Tottenham Hotspur have been looking to increase depth in the back line, with the Lilywhites suffering on multiple occasions this season owing to a lack of options at the heart of defence, and the North Londoners have been vying for a move for Bournemouth’s Illia Zabarnyi in the upcoming winter transfer window.
Ange Postecoglou has been calling for a new central defender for some time, given how thin his roster looks in the position. The Australian head coach had been looking to sign a new CB in the summer window; however, he went into the new campaign without a new face in the position, and that has been affecting Spurs duly this season owing to injuries to first-choice duo Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven.
Tottenham fortify interest to land Zabarnyi
Ilya Zabarnyi.
Ilya Zabarnyi emerges as Tottenham target.
The Ukrainian defender has taken strides in his game since joining Bournemouth, and Spurs are looking to make a £50m move to secure his signature this January, per Give Me Sport. However, it would not be easy to pry him away from Vitality Stadium given interests from Manchester City, Chelsea, and Arsenal for his signatures.
The Cherries are finely positioned to negotiate, given the 22-year-old still has over four and a half years on his current contract worth £50,000 per week, and for Daniel Levy, investing in a player of the Ukrainian’s calibre shows how he can tick boxes of the new transfer strategy of bringing in young players with high potential to White Hart Lane, and the upcoming January window presents an opportunity for the club to address the shortcomings and be ready to push for meeting the top four objectives at the end of the season.
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