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Adrien Rabiot: Tottenham eager to sign Juventus midfielder
Tottenham Hotspur are trying to sign Adrien Rabiot before his contract expires in the summer.Juventus fear that the France midfielder has decided that he wants
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Adrien Rabiot: Tottenham eager to sign Juventus midfielder
Tottenham Hotspur are trying to sign Adrien Rabiot before his contract expires in the summer.
Juventus fear that the France midfielder has decided that he wants to move to the Premier League and have told Spurs that he will cost around £13.5 million. Rabiot, 27, helped to anchor France’s midfield on their way to the World Cup final on Sunday, missing only one match, due to illness.
He has been offered to Tottenham and Arsenal among others by his mother, Veronique, who is also his agent. Tottenham have held a long-standing interest in Rabiot from his days playing for Paris Saint-Germain, and their efforts could be helped by their close relationship with Juventus. Fabio Paratici, the Tottenham managing director, spent 11 years at Juventus and signed Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur at the end of this year’s January window. Paratici also signed Rabiot as a free agent in 2019 after the midfielder spent nine years at PSG.
Antonio Conte, the Spurs head coach, has put pressure on the club to back him with experienced players in the transfer window after securing qualification for the Champions League knock-out stage, where Spurs will meet AC Milan in February. The Italian has said that he cannot work “a miracle” and wants an attacking player, a midfielder and potentially a defender, having missed out on many of his summer targets. Tottenham’s summer net spend was about £120 million.
Spurs have also been linked with Pedro Porro, the right wing-back who faced Tottenham in their Champions League encounters with Sporting this season. The 23-year-old has scored nine goals and made five assists in all competitions for the Portuguese side this season.
Tottenham are likely to try to offload Bryan Gil and Japhet Tanganga, who have hardly played under Conte, and would like Djed Spence, a summer signing from Middlesbrough, to go out on loan having played only three minutes in the league in three substitute appearances this season.
