Tottenham set £26m asking price for player they need to cut ties with amid Serie A 'interest'

Tottenham are said to be considering a sale involving a player who has been on a long road to recovery. Spurs have a big second half of the season, and it’s one that could define whether Thomas Frank has a long-term future at the club.

The Dane has come under pressure, with Tottenham’s fast start wearing off just as quickly to leave them in 14th place heading into Christmas.

Spurs have struggled for consistency, and their chaotic defeat to Liverpool last weekend did not help ease the pressure, with Tottenham getting two players sent off. Captain Cristian Romero lost his head to get a red card late on, adding to a overstretching challenge from Xavi Simons earlier in the game.

Frank is expected to lead Tottenham back to European qualification this season, and while the North London club are only four points off the top six, questions over Frank’s future only seem to be increasing.

The January window is going to be vital for Tottenham, and all indications suggest there will be a big pot of money allocated to the signing of an attacker to add much-needed quality to the front line.

It remains to be seen whether there will be exits, but according to a report in Italy, Radu Dragusin could be on his way out of the club in the near future. TuttoMercatoWeb report that Dragusin is very likely to leave Tottenham and that the asking price would be somewhere in the region of £26million, which is just a touch under the amount Spurs paid when add-ons are accounted for.

The report claims a move to Italy is likely and that Roma could be interested, especially if they can agree an initial loan deal, while there are inevitable links with Fiorentina due to Tottenham chief Fabio Paratici being linked with a move to the club.

Dragusin has been out for the best part of a year after rupturing his ACL and he is yet to reappear despite returning to fitness, although it is only natural Spurs want to be very careful with him. The 23-year-old is under contract until 2030.

Spurs would be right to cut ties with Dragusin

Dragusin is still a young player who may yet develop into a better one, but it was hard to defend his performances last season. While Spurs were consistently poor at the back, the Romanian was regularly the worst defender on the pitch, if not the worst player on the pitch.

Even next to a hugely inexperienced Archie Gray, who was playing out of position, Dragusin regularly looked erratic, with poor decision-making often putting Gray in trouble. Can Tottenham coach that kind of play out? Perhaps.

But it’s not often that kind of defender goes on to have the discipline needed to be a solid Premier League defender, and Tottenham have had too many of those kinds of players. Frank needs to radically improve the standards at the club if Spurs are going to become a top six regular again, and Dragusin does not meet those standards.

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