Report: Club ‘will try to get Tottenham’ to buy defender this summer
According to Friday’s print edition of Marca (as relayed by Sport Witness), Barcelona remain hopeful that Tottenham Hotspur will sign Clement Lenglet permanently.
Lenglet has not quite set the world alight since joining Spurs on loan last summer but the defender has looked solid on occasion.
With the North London club not having the option to make the deal permanent, they would have to enter into negotiations with Barca if they wish to snap up the Frenchman.
Marca say that even though Lenglet has had a good spell at Spurs, he has not done enough to convince Barcelona to include him in their plans for next season.
It is explained that Xavi Hernandez already has enough options at centre-back and the La Liga giants are also waiting for the arrival of Athletic Bilbao’s Inigo Martenez on a free transfer.
The publication asserts that Barca ‘will try to get Tottenham’ to buy Lenglet for a fee between €10m (£8.9m) and €15m (£13.4m) in the summer.
Marca add that the reason the two clubs have not started talks regarding the centre-back is due to the current changes that are underway at Tottenham, with the North London club waiting until they have Antonio Conte’s successor in place.
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The decision has to be left with the new head coach and I suspect that it will ultimately depend on whether the newcomer prefers playing a back three or a back four.
The candidates that are currently being linked with the job, including Nagelsmann, Kompany and Slot, play with a back four, which suggests that Spurs are unlikely to snap up Lenglet permanently.
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