For a long time, Takehiro Tomiyasu felt as if he was going to Tottenham.
We thought that was the case too, such were the articles pushing the story in Italy, with Fabio Paratici seemingly doing his all to get a deal over the line.
Then the whole Cristian Romero deal happened, and the need for a defender subsided somewhat, even though a new right-back could do Nuno Espirito Santo’s squad the world of good.
Either way, Corriere dello Sport look at the Japanese defender’s situation on Tuesday, explaining that while ‘his agent pushes to bring him to the Premier League, there are no clubs ready to be able to satisfy Bologna at the moment’.
That means Tomiyasu ‘is disappointed’, as his entourage had put forward ‘tempting proposals that, in reality, never arrived in Casteldebole’.
Therefore, ‘barring sensational turning points’, he will have to make do with the prospect of staying at Bologna for another year.
This is corroborated by Il Resto del Carlino, who explain the interest from various clubs in England ‘seems to have disappeared’, and while Tomiyasu has told those in charge of the Serie A club he ‘would like the English adventure’, their answer was that ‘the offers that arrived weren’t adequate’.
