It’s been a irritating January up to now, with outgoings and PSR points dominating the headlines as soon as once more.
As we reported yesterday, monetary guidelines seem to have tied our palms and that has been expensive, with The Athletic revealing that we had completed plenty of groundwork on Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis – just for Man Metropolis to step in whereas we have been unable to make a bid.
That’s two centre-backs we’ve been compelled to ‘miss out’ on and it appears a closely linked right-winger might be the following.
Now, in line with The Telegraph, it appears one other of our ‘huge six’ rivals try to signal a participant regarded as excessive on Newcastle’s listing of right-wing targets.
Senior reporter Matt Regulation reveals that Spurs chiefs want to again an under-fire Ange Postecoglou with January additions and are pushing to wrap up a deal or Southampton star Tyler Dibling.
He stories that Spurs would ideally prefer to signal the 18-year-old winger this month, however are additionally engaged on securing an early settlement that sees him arrive on the North London membership on the finish of the season.
This comes only a few weeks on from Craig Hope’s claims that Dibling is excessive on Newcastle’s wishlist heading into the summer time, with The Mail’s North East reporter stating that Paul Mitchell hopes to make use of his robust relationship with former membership Southampton to strike a summer time deal.
This time final week, Sky Sports activities reported that Southampton are demanding a whopping £55m for {the teenager}.
Which may be the January premium and £10-15m greater than the Saints would ask on the finish of the season, but it surely appears there are a variety of golf equipment vying for his signature after a breakthrough season at St. Mary’s.
Sky report that, alongside Spurs, there’s curiosity from Aston Villa, Chelsea and Bundesliga dimension RB Leipzig, suggesting we’ll face fierce competitors whether or not we make a late January transfer (which seems unlikely) or pursue Dibling in the summertime.