Having signed Cristian Romero on loan with an option to buy (according to Atalanta’s website), Tottenham have reinforced their backline quite strongly this summer.
One area that still needs addressing, however, is the right-back position, especially with Serge Aurier making it clear he wants to leave sooner rather than later.
The Ivorian only has one year left on his deal with Spurs, which is why there have been numerous rumours about Takehiro Tomiyasu being a person of interest for Fabio Paratici.
Negotiations seemed to be well underway before the Olympics, but all that was put to one side when the Bologna star returned to his home country to represent them, which led to Tottenham focusing on the Romero deal.
With Japan coming fourth after losing 3-1 in the Third Place Play-Off, the player is now free to sign with whomever he pleases should the right offer be made, but that has yet to arrive.
Corriere dello Sport make that clear on Monday, who explain that ‘neither Tottenham nor Atalanta are moving with energy’.
While Tomiyasu ‘wants the Premier League’, no one from England’s top-tier is seemingly ready to meet Bologna’s demands, and everyone ‘continues to wait for the new offer from Spurs, if there is even one’.
Not every optimistic, are they?
