man United (house) |
February 16 |
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Ipswich City (house) |
February 22 |
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Man Metropolis (house) |
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, however it seems chairman Daniel Levy is maintaining religion along with his present tactician in the intervening time – factoring of their severe lack of accessible star gamers proper now.
“In the meanwhile, no substantial updates on Ange Postecoglou’s place,” stated Fabrizio Romano earlier this week.
“Let’s examine what occurs within the subsequent few days however accidents are thought-about an enormous subject and one of many the reason why Spurs’ plan is presently not working.”
One factor is for certain, 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 quite than later, it’s reliably believed that the Lilywhites are out there for a brand new centre-back (Gary Jacob).
Udogie is presently out with a hamstring damage as nicely, and this has prompted curiosity in signing Lecce starlet Patrick Dorgu.
Tottenham might hijack Man United talks to signal Patrick Dorgu
The Denmark worldwide, rumoured to command a price ticket of £30 million, is attracting severe curiosity from United, however Spurs might try and hinder their advances.
In response to The Boot Room and journalist Graeme Bailey, Tottenham hijacking Man United’s talks for Dorgu is an actual chance, and hyperlinks to the left-back are nothing new – so this might maintain some substance.
Spurs have been concentrating on Dorgu as a substitute for Udogie since way back to final yr, with the Serie A gem stated to be eager on a transfer to England as nicely. The versatile 20-year-old has began all however certainly one of Lecce’s 21 Serie A matches this time period, making their joint-third highest charge of tackles per 90 while additionally averaging their second-highest variety of pictures per recreation on common (WhoScored).
“He has already had numerous taking part in minutes in Serie A with Lecce, and he has completed actually, rather well,” stated Denmark Below-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.”
