Dragusin: Tottenham centre-back true to his word - and has character to succeed
Tottenham have signed defender Radu Dragusin in a £26.7m (€31m) deal from Genoa after the Romania international chose to join Spurs over Bayern Munich.
Spurs beat off late competition from the German champions to conclude a deal that will see them pay an initial £21.5m (€25m) plus £5.2m (€6m) in add-ons to Genoa.
Napoli had also registered an interest in Dragusin, who has signed a six-and-a-half-year deal with Spurs.
A centre-back signing had been a priority for Spurs this month after the club's lack of cover in the position had been exposed in recent weeks.
The 21-year-old - labelled "the Romanian Virgil van Dijk" in Italy - becomes Ange Postecoglou's second January signing after the arrival of forward Timo Werner on loan until the end of the season.
Italian football expert Mina Rzouki tells Sky Sports about what Tottenham fans can expect from their new centre-back, who overcame rejection at Juventus - and why he turned down Bayern Munich...
Let's start with the good stuff. He is an interesting character as straightaway when he was at Juventus, and was handed his debut by Andrea Pirlo, what stood out was his size.
He's so tall and has got great physique. It's really difficult to win a duel against him. He owns everything on an aerial level. He's very strong and aggressive in his type of defending.
Pirlo wanted him to train with the first-team squad to improve his technique and what you see at Genoa is that he now better on the ball.
He's not a ball-playing defender, and is not someone who is going to progress the ball on his own at the back, but he delivers a great long pass, but it's also very difficult to dribble past him.
He's not super fast but fast enough but he's going to be difficult to beat at set pieces and he loves to
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