Tottenham prepared to accept £13.1m transfer hit as 'door opens' for defender exit

Tottenham Hotspur could supposedly judge a interest successful the portion of conscionable €15m (£12.8m) for Juventus-linked defender Destiny Udogie.

The Italy planetary has struggled for consistency successful North London implicit the past mates of seasons, acknowledgment successful nary tiny portion to a spate of wounded problems.

Udogie has missed 56 matches for nine and state since arriving astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium successful 2023, and the 23-year-old has made conscionable the 1 Premier League commencement this season, successful the 0-0 gully with Nottingham Forest connected September 5.

Udogie lasted conscionable 61 minutes of that contention earlier picking up different insignificant injury, which ruled him retired of the goalless stalemate with Everton, portion helium was an unused substitute successful the 3-2 nonaccomplishment to Aston Villa earlier the planetary break.

The signing of Premier League and Champions League victor Andrew Robertson has negatively impacted Udogie, who has besides failed to marque an Italy squad since October 2025.

Tottenham prepared to instrumentality Destiny Udogie transportation hit?

The defender remains nether declaration astatine Tottenham until 2030, having signed an hold successful December 2023, but his semipermanent aboriginal is being called into question amid his deficiency of starts.

According to Corriere dello Sport - via JuveFC - Juventus person taken a keen involvement successful Udogie, whom Tottenham person 'opened the door' to selling and are prepared to judge a tiny transportation deed on.

The Lilywhites paid €18m (£15.3m) to motion the left-back from Udinese successful 2022, and helium is present valued astatine €30m (£25.5m), according to Transfermarkt.

However, the study states that £12.8m - a alteration of £2.5m - could beryllium capable to prise Udogie distant from North London, and his 'book value' is present arsenic debased arsenic €7m (£6m) to €9m (£7.7m).

Back successful June, reports claimed that Tottenham wanted £25.9m to merchantability Udogie, but Spurs person dramatically reduced their asking terms by arsenic overmuch arsenic £13.1m.

Udogie has scored 2 goals and acceptable up 5 much successful 99 appearances for Tottenham crossed each competitions and was a cardinal constituent of their 2024-25 Europa League-winning squad, playing the afloat 90 successful each of their past 4 games of the tournament.

Does Destiny Udogie person a aboriginal astatine Tottenham?

After being loaned backmost to Udinese for the 2022-23 season, Udogie instantly cemented himself arsenic a fixture of the Tottenham archetypal XI nether Ange Postecoglou during the Australian's aboriginal success.

Udogie made 28 Premier League starts successful 2023-24, coming up with 2 goals and 3 assists, rapidly playing his mode into a declaration hold that volition instrumentality him up to the property of 27.

However, perpetual fittingness problems person prevented Udogie from keeping that momentum going, and Roberto De Zerbi has frankincense acold favoured Robertson's acquisition and reliability astatine left-back.

The Lilywhites besides person Souza owed to instrumentality from his indebtedness spell astatine Porto adjacent summer, but the Brazilian is inactive lacking successful top-level acquisition and has not adjacent made his debut for the Portuguese giants yet.

Therefore, allowing Udogie to permission successful January - barring an exceptional connection - would beryllium premature connected Tottenham's part, but the 2nd fractional of the existent play could beryllium marque oregon interruption for the defender's Spurs career.