Tottenham Hotspur have been tipped to bolster their ranks in January, and it’s now believed that one participant particularly can be in favour of a change to north London subsequent month.
Tottenham attain Carabao Cup semi-finals after 4-3 Man United thriller
Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou was a really relieved man after his facet scraped into the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup on Thursday evening, with the Lilywhites beating Man United 4-3 in an exhilarating conflict on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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Summer time signing Dominic Solanke confirmed precisely why Daniel Levy gave the green-light for his £65 million switch, because the striker bagged a powerful brace with two wonderful finishes previous Altay Bayindir within the Purple Devils purpose.
The ex-Bournemouth talisman wasn’t their solely standout performer on a memorable evening for Spurs, with this season’s famous person Dejan Kulusevski additionally getting on the scoresheet simply after half-time and all however cementing their place within the subsequent spherical.
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Postecoglou was given a significant scare when United introduced it again to 3-2, courtesy of two main errors from goalkeeper Fraser Forster, however Son Heung-min gave them some much-needed respiration room on 88 minutes together with his first and Tottenham’s fourth of the sport.
Veteran Jonny Evans grabbed a really late comfort for United, but it surely was too little, too late, with Spurs now set to face Premier League leaders Liverpool over two legs to find out who will make it to the ultimate at Wembley subsequent yr.
“We performed so nicely, nicely answerable for the sport,” stated Postecoglou on Tottenham’s 4-3 win over United, reflecting on the 2 errors which made issues that bit extra nervy.
“It’s the best way our season has gone a bit of bit, we self-inflicted some ache on ourselves, after which we needed to scramble to get a foothold once more. Ended up getting a fourth and profitable the sport. It ought to have been much more comfy than it ended up being, however having stated that, I nonetheless can’t get away from the actual fact this group of gamers is doing an unbelievable job in the intervening time to get us by way of this. The very fact we once more scored 4 objectives and performed some excellent soccer. We bought drained within the second half as a result of we now have a small variety of gamers we preserve placing on the market.
“Clearly made it tighter than the sport ought to have been. So happy with the gamers efforts.”
Nicolo Fagioli can be eager to affix Tottenham from Juventus
Within the background, technical director Johan Lange and the Spurs recruitment staff are considering of how to probably again Postecoglou with recent faces subsequent month.
Some stories have beforehand advised that Tottenham might be provided the possibility to Nicolo Fagioli from Juventus in January, with the Italy worldwide’s brokers scouring for potential touchdown spots amid his lack of sport time in Turin.
Now, Italian newspaper TuttoSport, as relayed by Il Bianconero and Sport Witness, have shared a recent replace on their hyperlinks to the midfielder.
They write that Fagioli would favor a transfer to a prestigious suitor like Tottenham, regardless of approaches from a trio of their London rivals, however it can price Levy round £25 million to safe a deal for the participant who has been likened to Italian footballing legend Andrea Pirlo.
“I’ve at all times admired Nicolò,” stated Miralem Pjanic in an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport final yr.
“He should proceed to work like this and stay humble. Allegri and his employees will assist him turn out to be a high midfielder of worldwide caliber. Fagioli is the current and way forward for Italy.
“Is he the brand new Pirlo? Properly, if Andrea says so, I too had foreseen that Fagioli would turn out to be a protagonist at Juventus.”
The 23-year-old hasn’t precisely gone on to turn out to be a key participant at Juve, however as with the likes of Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur, maybe Fagioli may reignite his profession by shifting to Tottenham.
