Torino were unable to sign Tottenham Hotspur’s Callum Olusesi during the winter market.
The Italian media were confident of the Turin club concluding this operation late in the recently concluded window.
Last weekend, Gianluca Di Marzio and Toro News reported the Tottenham man has already completed his medical with Torino. Their initial plan was to include the 18-year-old both for their U18s and the first team.
Toro News stated Torino sporting director Gianluca Petrachi then changed the plan after Juventus entered the race. The official convinced the midfielder he’ll only be part of the senior team.
On Monday, the same outlet explained Torino’s deal to sign the Spurs owned player on loan with a purchase option ‘fell through’. This was hours after Thomas Frank had the player on the bench in the 2-2 draw against Manchester City.
La Stampa now report Torino made a ‘last-minute attempt to ‘break the deadlock’ on deadline day.
Their efforts weren’t successful as there wasn’t sufficient time to conclude the operation.
Toro Goal took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to provide an interesting take on Torino’s failure to sign Olusesi.
Petrachi had pursued the English midfielder for long, and the latter would have preferred to join the Italian club.
According to Toro Goal, the deal ‘was never 100% finalised’ because Torino didn’t find a full agreement with Tottenham. The same source also claims Olusesi ‘never underwent a medical’ with them. This dismisses earlier claims.
Olusesi made one appearance for the Premier League side so far. Although Frank had him on the bench on several occasions this season, the player is yet to enjoy minutes under the current manager.
A loan move to Torino would have seen Olusesi feature regularly for their senior team, but the move didn’t go through in the end.
