Tottenham Hotspur are heading closer and closer to relegation, and as people scramble to answer the question of why Spurs are so bad, the answer is truly multifactorial. Spurs have been dealt with a lot of injuries on top of a squad with obvious weaknesses in areas crucial to success in modern football, and they also have a squad of young players with an inflated sense of their own worth, leading to severe underperformance.
Fullback Djed Spence is not one of the biggest names at Tottenham, but, in many ways, he typifies the problems at Spurs. Spence is not a bad footballer by any means. He is a perfectly acceptable Premier League right back who is good enough to make appearances for the England national team, but he is someone who has snubbed managers and carries himself like he is world class, even with his social media posts.
The reality is that Spence is a below average starting player and more of a rotational piece, yet he starts frequently at left back, where he is atrocious. Spurs have had to give him a lot of starts this season due to injuries to Destiny Udogie, and they had such an issue with his poor play that they focused on left back more than any other need in the transfer window, signing his successor in Souza while showing significant interest in Andrew Robertson as an immediate starting option.
Juventus want to sign Djed Spence
Tottenham Hotspur clearly do not have high hopes for Spence long term, and they may have found the perfect way to get rid of him. According to a report from La Gazzetta dello Sport's ace reporter Giovanni Albanese, Juventus are interested in signing Djed Spence, who could cost 26 million pounds.
Now, that is a pretty hefty fee for Tottenham to fetch for a mediocre player who is not really in their squad building plans. Spence is not the most popular name among the players who could be moving out of the club this summer, but he is more likely to leave than others like Pedro Porro - and also a lot less valuable, which is why he is not as popular of a name.
For some reason, Juventus are starting to like Tottenham's players as signings, perhaps signaling a changing of the script in their transfer relationship. Whatever it may be, if Spurs can manage to offload Guglielmo Vicario and Spence for 30 million euros apiece his summer transfer window, that will go a long way to helping them sign better players.