We’ve barely had a chance to celebrate Radu Dragusin’s triumphant return to football after a serious knee injury last spring, and he’s already being linked with a move away from Tottenham Hotspur. Fabrizio
Romano is now tweeting that Radu has interest from (so far unnamed) clubs in Italy as he wants additional match time, minutes he’s unlikely to get as Tottenham’s de facto fourth CB.
I have seen other sources mention Juventus as one of the Italian clubs interested in taking Dragusin and I’m sure we can put our heads together and fantasize about some of the other teams. My personal fanfic has eventual new Fiorentina Director of Football Fabio Paratici bringing Radu to La Viola, initially on loan but with a purchase obligation with the hopes that the team can somehow magic their way out of the relegation zone. This is not an actual rumor, but can’t you see it happening?
Dragusin had his difficulties in Ange Postecoglou’s high line, high possession system over the past two years, but I still think, wholly without evidence, Radu could be a more effective defender under Thomas Frank than Big Ange. That said, I don’t see a situation where he’s anything other than a rotation or injury replacement and he appears to be well behind Cuti Romero, Micky van de Ven, and Kevin Danso. Combine that with an agent who, uh, loves to talk and you end up here with a lot of smoke in the air about wanting to leave the club for better opportunities elsewhere. You can’t blame him, and this is something I think we could see happen. It would leave Spurs a little short handed so long as they’re still in multiple competitions, but maybe Kota Takai is ready to actually play football this season? Guess we’ll see.
