Johan Lange has pushed Tottenham to sign a £25 million player this month because he admires him

January 10, 2024 Sports Gist Football, Other Sports 0

Breaking: Johan Lange has pushed Tottenham to sign a £25 million player this month because he admires him

Tottenham Hotspur’s new technical director Johan Lange was reportedly a key figure in the deal to sign Timo Werner on loan.

Timo Werner’s move to Tottenham was officially announced on Tuesday evening as the German became Ange Postecoglou’s first January signing.

The 27-year-old has joined Spurs on an initial six-month loan deal, with Fabrizio Romano claiming there is an option to buy Werner for around £14 million this summer.

Postecoglou was reportedly keen on bringing Werner to North London, having convinced the striker to make a return to the Premier League.

And it seems that Tottenham’s technical director Johan Lange was also heavily involved in the deal.

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Tottenham land £26m Radu Dragusin after seeing off Bayern Munich interest

Tottenham have beaten off competition from Bayern Munich to make the central defender Radu Dragusin their second January signing in a €30m (£25.8m) deal.

Spurs improved their offer overnight and the 21-year-old Romania international is due to fly to London on Wednesday for a medical before signing his contract and following Timo Werner in joining this month.

Going in the opposite direction is the full-back Djed Spence, who will spend the rest of the season on loan at Genoa, with Spurs continuing to pay his wages. Spence was recalled from a loan at Leeds last week and Genoa have an option to buy him in June for about €10m.

Dragusin, who can also fill in at right-back, will cost a guaranteed €25m plus easily achievable add-ons. It represents sound business for Genoa, who signed him from Juventus for a bit more than €5m and add-ons after he impressed on loan. He came through the academy at Juventus and also spent time on loan at Sampdoria and Salernitana. Juve will get 20% of the fee for Dragusin.

Bayern sent a bid to try to hijack Tottenham’s pursuit of Dragusin but will have to focus on other targets for the position. They have an agreement on a contract with Spurs’ Eric Dier.

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