Genoa’s Radu Dragusin ‘will fly to London TODAY’ after Tottenham beat off late hijack from Bayern Munich for in-demand 21-year-old defender

Radu Dragusin has ‘decided that he wants to join Tottenham’ after it was reported yesterday that Ange Postecoglou’s side were close to agreeing a deal to sign the Genoa defender.     

It comes after it had appeared that Bayern Munich had hijacked Tottenham’s deal to sign the 21-year-old.

According to Sky Germany, the defender has indicated he would prefer to move to the Premier League club and will ‘fly to London on Wednesday’ to complete the deal.

On Tuesday, Mails Sport reported that Ange Postecoglou’s side were close to agreeing a deal worth up to £25million for the Genoa centre-back after tabling a formal offer.

Out of favour defender Djed Spence, who returned from a loan spell at Leeds last week, was also being offered to the Italian club as a sweetener in the proposed deal.

Ange Postecoglou’s side are set to beat Bayern Munich and Napoli to sign the defender 

Bayern’s bid for the centre-back was believed to be a straight cash offer and doubt had arisen over whether he would sign for Spurs

Dragusin has emerged as one of Spurs’ top January targets and the club have now made an official bid for the centre-back.

It comes after Ben Davies suffered a hamstring injury in Tottenham’s victory against Burnley on January 5, heightening the north London side’s need for a new central defender.   

Bayern Munich, meanwhile, had stepped in to make a late move for the Romanian and had tabled a straight cash offer. 

But Tottenham had been increasingly confident of landing the 21-year-old.

Spence, who was abruptly retuned by Leeds last week despite having the full-back on loan until the end of the season, could now move in the opposite direction.

He joined Tottenham for £20m in the summer of 2022 from Middlesbrough, signing a five-year deal with the club. 

Following his arrival, he would go out on loan to Rennes before moving to Leeds last summer where the defender made seven appearances in the Championship after a knee injury had ruled him out of action for a large part of the season. 

Tottenham defender Djed Spence could be set to move in the opposite direction as part of a loan after returning from his spell at Leeds

Dragusin boasts some excellent defensive stats and has an 82 percent passing accuracy

Tottenham are growing increasingly confident of landing the 21-year-old 

Mail Sport revealed on Friday that Spurs would immediately put Spence up for transfer following his return amid attitude issues.

And the former England Under 21 star is now set to leave Tottenham once more.

The 20-year-old midfielder has risen through the Spurs academy and is considered one of their brightest emerging stars. 

Craig made his debut for the senior side at the end of the 2022-23 season, coming on as a late substitute during Tottenham’s 4-1 Premier League victory against Leeds.