It has been revealed that Tottenham Hotspur are interested in Federico Chiesa from Juventus. The Italian winger played at Euro 2024 but struggled to rediscover the excellent form that he hit at the same tournament three years prior.
Tottenham Hotspur in Talks for Federico Chiesa
Concrete Interest but No Concrete Negotiations as of Yet
Florian Plettenberg has revealed that Tottenham have a “concrete interest” in Chiesa. “First talks” with the player’s agent, Fali Ramadani, have begun, though there have been “no concrete negotiations at this stage”.
This comes after Fabrizio Romano revealed that both the club and new manager Thiago Motta have approved his exit this summer. The Bianconeri want to sell the player to help make a profit and meet financial regulations. With Chiesa’s contract expiring in a year, Juventus want around £20 million. Other European outfits like Bayern Munich had previously had him on their shortlists.
How Can Federico Chiesa Bolster Tottenham’s Squad?
Spurs have already signed another left-winger in Min-hyuk Yang this summer, though the 18-year-old will spend the next six months in South Korea. For the next few years, a high-quality player in that position could be a big improvement to Ange Postecoglou’s side.
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Though Son Heung-min had previously played on the left, he has moved to a striker role following Harry Kane‘s departure. Timo Werner and Richarlison have both underwhelmed, and Brennan Johnson is not of the highest level to take Tottenham to Champions League football.
The “explosive” winger would certainly bolster the starting lineup by joining on the left. His pace would allow James Maddison to often find him in space, whilst Dejan Kulusevski would provide a more creative threat on the right-hand side. A versatile forward, the 26-year-old could move up front, should Postecoglou wish to move Son back to his natural position.
Tottenham need reinforcements in attack
The North Londoners were left without the services of Harry Kane on the cusp of the start of the Premier League season last year when the club record scorer joined Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.
Given the late nature of the move in last summer’s window and January often proving to be difficult to land a top target due to European competitions taking place, Tottenham are still to splash the cash on a new striker.
Football Insider have claimed that Tottenham are currently in talks with Lille over a move for Jonathan David, who netted 26 times for the French side in all competitions last season (transfermarkt).
The Canadian forward is within the last year of his contract with the Ligue 1 outfit and is said to be available for a fee in the region of £20m.
Tottenham are not alone in their interest in David with Premier League rivals West Ham United and Italian club Roma also keen on landing the 24-year-old.
The 24-year-old has scored 84 goals in 183 appearances for Lille across all competitions and had a solid campaign with Canada at Copa America this summer where he helped his country to reach the semi-final of the tournament.
SpursWeb Opinion
With Brentford likely to want to at least command north of £50m for Ivan Toney following the injury suffered to club-record signing Igor Thiago, a move for Jonathan David may seem like a relatively low-risk deal at £20m.
There is absolutely no doubt that Tottenham need at least another forward if the club are to genuinely look to compete on multiple fronts, following their return to European action in the Europa League.
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Ange Postecoglou continues to reshape his Spurs squad
While Ange Postecoglou has been getting valuable minutes in the legs Tottenham first team squad, while also taking the opportunity to cast his eye over some of the top academy talent, two players were left back in London to sort out their futures.
Sergio Reguilon and Bryan Gil were both deemed as surplus to requirements by the Australian ahead of the new campaign.
A return to Sevilla could be on the cards for Reguilon
It is claimed that the serial Europa League winners would first have to offload current left-back Marcos Acuña, while he has been left unconvinced by Adrià Pedrosa.
Reguilon, who has one year left on his Tottenham deal spent the first half of last season on loan at Manchester United, only for the Red Devils to end his loan deal early in January which saw the former Real Madrid player link up with Brentford for the remainder of the campaign.
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It would not be the first time in which Reguion has headed to Sevilla, having joined the La Liga side on loan earlier In his Spurs career – hopefully this time, it will be on a permanent basis.
During his time at Sevilla, he helped the club win the Europa League and scored twice in 17 league appearances (transfermarkt).
