Tottenham might force Liverpool into completing January transfer after £25m signing
It might be shaping up to be a quiet January transfer window at Liverpool, but it’s a different story at Tottenham Hotspur.
Long-serving pair Hugo Lloris and Eric Dier have departed for pastures new at LAFC and Bayern Munich, while Ange Postecoglou strengthened his attack by landing former Reds target Timo Werner on loan from RB Leipzig earlier this week.
Meanwhile, Spurs completed their second incoming deal on Thursday as they signed Radu Dragusin from Genoa in a £25m deal. Negotiations for the Romanian centre-back also led to Djed Spence joining the Serie A outfit on loan until the end of the season, with the Italians holding an option to buy the 23-year-old permanently for £8m in the summer..
Liverpool should have one eye on such business, and not just because Spurs are back competing at the top end of the table under their new Australian manager - sitting six points behind Jurgen Klopp’s league-leaders in fifth. Rather, it has been suggested the North London outfit could now rival the Reds for one of their own transfer targets.
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As reported by the ECHO earlier this month, Liverpool are monitoring Morten Frendrup - Dragusin’s former team-mate at Genoa. While club sources have already dismissed the possibility of the Reds signing a new holding midfielder in January with Alexis Mac Allister and Wataru Endo currently operating in the position, Reds scouts are continuing to assess the development of the 22-year-old.
A Denmark youth international, Frendrup has impressed in Serie A this season after helping Genoa win promotion back to the
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