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REPORTS: TOTTENHAM MAKE PROGRESS ON £4.3M SIGNING

Olly Dawes
Thu 22 June 2023 8:00, UK

Tottenham Hotspur have made progress in their move to sign Barcelona defender
Clement Lenglet but it won’t be a swap deal.

Clement Lenglet won’t be swapped for Giovani Lo Celso but the defender could
still join Tottenham Hotspur this summer.



Newspaper Mundo Deportivo report that Barcelona would like to sign Spurs misfit
Lo Celso after impressing at Villarreal.



The idea was for Barcelona to engineer a swap involving defender Lenglet, who
spent this past season on loan at Tottenham.

However, Tottenham weren’t keen on that idea, meaning Barcelona will have to
negotiate for Lo Celso separately if they want him.

Lenglet could still make his move though as SPORT claim that talks were held
between Barcelona and Tottenham on Wednesday.



Progress was allegedly made but Tottenham aren’t rushing into a deal due to
Lenglet’s enormous wages at the Camp Nou.

Spurs would be willing to give Lenglet a five-year deal and bring his wages
down, but that may still not be enough to get the deal done.

Barcelona are happy to sell on the cheap just to get rid of Lenglet, with
Tottenham potentially paying just €5million (£4.3million).


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TOTTENHAM CAN DO BETTER THAN CLEMENT LENGLET

Lenglet started 24 Premier League games last season and was largely forgettable
in a dismal Tottenham season.

The Frenchman did a job on the left side of Tottenham’s back three but he had
the feeling of a stop-gap from the moment he signed.

Left-footed centre backs are becoming more and more expensive, so taking Lenglet
on loan for a year gave Spurs more time to go and find one for the future.


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Instead, Tottenham are now left to consider signing Lenglet permanently in a
deal which wouldn’t be particularly inspiring.

Sure, the price is cheap and Lenglet may only be a backup as Ange Postecoglou
likely moves to a 4-3-3 system, but a five-year deal would take him well into
his 30’s.

Lenglet would be on considerable wages too, making this the exact kind of deal
Tottenham should be avoiding.

Lenglet may also not be a great fit for Postecoglou’s high line, and we would
implore Spurs to look elsewhere before pulling the trigger on a deal for
Lenglet.

 * MORE: ‘He’s not done’: Arsenal midfielder has now been backed to stay despite
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