Tottenham transfer news: Ange Postecoglou's side 'in four-way battle' for £31.5m centre-back

Tottenham Hotspur person reportedly joined the contention to motion AC Milan defender and ex-Chelsea antheral Fikayo Tomori arsenic Ange Postecoglou seeks solutions to his side's antiaircraft crisis.

The Lilywhites person been forced to header without first-choice centre-backs Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero for the full festive play owed to the hamstring issues that they sustained successful the 4-3 nonaccomplishment to Chelsea successful December.

In addition, Ben Davies has suffered a setback successful his betterment from his ain hamstring injury, which volition render him unavailable for different mates of weeks, and Spurs person slipped into the bottommost fractional of the Premier League table acknowledgment successful nary tiny portion to their ravaged rearguard.

At present, Postecoglou has nary prime but to deploy 18-year-old Archie Gray arsenic a makeshift centre-back alongside Radu Dragusin, though chap teen Alfie Dorrington is different option.

All of Davies, Van de Ven and Romero should beryllium backmost astatine immoderate constituent this month, but Daniel Levy is facing incessant calls from supporters to get his chequebook retired and reenforce his team's defence this winter.

Tottenham 'in four-team battle' to motion Tomori

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Those pleas whitethorn not autumn connected deaf ears, arsenic talkSPORT claims that Tottenham are present 1 of 4 Premier League teams successful the moving to motion Tomori from AC Milan during the January window.

The 27-year-old was antecedently a mainstay of the Rossoneri defence but has mislaid his presumption arsenic an undisputed starter this season, lone playing 13 minutes of Serie A shot since the November planetary break.

Tomori's concern has supposedly enactment some Tottenham and Newcastle United connected reddish alert, portion Brentford and West Ham United are besides showing involvement successful bringing him backmost to the Premier League.

Spurs would beryllium astatine the contiguous vantage of being capable to connection Tomori Europa League shot close away, but Newcastle are genuine contenders for a spot successful the 2025-26 Champions League, sitting conscionable 3 points shy of the apical four.

The Canada-born England planetary made conscionable 17 appearances successful the Premier League with Chelsea earlier joining Milan, wherever helium is nether declaration until the summertime of 2027.

How overmuch should Tottenham expect to wage for Tomori?

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Milan are hopeful of making a tiny nett connected the €35.3m (£29.3m) they paid Chelsea for Tomori successful 2021, and a abstracted report has claimed that they could clasp retired for a interest of €38m (£31.5m) this month.

However, if that interest proves excessively steep for funny parties, the Italian giants volition supposedly beryllium unfastened to offers person to the €35m (£29m) mark, by nary means unaffordable for a nine of Spurs' stature.

The Lilywhites are besides rumoured to beryllium tracking the progress of Lens defender Abdukodir Khusanov, but different reported people - Paris Saint-Germain's Milan Skriniar - is purportedly successful talks with different European giant.

Tottenham play their archetypal Premier League crippled of 2025 astatine location to Newcastle connected Saturday lunchtime, wherever a triumph would assistance them supra Brighton & Hove Albion into the apical fractional of the table.

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