TOTTENHAM may have to get creative in January if they want to bolster their injury-hit squad.
Spurs are not flush with cash for the upcoming transfer window.
They are not in Europe so have no extra income from that competition.
While much of the £104million raised by the sale of Harry Kane has already been spent on the likes of Micky van de Ven and Brennan Johnson.
It means Spurs may have to look to loans with obligatory fees when the window opens, like they did with the signings of Pedro Porro last January and Dejan Kulusevski 12 months prior to that.
Ange Postecoglou’s squad has been badly hit by injuries, with star players Van de Ven and James Maddison out until the New Year.
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Ryan Sessegnon, Ivan Perisic and Manor Solomon are all long-term absentees too.
Spurs are likely to do some business in January, albeit any fan expecting a raft of signings will likely be disappointed.
Most probable is the club brings in a new centre-back, with Lloyd Kelly of Bournemouth among their targets.
A new attacking recruit is less likely, given Solomon will be back in January, though an unexpected sale – such as Richarlison, who has been linked with a switch to Saudi Arabia – could change things.
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Feyenoord’s Argentine sensation Santiago Gimenez is a player Spurs are tracking, as is Jota at Al-Ittihad in Saudi.
In midfield, the current expectation is Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Giovani Lo Celso will stay unless they push to leave or the club receive offers they feel they cannot turn down.
Spurs are certainly not actively looking to offload either player, particularly with Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr heading to the Africa Cup of Nations in January.
It is not beyond the realms of possibility that Eric Dier goes in the New Year, despite the Englishman coming back into the team following Van de Ven’s injury.
But Spurs would be looking for a decent fee for the 29-year-old, whose contract expires in the summer, and would have to replace him instantly.
Dier was being considered in the summer by Bayern Munich, who of course signed Kane.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
