Tottenham Hotspur have approached Barcelona over signing a highly-rated member of Hansi Flick’s squad, and he can be fairly the addition for Spurs as Ange Postecoglou appears to bolster his ranks in January.
Ange Postecoglou pleads for January signings at Tottenham
Postecoglou has admitted within the construct as much as subsequent month’s switch window, which opens tomorrow, that the Lilywhites are in dire want of extra choices to get them by means of the 2024/2025 marketing campaign.
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Future Udogie suffered a hamstring downside in opposition to Wolves, including to the membership’s harm woes, with Postecoglou lamenting the membership’s lack of ability to rotate and over-reliance on a core group of gamers.
“Yeah, I believe it was a hamstring,” mentioned Postecoglou on Udogie’s present situation after their 2-2 draw with Wolves.
“Once more, like I mentioned, we have been counting on a core group of gamers as a result of we simply have not had the flexibility to rotate so in some unspecified time in the future it was going to meet up with us. Sadly, it caught up with Future.”
Udogie joins Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, Ben Davies, Guglielmo Vicario, Richarlison and Wilson Odobert on the remedy desk, with Rodrigo Bentancur and Djed Spence additionally suspended from motion.
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Tottenham’s subsequent 5 Premier League fixtures |
Date |
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Newcastle United (dwelling) |
January 4 |
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Arsenal (away) |
January 15 |
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Everton (away) |
January 19 |
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Leicester Metropolis (dwelling) |
January 26 |
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Brentford (away) |
February 2 |
This has left Postecoglou with a paper-thin squad forward of their looming clashes with Newcastle United and Arsenal simply after the brand new 12 months, and Tottenham’s head coach is adamant that the membership are working laborious to usher in contemporary choices.
“Within the context of the place we’re at for the time being, I believe it is a crucial one, as a result of if we add what we have to add, and it matches the invoice in what we’re making an attempt to do… our league place isn’t nice, however it’s tremendous tight and we’re not that far off,” mentioned Postecoglou on the January window.
“Like I say, we’re within the semi-final of the Carabao Cup and nonetheless in nice place in Europe and there is the FA Cup. There’s nonetheless all the things to play for for us this 12 months to make it a season the place we are able to have success, however we’d like some assist, the gamers want some assist, extra importantly, and the membership is working actually laborious to attempt to make that occur.”
Tottenham make method to signal Barcelona star Dani Olmo in January
In response to Mundo Deportivo, the north Londoners are actually trying to benefit from the precarious state of affairs regarding Dani Olmo and his future at Barca.
The Spaniard, as issues stand, is free to go away at zero price on January 1 – with Barcelona given till 23:59 tonight to register Olmo in time for the second half of 2024/2025.
Barca have seen a number of appeals to register him rejected, as a consequence of La Liga’s strict wage cap stopping them doing so, and the prospect of him departing with no ties is now turning into increasingly more actual.
This has alerted N17 figureheads, with Tottenham approaching Barcelona over signing Olmo, as they sense an opportunity to seal a mid-season deal for nothing.
The previous RB Leipzig star can be fairly a seize, however Postecoglou’s facet must deal with mounting curiosity within the £149,000-per-week ahead from different elite sides.
