Report: Tottenham willing to pay release clause for 24-year-old international
Tottenham have a big summer ahead and the latest reports are suggesting that the club is willing to pay whatever it takes for Victor Nelsson.
According to T24, Tottenham is ready to pay £22.5M to sign the Galatasaray center-back. This is the price of his release clause. Spurs have already come to an agreement with the player when it comes to his contract.
Many Premier League sides are keen on the Danish international, including Brighton and newly-promoted Burnley, according to reports.
The highest European competition Spurs could be in next season is the Europa Conference League. This poor season emphasizes that they need to massively improve the squad.
Tottenham ready to pay release clause for Victor Nelsson
It makes complete sense for Tottenham to be looking to increase the quality of their defense. A large reason for their poor season is their lackluster backline.
In the Premier League, they have shipped the sixth-most goals in the division. They have conceded 62 goals, and it is simply not good enough for a team of their level.
Nelsson is 24 years old and could be a very good signing for Spurs. In his 31 league appearances for Galatasaray this campaign, Nelsson has only conceded 22 goals.
Spurs desperately need a cool head at the back and with Nelsson still very young, he looks to be a player for the present and the future.
In the market today, a price of £ 22.5 million does not seem like a lot for a player with the potential to get even better than he already is.
READ MORE: ‘Everyone was convinced’: Journalist says he was ‘100%’ sure ‘amazing’ manager was going to join Spurs
According to Dutch journalist, Elko Born, everyone in the Netherlands was convinced that Arne Slot was going to become the new Tottenham manager.
Speaking on the BBC Radio Five Live Football Daily Podcast, Born shared the feeling around the country about Slot as he was in talks with Spurs.
Born says that every fan and journalist thought that Slot was headed to north London, stating that he himself was 100 percent certain that the 44-year-old would be leaving Feyenoord.
Born convinced Slot was going
The journalist shared his thoughts on the ‘amazing’ manager.
“I think that is a good question. I have to tell you, everyone in the Netherlands, me and every journalist I talk to, and every Feyenoord fan was convinced he was going to leave. It’s always the case in the Netherlands when you get noticed you will leave, it’s the law of the Eredivisie. Everyone was convinced Slot was going to leave, it was 100% and Feyenoord fans knew it as well. Then he came out with those quotes, we don’t know what happened, but something happened there and apparently, he doesn’t want to leave now,” Born said.
Seemed inevitable
The feeling in the Netherlands was that Slot would leave for Tottenham, and that was also the prevailing feeling in England too.
It was widely reported that a deal was close, while Graeme Bailey even claimed that Slot could be announced as the new Spurs boss this week.
Of course, it didn’t work out that way in the end as Slot is now set to sign a new contract with his current employers, but for a time, it did seem inevitable that his move to Spurs was going to go ahead.
Tottenham are back to square one, and it will be interesting to see where they go from here.
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