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Tottenham have held internal talks about signing ‘incredible’ Newcastle United player
Tottenham Hotspur are expected to be busier than Newcastle United in the final days of the winter transfer window.
The North Londoners are desperately searching for a new striker, while reinforcements in defence are a necessity too because of their injury issues.
Daniel Levy is pushing to sign Angel Gomes as well in this window, so it’s going to be a very interesting few days for Spurs fans.
Among all the players Tottenham have considered is a Newcastle United man.
What happened after Tottenham discussed making a move to sign Lloyd Kelly from Newcastle
Newcastle signed Lloyd Kelly from Bournemouth on a free transfer last summer.
The defender was viewed as a versatile option for Eddie Howe, one who could solve problems at both centre-half and left-back.
Kelly played in each of Newcastle’s first five Premier League games this season, but he has made just four appearances in the English top-flight since.
TBR Football revealed in January that Kelly is frustrated with life under Howe at Newcastle after not getting the game time he wants.
Now, Ben Jacobs has revealed that Tottenham discussed the prospect of signing the ‘‘ Kelly in this window, but the journalist has claimed that Newcastle ‘battered it off’.
Speaking about defenders Spurs have considered, Jacobs said on the Last Word On Spurs podcast: “I mentioned on the last show Milan Skriniar and I think that was widely reported, but he’s gone to Fenerbahce. Tottenham had considered that opportunity.
“Kevin Danso, as I’ve discussed before, the price is just too high. Not impossible, but I feel like it’s Wolves really pushing on that deal at the moment rather than Tottenham.
“I know internally they discussed Lloyd Kelly and Newcastle had kind of battered it off and then there was some interest from Italy in him.”
The kind of deal Tottenham are looking for to strengthen their defence
Tottenham’s defence has had a lot of problems this season.
Archie Gray, who is naturally a midfielder, has had to fill in at the back. That has not been ideal at all, even though he has done a great job there.
However, despite the issues in their defence, Jacobs has claimed that Tottenham’s priority in this window is a new attacker and not a defender.
That is worrying because of Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero’s injury records, but Spurs haven’t completely ruled out a move in the final days of the window.
Jacobs has claimed that Spurs would like a deal similar to the one they sealed for Clement Lenglet in 2022 – an easy loan move for an experienced defender.
Whether that would be possible in the coming days, however, remains to be seen.