Tottenham Hotspur are hoping to complete a deal for Radu Dragusin before the transfer window closes.
The North London outfit are looking to bring in defensive reinforcements and they have identified the 21-year-old Genoa defender as a priority target. According to Sacha Tavolieri, they have now been handed a setback in their pursuit of the talented young defender.
Genoa have reportedly rejected a second offer from the Premier League club worth around €25 million plus bonuses. It will be interesting to see if Tottenham come forward with an improved offer in the next few days. They are in desperate need of defensive reinforcements and the 21-year-old would be a quality acquisition.
The Romanian defender has shown his quality in the Italian league and he is certainly good enough to do well in the Premier League as well. Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou could help him develop further and fulfil his potential in the coming seasons.
Italian champions Napoli are keen on signing the 21 year old defender as well, but the deal has not worked out so far because of the player’s image rights issue.
#UPDATE About Radu Dr?gu?in :
???? #Genoa rejected a 2cd offer from #Tottenham of 25M€ + bonus.
??? Radu Dragusin sold his image rights to an external company, which is a NO for #Napoli, who asks all their players to give to the club their image rights.
?? Been told Genoa… https://t.co/lV97cxwU4J pic.twitter.com/IAbnmBGUYb— Sacha Tavolieri (@sachatavolieri) January 7, 2024
Tottenham should look to move quickly in order to wrap up the transfer. Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven are the only reliable central defenders at the club right now. Eric Dier has been linked with an exit as well.
Spurs cannot go through the remainder of the season with just two reliable central defenders and they must do everything in their power to sign the 21-year-old Genoa defender before the window closes.
Pay the fing money they want n get him in this is the levy way cheap nasty signing r done fast but the real signings take ages n then boom the player goes else where we have seen this happen season on season Wake the hell up n get this clown out our club levy is the reason we have falling behind n he will always be the reason maybe he doesn’t take his massive bonus n put it into the transfer kitty as he doesn’t deserve the bonus no one after last year deserves one we need a cb more than a crap winger but crap winger done n dusted more or less look how quick thsn got done so proves he can’t do it pay the fing money it’s not hard