Premier League side Tottenham are inching closer to striking a deal for Udinese defender Destiny Udogie, according to reports.
Spurs have invested heavily into their squad already this summer with Fraser Forster, Ivan Perisic, Yves Bissouma, Richarlison, Djed Spence and Clement Lenglet all arriving.
However, their business is not done there as they eye up a deal for Udogie with the Italy under-21 international rising to prominence last season for Udinese.
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Tottenham got off to the perfect start on Saturday as they brushed aside Southampton 4-1 thanks to goals from Ryan Sessegnon, Eric Dier, Dejan Kulusevski and a Mohammed Salisu own goal.
And now they are back to concentrating on transfers as they look to get Udogie over the line with ESPN claiming that Tottenham ‘are closing in on a deal worth around £21m’ for the left-back.
He will join up with his new Spurs team-mates next summer with the Premier League side agreeing to send him back on loan to Udinese for a season.
The report adds that Tottenham ‘will pay an initial £15m with a series of performance related add-ons worth in the region of £6m’ with a medical ‘expected to take place in Italy this week’.
At only 19, Tottenham believe Udogie’s development will be best served by spending another season at Udinese with Sessegnon currently competing with Ivan Perisic for that left wing-back role in Antonio Conte’s side.
Sessegnon has struggled to feature for Tottenham since his £25m move from Fulham in 2019 with the former England under-21 international making just 34 appearances in all competitions over three seasons.
But Conte has been very encouraged by what he has seen from Sessegnon recently and thinks the injury-hit wing-back is ready to kick on at Tottenham this season.
“Maybe five minutes before there was a cross and he was behind his opponent. On the bench we were really upset with him,” Conte joked about Sessegnon’s goal against Southampton.
“After three minutes then he scored and we were pleased and celebrated a lot because five minutes before he wasn’t in the same place to score.
“Today he scored another goal, he was always in our offensive position and it was good. I’m happy for him because he has great potential but has to show this potential.
“We are giving him stability in the physical aspect. I think it’s very important that we signed a player like Ivan because he…
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