Tottenham Hotspur could sign Giovani Lo Celso on a permanent basis earlier and cheaper than first expected, according to Mundo Deportivo.
Spurs brought the Argentine midfielder in on loan from Real Betis on deadline day of the English summer window, for an apparent fee of £13.7m and an option to complete the transfer for £34million in the summer.
Despite the fact that Lo Celso has only made one Premier League start this season, reports from Spain claim Spurs may get the deal done in January.
That is at least what Real Betis are expecting, according to Mundo Deportivo who say that the La Liga club are prepared for Spurs to trigger a clause that will allow them to sign 23-year-old Lo Celso for £27.5m in the New Year.
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Although injuries have prevented us from seeing enough of Lo Celso to be convinced he can replace Christian Eriksen, he was Mauricio Pochettino’s top target throughout the summer so the boss is clearly a fan. And anything that would save the club a few bob would have Daniel Levy’s support.
The end of the season is going to be very busy in terms of player turnover (seriously, there’s no avoiding it this time), so to get Lo Celso wrapped up before then would make sense, which is probably why it won’t happen.
And to think some on here calling themselves fans were saying he won’t be here next season coz of some rubbish about CL. Hoping themselves to be right so they can coat off levy more. Fake fans. They get more pleasure from coating off levy than the team winning.
Rakatic was immense 2 or 3 plus years ago.. Not sure what happened to him but hes not quite the same player i dont think.. I would love gareth to come home personally. What a player he is, bale and kane would link up nicely. Lucas is the only pacey player we really got. Bale brings pace and power. I would like a front 3 of bale, kane, lucas/son
This would be a typical Levy purchase…someone that adds nothing to the first team more than we already have. Don’t get me wrong, LoCelso strikes me as a top player, but its clear to see we need more in January, but this will be like last season, when we needed fresh blood and we got to hear about Kane and Alli getting new contracts instead.
ahh, what you are basically saying is HE will be our January signing, got it…
Levy will do his normal schtick and try and low ball Real Betis. He will probably offer them a packet of Smarties and two LVs, and they will tell him to get stuffed, and the deal will fall through.
It makes sense which is why it wont happen.
THFC
Apparently Barca have been offered less than half their valuation for Rakatic by a PL club.I bet that was Levy!
From the brief glimpes of him,at that price in today’s market he would be a good signing.However what happened to the top four finish to seal the deal?Your last paragraph says it all really H.