{"id":303201,"date":"2025-11-20T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/303201\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:54:07","slug":"tottenham-actively-pursuing-world-class-star-in-shock-january-swoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/303201\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham &#8216;actively&#8217; pursuing &#8216;world class&#8217; star in shock January swoop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A report has shed light on Tottenham\u2019s January transfer plans and the most eye-catching developments concern their chase of a \u2018world class\u2019 goalkeeper and a tantalising update on Dusan Vlahovic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tottenham-hotspur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a> are primed to enter their first transfer window without Daniel Levy pulling the strings. Levy, whether justified or not, had become a lightning rod for criticism for much of Spurs\u2019 fanbase for keeping the financial handbrake on at times when Tottenham should\u2019ve pressed the accelerator.<\/p>\n<p>Fabio Paratici, Johan Lange and\u00a0Vinai Venkatesham are the key decision-makers right now and a fresh update from <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15302219\/Tottenham-transfers-targets-Solanke-Bergvall.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Mail<\/a> has offered insight into how Spurs will attack the January window.<\/p>\n<p>And despite the improvements made by Guglielmo Vicario and the signing of quality back-up in Antonin Kinsky just last year, it\u2019s claimed Tottenham are \u2018actively looking\u2019 to sign a \u2018world class goalkeeper.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Who they\u2019re looking at was not hinted at in the piece beyond a cursory mention of Aston Villa\u2019s Emiliano Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>However, the report only cited the Argentine as an example of a deal Tottenham could explore, as opposed to one they\u2019re actively seeking to secure at this moment in time.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Tottenham are also exploring the market for a new striker. Per the report, that area of the pitch was termed the club\u2019s \u2018priority\u2019, though it was stressed the club will only move for an upgrade on what they already have, rather than simply adding depth.<\/p>\n<p>TEAMtalk understands <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tottenham-hotspur\/ivan-toney-accept-huge-pay-cut-spurs-everton-eye-stunning-january-move\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ivan Toney is prepared to accept a colossal pay-cut<\/a> in order to reunite with Thomas Frank. Toney rose to prominence under the Dane\u2019s guidance during their time together at Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>Toney now plays for Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli but is willing to return to England in January to boost his chances of earning a spot in England\u2019s World Cup squad.<\/p>\n<p>Frank is very much on board with forging the reunion, and while The Mail acknowledged Toney in their piece too, they focused more on Juventus\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/dusan-vlahovic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dusan Vlahovic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dusan Vlahovic to Tottenham latest<\/p>\n<p>Vlahovic, 25, is in the final year of his contract in Turin and the expectation despite a recent managerial change is the frontman will move on at some stage in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The report read: \u2018The Paratici factor makes me think they will at the very least check out what\u2019s happening with Dusan Vlahovic, whose contract at\u00a0Juventus\u00a0expires in June. His situation has changed slightly since Luciano Spalletti replaced Igor Tudor as boss.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Spalletti says he wants to keep Vlahovic and would like him to sign a new deal, but the 25-year-old Serb is on big wages worth \u00a310million a year after tax and a free transfer in the summer would be hugely lucrative for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If Spurs can afford to pay him what he is asking for then this deal, either in January or in the summer, feels at this stage a more viable option than Ivan Toney, who has been subject to a lot of speculation because of his links to Thomas Frank.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Toney at 29, would jar with Tottenham\u2019s policy of recruiting younger players with scope to develop and his inflated Saudi wages would make him potentially more expensive than Vlahovic.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Latest Tottenham news<\/p>\n<p>In other news,\u00a0Fabrizio Romano has revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/liverpool-advantage-over-tottenham-antoine-semenyo-race-bournemouth-release-clause\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the advantages that Liverpool have over Tottenham<\/a> in their quest to bring Antoine Semenyo to Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>That might not matter to Spurs, with reports claiming they\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tottenham-hotspur\/alternative-antoine-semenyo-spurs-signing-already-lined-up-takefusa-kubo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">already lining up Real Sociedad\u2019s Takefusa Kubo<\/a> as a more-than-worthy alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, former Spurs striker Troy Parrott is on the radar of Bayern Munich and Juventus as he starts to live up to his hype as a goalscoring sensation, although TEAMtalk can reveal how Tottenham are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tottenham-hotspur\/troy-parrott-mistake-classy-talent-bayern-munich-juventus-hunt-striker-sources\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">determined not to make the same mistake with another young talent<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A report has shed light on Tottenham\u2019s January transfer plans and the most eye-catching developments concern their chase&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[8916,3339,424,77850,403,99,4899,5765],"class_list":["post-303201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-all-the-news","tag-english-premier-league","tag-front-page","tag-popular","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-tottenham-hotspur","tag-transfer-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}