Tottenham Hotspur are eyeing a transfer for Barcelona’s teenage central defender Mikayil Faye with La Liga facet Girona additionally , in keeping with Spanish publication Sport.
Barcelona signed the Senegalese centre-back in the summertime and Faye has been spectacular for the Spanish facet’s reserve crew. Xavi Hernandez lately known as him as much as the first-team squad for a La Liga sport though the participant is but to make his debut.
Faye has performed 24 occasions for Barca Atletic this season, scoring three targets. A bodily dominant defender who’s equally adept with the ball at his ft, the 19-year-old has all of the components to change into a top-draw centre-back sooner or later. It is just an added benefit that he’s left-footed.
When Faye signed for Barcelona, he signed a four-year cope with a £341m launch clause. The Spanish giants have this tendency at hand large launch clauses to prime prospects to safe their futures to the membership however it stays to be seen whether or not they can be open to negotiating a price for the Senegalese centre-back.
Downside of lots
Barcelona have plenty of centre-backs at their disposal. The Spanish membership have Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen, Jules Kounde, Inigo Martinez and Pau Cubarsi who can play in that place. Eric Garcia – who’s out on mortgage at Girona – can also be anticipated to return forward of subsequent season.
Contemplating all of the names forward of him, it’s extremely unlikely that Faye would get a daily run within the first crew. Due to this fact, the report says Barcelona need to both mortgage him out, promote him with a buy-back clause or in the event that they get a very good price, outright promote him within the upcoming summer season. That is the place Tottenham have an interest.
Spurs have proven a big change in technique within the switch market because the arrival of Ange Postecoglou. They’ve signed younger, comparatively unknown commodities with a excessive ceiling. The likes of Micky van de Ven and Guglielmo Vicario have been the choose of the bunch to date.
Signing somebody like Mikayil Faye who may very well be the backup to Micky van de Ven may very well be the play going ahead. The Dutch centre-back’s explosive playstyle makes him slightly inclined to accidents. Having a like-for-like substitute for him within the squad can be preferrred. Let’s see if Spurs can discover an settlement with Barcelona for the Senegalese defender.
