Tottenham have held talks over signing a £26m-rated Liverpool target, while Fabrizio Romano has confirmed a Bundesliga ace valued at £60m is also wanted.
Among the most pressing issues new Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou must address this summer is the club’s leaky defence. Spurs conceded an eye-watering 63 goals in the Premier League last season. That troubling mark was sixth-worst in the competition.
With Clement Lenglet returning to Barcelona and the Telegraph reporting Eric Dier and Davinson Sanchez are on the chopping block, one and more probably two new centre-halves could soon be required.
All manner of names have been linked including Harry Maguire, Marc Guehi, Tosin Adarabioyo, Gleison Bremer and Edmond Tapsoba.
In fact, the transfer guru tweeted that Tottenham is evaluating Micky van de Ven, a target for Liverpool. The Wolfsburg player, who represents the Netherlands at Under-21 level, is estimated to be worth over €30 million (around £26 million), according to German source WAZ. Thanks in large part to the relationship to Jorg Schmadtke, Van de Ven has regularly emerged as a Liverpool possibility. Schmadtke, who most recently worked for Wolfsburg, has been named Liverpool’s new sporting director. Van de Ven’s position as a left-footed center-half is something the Reds lack, thus Schmadtke is reportedly hopeful of bringing him to Liverpool. Joe Gomez, Ibrahima Konate, Joel Matip, and Virgil van Dijk are all right-footers. Additionally, Matip and Van Dijk are both above the age of 30.
The trusted journalist tweeted that not only is Van de Ven on Spurs’ shortlist, but talks over bringing him to north London have “already [taken] place”.
What’s more, if recent comments by Van de Ven are anything to go by, he’s willing to jump ship to the Premier League.
Van de Ven could cost around £26m to sign, while the going rate for Edmond Tapsoba when Arsenal made enquiries into his signing back in January of 2022 was £60m.
The Bayer Leverkusen ace has gone from strength to strength since then and a discount on that lofty figure looks highly unlikely.
If Postecoglou is serious about his defensive revamp and multiple new centre-backs are required, Tapsoba and Van de Ven are fast emerging as the likeliest contenders to sign up.
