Tottenham to purchase ‘new defender’ in January after Van de Ven blow as Paratici ‘pulls the strings’

Tottenham will look to purchase a brand new centre-back within the January switch window after Micky van de Ven picked up an damage, in accordance with stories.

The Netherlands worldwide picked up a serious-looking hamstring damage in Spurs’ 4-1 loss at dwelling to Chelsea on Monday night time within the Premier League.

Van de Ven was helped off the sphere by two members of the Tottenham medical workforce and left the stadium on crutches, elevating issues that he may face a protracted spell on the sidelines.

The Dutchman will endure exams over the subsequent few days as Spurs employees try to determine the extent of his damage with definitive assessments normally made round 48-72 hours after the incident.

Van de Ven is ready for a scan as quickly because the swelling has subsided however the Night Commonplace claims that Tottenham ‘will goal a brand new left-sided centre-half in January as they await to find the extent’ of the previous Wolfsburg defender’s damage.

He has been a revelation within the Tottenham backline alongside Cristian Romero this season after becoming a member of from Wolfsburg in the summertime switch window in a deal value round €50m.

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Spurs had solely conceded ten Premier League objectives all season earlier than Van de Ven departed the pitch on Monday with a Nicolas Jackson hat-trick sealing the factors for London rivals Chelsea.

Bournemouth defender Lloyd Kelly – who can be a reported goal for Premier League rivals Liverpool – is ‘anticipated to be the topic of recent curiosity’ in January with Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou calling ‘for the membership to do their January enterprise early and signing a brand new defender has taken on extra urgency’.

The Cherries are ‘braced for a recent method’ from Tottenham for Kelly with the centre-back – who may also cowl the left facet of defence – anticipated to be ‘accessible for a cut-price charge’ as a result of he’s within the last 12 months of his contract.

Soccer Insider declare that former Spurs director of soccer Fabio Paratici ‘stays closely concerned on the membership regardless of resigning in April’ after he was pressured to step again due to his 30-month worldwide ban from football-related actions.

However a supply has instructed Soccer Insider that the Italian remains to be ‘pulling all of the strings’ by way of recruitment at Tottenham – who’ve the eighth highest web spend within the Premier League in 2023 – with chairman Daniel Levy utilizing him as a ‘marketing consultant’.

Levy has come to ‘belief’ his judgement on transfers with the Tottenham chairman impressed by their ‘excellent’ recruitment document throughout Paratici’s time on the membership.