It has emerged that yet another player has turned down a move to Spurs – It is the third time in less than 48 hours that a player has turned down a move to the North London club.
Spurs are actively looking to sign another defender before Monday’s deadline at 23:00, as they continue to struggle with injuries.
It was a rare good night for Tottenham fans tonight. After an impressive losing streak and free fall down the table, it was finally victory. Tottenham won 0 – 2 at the Gtech Community Stadium against Brentford. – After the win and before Monday’s game between Chelsea and West Ham, Tottenham are in 14th place in the Premier League, two points behind Manchester United.
Cristian Romero is still a few weeks away from returning, according to Ange Postecoglou, while centre-back Radu Dragusin suffered a setback in the Europa League win over Elfsborg. Micky van de Ven, who recently returned to the first-team fold after being out since December, has also struggled with his fitness this season.
At one point, it looked like AC Milan defender Fikayo Tomori would end up joining the Premier League club after lengthy talks. But Sky Italy reported that the former Chelsea defender has expressed a desire to stay at the San Siro.
Not long after Tomori’s rejection, the highly sought-after Mathys Tel also rejected a move to the North London club that too after talks over time.
Tottenham had reached a verbal agreement with Bayern Munich for a deal worth £50 million, but the 19-year-old is said to be waiting for a better offer from other interested Premier League clubs, according to The Telegraph.
Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Aston Villa are interested, although Tel has already expressed which club he prefers.
Chelsea defender Axel Disasi now appears to have ruled out a move to Spurs after Fabrizio Romano gave the following update on Disasi’s uncertain future at Stamford Bridge.
“Tottenham have agreed a loan agreement with Chelsea for Axel Disasi, no purchase option clause and loan fee included,”
“Axel Disasi, not accepting Spurs bids… as he has already agreed the terms with Aston Villa. Chelsea have NO intention of negotiating with Villa as UCL spot competitors.”
Ahead of the win over Brentford, Ange Postecoglou claimed that his team is still “a big club” after the rejections.
“It depends on what the players are looking for,” he said. “You can look at it two ways, OK, the league form is not great, but there’s some pretty big opportunities to be successful here in the last three or four months [of the season].
“It’s still a big club, it’s still a club that can challenge for honours, and that’s whether the player sees the potential that we’re seeing right now, or certainly what I’m seeing. If it’s too hard to sell, it’s probably not the right potential. for us.”
