Tottenham hold talks with ‘perfect’ £35m midfielder about summer move – report

Sat 20 May 2023 20:45, UK

Tottenham Hotspur are in dꦿire need 𒉰of regrouping and rebuilding over the off-season.

S𝓰purs must appoint a new director of football and a new manager, as w🍒ell as overhaul their squad.

With the transfer window on the horizon, speculation is intensifying regar𓂃ding potential Tottenham targets.

Obviously there have been plenty of links betwee🤪n Spurs and Feyenoord manager Arne Slot.

Now, a new repo🧸rt has linked Tottenham with one of the Dutch champions’ best players.

🙈According to – via Sp – Spurs have approached the representatives of Orkun Kokcu.

The Dutch outlet𝓀 claims Tottenham have been following the midfielder for years.

The scouting reports Spurs h🍷ave been getting are ‘more than convincing enough🦂’ for them to move for Kokcu.

Like with Slot, Tottenham ‘have had talks’ with the player and his ꧂entourage ‘in recent days’ about a move.

However, Spurs have not yet made contact wiไth Feyen🌸oord as yet.

Understandably, the Dutch champions don’t want to lose Kokcu, and have slapped aꦏ £35million price tag on him.

𒉰This could be a figure which moves depending on which clubs actually move for him.

That will depend on a number﷽ of factors and the ‘overall picture’, added the report.

Noꦗnetheless, there is a belief that Tottenham could move soon to start negotiations for Kokcu.

Our view

Kokcu burst onto the scene during 🐈the 2019-20🍃 campaign, but his form dropped off somewhat the following season.

This changed after Slot took the Feyenoord reins, turning Kokcu in🌞to a star for the Ro🍌tterdam-based outfit.

Kokcu has captained his side to the Eredivisie title this ❀term, registering eight league goals and three assists.

He has also netted three goals and claimed two🅰 assists from 10 Europa League outings in 2022-23.

Former J𝔍uventus ace Mohamed Sissoko has Kokcu to Luka Modric and🦩 deemed him “perfect” for the Turin side.

However, with Juve currently in a bit of a crisis , the likes of Spurs could well look to swoop 🎃in instead.

And for £35million, Kokcu wouldn’t exactꦜly break the bank either.