As the January window approaches, there’s been plenty of speculation about which players manager Antonio Conte wants Tottenham Hotspur to pursue. Reports have linked the north London-based club to two players that Conte knows well.
Tottenham is rumored to be in on Inter Milan’s Marcelo Brozovic and Stefan De Vrij, two players who know Conte’s system. However, anyone thinking of penciling them to Tottenham might want to take a step back.
According to Italian football journalist Gianluca Di Marzio, who made an appearance on Sky Sports, stated that neither of the two players are likely to leave Italy for the Premier League club.
Di Marzio says that Conte and Tottenham want top players, but they also want them to be young. Although the two players are of quality, they are too old for Spurs’ project.
Furthermore, the two players are entering the latter stages of the prime, so it seems they want to be at a club that isn’t going through a rebuild and can contend for trophies.