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Tottenham Hotspur are looking for new defensive players as Ange Postecoglou settles into his new role.
The club is seeking for a new goalkeeper and center-back as soon as possible, ideally before their pre-season tour.
The first team players return to training on July 1, but the focus of the summer will be their major tour – first to Australia, with the opening match against West Ham United slated for July 18.
Spurs are wary of paying top-tier sums at the moment, as evidenced by their pursuit of Brentford’s David Raya, who the Bees value at £40 million.
The club are opening up to other goalkeepers right now and that is also the case at the heart of their defence where sources believe the chances of landing Marc Guehi currently look slim.
Latest news out of the club is that a move for Guehi is likely to hit the bumpers as they are going to struggle to meet the demands of Crystal Palace.
A deal to land him is expected to exceed £50million, sources say, and that is likely to prove beyond Spurs at this moment.
They have had a keen interest in the 22-year-old England International, who spent time with Chelsea earlier in his career as a youth player.
Consistenly strong displays at Palace have put him on the radar of Spurs – as well as Arsenal – yet the Eagles are determined to fight for him and would insist on a high fee for him if there was to be any talk at all of a transfer.
Guehi has to think carefully about his career path at this moment as regular game time is critical ahead of fulfilling his England ambitions ahead of Euro 2024, which will be hosted in Germany on the back of next season.
The Gunners are also likely to be deterred by Guehi’s current valuation, at a moment when they look towards Ajax’s Jurrien Timber as a potential new option.
Meanwhile, Spurs have been connected with Fulham defender Tosin Adarabioyo, a 25-year-old centre back who is being made available this summer due to the expiration of his present contract. However, insiders close to the club are dismissing that relationship for the time being.
Tottenham is also interested in Manchester United’s Harry Maguire and Inter Milan’s Alessandro Bastoni, who stands 6ft 5 inches. Jonathan Tah of Bayer Leverkusen, who has been compared to Bayern Munich’s Dayot Upamecano, and Max Kilman of Wolves are two of their pre-Postecoglou objectives, but not all of them meet the new requirements at the heart of the defense for next season.