Tottenham are ready to walk away from their pursuit of Bayer Leverkusen defender Edmund Tapsoba.
Taposba has been a player mentioned all summer with regards to a move to Spurs. The impressive defender has shone in the Bundesliga and is seen as a defender with pace who can adapt to the Premier League. However, Leverkusen have been resolute in their attempts to keep Tapsoba so far. That has forced Tottenham to pursue a deal for Micky van de Ven.
And according to The Evening Standard, Tottenham could now be ready to walk away from their bid for Tapsoba.
The ES claims that Spurs have been ‘locked’ in talks with Leverkusen over a deal for Tapsoba but are now ready to cool their interest. It comes as Spurs feel a move for Van de Ven is getting closer, while Leverkusen’s refusal to budge in negotiations has also forced the club’s hands a bit.
Tottenham had been tipped to continue their pursuit of the ‘exceptional‘ Tapsoba, despite the potential capture of Van de Van. However, it now seems that it will be one or the other for Spurs, withn the one looking more likely to be Van de Ven than Tapsoba at this stage.
Decision time for Tottenham
If Leverkusen aren’t going to sell, then there has to be a point where Spurs do indeed walk away.
Indeed, according to The Standard, Tottenham are still some way away from getting any sort of deal done for the Bayern Leverkusen defender.
The ‘frightening’ centre-back would be a fantastic signing for Tottenham. He’s a front-footed defender who isn’t afraid to play with the ball at his feet, and he would suit Ange Postecoglou’s style to a tee. In all honesty, it’s not hard to understand why Leverkusen aren’t keen to sell.
Xabi Alonso’s side have already lost one key player this summer in the shape of Moussa Diaby, and they won’t want to lose another star in the same window.
The Diaby sale has alleviated a lot of the financial pressure attached to the Tapsoba deal, and after such a promising second half of last season under Alonso, Leverkusen won’t want to pull apart a squad that looked more than capable of challenging at the top end of the Bundesliga last term.
Unfortunately, Tottenham are finding it rather difficult to get this deal done.
It looks like they might be reaching that point.
Tottenham fans won’t mind this as long as the Van de Ven deal gets done. But if they walk away from Tapsoba and stutter in the deal for the Dutchman, then it won’t be a good look at all.
