{"id":448086,"date":"2026-02-27T07:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/448086\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T07:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:19:08","slug":"van-de-ven-interest-normal-as-romano-reveals-spurs-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/448086\/","title":{"rendered":"Van de Ven interest &#8216;normal&#8217; as Romano reveals Spurs stance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fabrizio Romano has quashed reports that Manchester United will pursue Tottenham Hotspur defender Micky van de Ven in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Van de Ven has been one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tottenham-hotspur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a>\u2018s standout players since his arrival in the summer of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>His performances helped the Londoners win last season\u2019s Europa League, but he has been unable to lift them up the Premier League table.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs currently sit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/premier-league\/table\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">16th in the top flight<\/a> and only four points above the relegation zone after 27 games.<\/p>\n<p>Their dismal form this campaign means Van de Ven and some of his team-mates, such as Cristian Romero, could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/tottenham-preparing-van-de-ven-romero-transfers-new-defender-signing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">leave in the summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There would almost certainly be a mass exodus should Spurs get relegated to the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Van de Ven has attracted interest from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a>, Liverpool and Real Madrid and, regardless of Spurs\u2019 top-flight status, could move on this year.<\/p>\n<p>MORE ON VAN DE VEN ON F365<br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-liverpool-fix-defence-alonso-three-summer-signings-182m\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How Liverpool could fix their defence under Xabi Alonso with three summer signings worth \u00a3182m<\/a><br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/feature-tottenham-premier-league-relegation-reassigned\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool and Man Utd boosted as Tottenham players reassigned after relegation<\/a><br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/most-expensive-championship-xi-transfers-spurs-manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United and Liverpool could shatter transfer record this summer as \u00a3404.5m XI revealed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A move to United or Liverpool would be a tough pill to swallow for Spurs fans, but Madrid could pounce after missing out on free-agent targets Dayot Upamecano and Marc Guehi.<\/p>\n<p>And in another boost (of sorts) for Spurs, a move to Old Trafford looks unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fabrizio Romano, selling Romero and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/micky-van-de-ven\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Van de Ven<\/a> is not something Spurs would consider, and there is nothing \u201cserious or concrete\u201d regarding a transfer to United.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not see Tottenham selling both of them,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VgWh1A0Y54E\" target=\"_blank\">Romano said on his YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis would not be Tottenham\u2019s style, but there is obviously a lot of attention on the players because they are among the best centre-backs in the world. And so several clubs are following these situations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Van de Ven and Manchester United, these rumours in the last 24 to 48 hours, coming from England \u2013 I received many questions \u2013 but guys, I\u2019m not aware of anything really serious or concrete at this stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Romano continued: \u201cAppreciating Micky van de Ven is absolutely normal because he is one of the best defenders around, so it\u2019s absolutely normal to have these kinds of stories involving many clubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the moment, as I keep telling you \u2013 and I told you here on the channel for some time \u2013 the focus for Man Utd and the big spending is going to be on midfielders. Man Utd want to invest in midfielders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould Man Utd sign a defender? I think it\u2019s a possibility in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s see what happens with Harry Maguire \u2013 if he\u2019s going to stay or leave. But at the moment, for Micky van de Ven and United, there is nothing really serious or concrete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/west-ham-handed-major-survival-boost-as-spurs-and-forest-count-cost-of-success\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham handed major survival boost as Spurs and Forest count cost of \u2018success\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano has quashed reports that Manchester United will pursue Tottenham Hotspur defender Micky van de Ven in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,448,348,349,63223,50,221,101,919,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-448086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-front-page","tag-home-page","tag-manchester-united","tag-micky-van-de-ven","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-tottenham-hotspur","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}