Tottenham sent Ruben Amorim home from London to an even worse position in the Premier League table than themselves. Small consolation, but the win over Manchester United on Sunday was extremely important for Spurs and Postecoglou. However, it did not come “for free”. New injuries were reported, the Spurs manager has this season hardly fielded the starting eleven he planned the season with. Then comes a message from Barcelona very surprising.
According to El Nacional, Hansi Flick has given the thumbs up for Tottenham to buy one of his centre-backs this summer. The local media claims that Spurs have been interested in bringing Andreas Christensen back to the Premier League for a long time. The Dane helped Chelsea to the Champions League title, but chose Barcelona on a free transfer in 2022.
Now Flick has approved the sale of the 28-year-old, the Spanish media claim the London club are making a clear bid of around 15 million euros.
Christensen has 161 appearances for Chelsea and 75 for Barcelona. Solid background, still under thirty. So what could be the problem?
This season, the Danish centre-back has 26 minutes of playing time. Heavily affected by injuries, the 28-year-old was on his way back for a comeback in January and reached the bench for Barcelona in the away game against Getafe. Ten days later, it became known that Christensen had sustained a new injury.
If there’s one thing Tottenham don’t need, it’s a player who has delivered a lot in the past, but whose body is starting to speak up. If the Dane hobbles through the rest of the season with injuries and playing time crumbs, and goes straight into a tough pre-season at Tottenham to play in the world’s toughest league, then this could quickly be a signing the Spurs manager cannot count on.
