Tottenham Hotspur have a defensive crisis on their hands right now.
There’s no getting around it, Spurs’ defence is a mess at the minute.
Archie Gray is an 18-year-old midfielder playing at centre-half every week, while Djed Spence was frozen out of the squad last year, but now he’s starting at left-back.
Gray is happy to play at centre-back, but a look at Tottenham’s recent results shows that it’s not great for the team.
Luckily for Spurs, the January transfer window is open, and help could be on the way.
Speaking on Last Word on Spurs, Mike McGrath has been discussing Tottenham and the idea of signing a new centre-back.
As much as Spurs do need a new defender, according to the journalist, it will be difficult for Spurs to make such a signing, with McGrath claiming that nothing is close as of right now.
Tottenham not close to new centre-back signing
McGrath shared what he knows about Tottenham’s situation.
Spurs are apparently not close to signing a new centre-half, and this is said to be a difficult market as things stand.
“I think that it is a really difficult market for them. At this moment in time I’m not hearing that Spurs are close on a centre-back. I’m sure they have targets from across Europe who are gettable and available, but it’s extremely difficult. You look at players who are available and it’s players who aren’t in the team really,” McGrath said.
Which centre-backs do Tottenham want?
Spurs may not be close to signing a new centre-back, but they do have some targets in mind.
Indeed, Spurs have been linked with a few new defensive options during this transfer window already.
Ko Itakura has been linked with Tottenham recently, while Spurs were in talks to sign Milan Skriniar earlier this month.
Unfortunately, by the sounds of things, neither of those deals are close to being done just yet, but there’s still over two weeks to go in the window.
Whether or not Tottenham can get a body through the door in that time remains to be seen, but having seen how quickly Spurs got the deal for Antonin Kinsky done earlier this month, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Spurs did have a trick up their sleeve.
Tottenham do need defensive reinforcements before the deadline, but whether or not Daniel Levy will back Ange Postecoglou with new signings is still unclear.