After Real Betis allowed Antonio Sanabria to join Genoa on loan in January, their sporting director Lorenzo Serra Ferrer was looking to bring in a replacement for the second half of the season.
Tottenham Hotspur’s Vincent Janssen was one of their targets, but the idea didn’t result in anything.
Estadio Deportivo now claims the Spanish side’s priority is to bring in a new striker in the summer, which is why talks have resumed in ‘recent weeks’ with the Spurs attacker.
Los Verdiblancos do not see the Dutchman’s signing with ‘bad eyes’, but they are aware the operation is risky due to his limited playing time at Tottenham this season.
He suffered an ankle fracture in December 2017 and was sidelined until April 2018. Two months later, a foot injury forced him to miss the remainder of that calendar year.
The report explains Mauricio Pochettino’s side have lost faith in the player, and with his contract set to expire in 2020, the Premier League side would want to get rid of him in the summer.
Having failed to try to sign Janssen in the final days of the January window, there is optimism over another Betis approach for the Spurs outcast.
