Barcelona are ready to cash in on a former Premier League star this summer after Tottenham Hotspur expressed an interest in bringing the player back to England, reports from Spain have revealed.
Tottenham interested in signing experienced defender
The signing of Kevin Danso from Lens represented a slight departure from Tottenham’s recent transfer strategy, which has primarily revolved around signing the best young talent in the world and nurturing them into finished products.
Danso’s arrival was perhaps an acknowledgement from Ange Postecolgou and Johan Lange that Spurs do need some experience and nous at the back.
It has now been suggested that Tottenham could press ahead with a move for another centre-back who has plenty of experience in the Premier League and the Champions League.
Barcelona are willing to sell Andreas Christensen to Tottenham
This update comes from El Nacional, who claim that Spurs have reached out to Barca to express an interest in signing former Chelsea centre-back, Andreas Christensen.
The Dane, who has had an injury-hit campaign at Camp Nou, has fallen down Hansi Flick’s pecking order and the German coach has now given the green light for him to be sold.
It is explained that the Catalan club are trying to balance their books to ensure they do not fall foul of FFP regulations and see Christensen’s sale as something that would give them some breathing space.
This is because the player was signed on a free from Chelsea, with proceeds from his potential sale to Tottenham thus going down in Barca’s account as pure profit.
Spurs can sign Andreas Christensen for a cut-price fee
El Nacional make it clear that Tottenham have not gone beyond an initial enquiry for Andreas Christensen, but Flick has already made it clear to the player that he will not stand in his way if he wants to leave in search of game time.
It is asserted that the North London club can secure the Denmark international for a cut-price fee of just €15m (£12.4m) in the summer transfer window.
In fact, the publication adds that an agreement between the clubs could even be closed in the “coming days” even though we are almost four months away from the opening of the summer window.