In a very strange set of quotes from former Romanian footballer Marcel Raducanu, Radu Dragusin has been called ‘arrogant’ for choosing Tottenham as his destination after Genoa.
This comes after the Spurs player’s agent, Florin Manea, repeated a number of times that Bayern Munich made a last minute offer for the centre-back, only for him to turn them down as he had already given his word to the Premier League side.
Now, Raducanu, speaking to Radio Romania Actualitati and relayed by AS in Romania, doesn’t believe the option to go to Bavaria existed, and if it did, the defender made the wrong choice by opting for Tottenham.
He said: “A lot of teams are waiting for the Euros. I don’t think they rush like Tottenham did with Dragusin. I’m glad he’s playing now and he did well in the last game, but you saw that it took him a few games too, where he was on the sidelines.
“I know for a fact he didn’t get an offer from Bayern. Or if he did, which I don’t think he did, he’s either arrogant or naive. How can you refuse Bayern? You can’t. It’s impossible, you can’t do that.”
That Bayern Munich needed a centre-back in January was well documented, and many reports made it clear they wanted the Romania international, so this claim from Raducanu is odd to say the least.
Tottenham managed to get the 22-year-old through the doors early, and then allowed the Bundesliga giants to bolster themselves at the back by allowing Eric Dier to leave on an initial loan that has since been made permanent.
