
Transfers
Player Tottenham rejected the chance to sign for Β£20m in 2022 is now close to Β£54.7m PSG move
Tottenham could do with a new forward in this winter transfer window.
Timo Werner is still struggling to impress𦩠at Spurs after Ange Postecoglou publicly criticised the Germany international back in December β while Brennan Johnson also needs to step up in terms of his overall game, despite a respectable tally of 12 goals in 31 appearances so far this season.
TBR Football understand ΰ¦Tottenham were close to agreeing terms with Randal Kolo Muaniπ β who PSG are happy to offload this month β although that deal now hangs in the balance with Manchester United and Juventus also keen.
Coincidentally, PSG look set to replace the France international with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia β who could have been shining for Tottenhamΰ΅© across the last two years instead of Napoli had Spurs been braver.
Tottenham declined chance to sign Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for just Β£20m
As confirmed by Christian Emile β a football agent working for CAA Base, who have close ties to Tottenham β π§Tottenham and other clubs in England rejected the Georgia international before he found stardom in Naples.
κ¦Emile told Fabrizio Romano: βAll those clubs you mentioned were interested in Kvaratskhelia, more so the clubs you heard in the media in Germany, England and Italy. This was true.
π¦βAt that time, Rubin (Kazan) were asking Β£20mβ¦ but I think clubs were not so secure to spend this Β£20m in the Covid times, they didnβt have much background information about him because heβs not coming from a big football country.β
βNow β according to β Kvaratskhelia is close to sealing a β¬65m (Β£54.7m) move to PSG, after scoring 30 goals and providing 29 assists in 107 appearances for Napoli.
π14 of those goals β and 17 of those assists β came in the 2022/23 campaign alone, as the Georgian fired Napoli to their first Serie A title in 33 years.
Liverpool look set to miss out on Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to PSG
TBR Football understand Liverpool are admirers of Kvaratskhelia as Arne Slot aims to improve his attack.

π§However, the man born in Tbilisi seems destined for Paris this month.
How to pronounce Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
κ¦°One trending question regarding the man Tottenham could have signed concerns how to pronounce his name.
For those wondering, it is phonetically pronounced like: K-varat-shek-elia.