Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Tottenham Hotspur will hold talks over a deal for Bayer Leverkusen centre-back Edmond Tapsoba over the coming days.
Alasdair Gold revealed on Football.London earlier this week that Spurs are expected to make whole changes at centre-back ahead of Ange Postecoglou’s first season in charge.
BRUSSELS – Edmond Tapsoba of Bayer 04 Leverkusen during the UEFA Europa League quarterfinal match between Union Sint Gillis and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Lotto Park stadium on April 20, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. AP | Dutch Height | GERRIT OF COLOGNE (Photo by ANP via Getty Images)
The journalist said that the club wish to offload several players and bring in two central defenders for the right-sided and left-sided roles.
Tapsoba, who has emerged as one of the most highly-rated centre-back in the Bundesliga over the last couple of years, is mooted to be one of the options on the North London club’s radar.
It was reported by BILD a couple of days ago that the Leverkusen star is seen as a ‘very interesting’ option by Spurs, who could launch an offer of around €50m (£42.9m) for the player.
Tottenham will hold talks over Tapsoba this week
Romano has now taken to social media to assert that Tottenham are expected to open talks over a deal for the Burkina Faso international over the next few days.
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One can understand why there seems to have been a major shift in the profile of centre-backs that Tottenham are targeting, with the requirements to play in Postecoglou’s system being vastly different to Conte’s.
Tapsoba can be quite a useful squad option as he can play either side of central defence and one can argue that he still has not hit his ceiling as a player.
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