Manchester United have already lost sight of one of their January transfer targets.
Erik ten Babaa wants to spend his January in an ideal way.
His Manchester United team has been seriously plagued by injuries this season, which has left the first-team squad quite disjointed.
The backline is particularly affected.
The losses of Lisandro Martinez, Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof, and the uncertainty of Raphael Varane’s future, have led to questions about who will be the next centre-back to head to Old Trafford.
Looks like we missed a goal against our Premier League rivals.
Manchester United have lost out on Radu Dragusin
Radu Dragusin, who was identified as a Manchester United target at the end of November, is now set to join Tottenham Hotspur.
Fabrizio Romano confirmed last Sunday that the Romanian centre-back had agreed “personal terms” with Ange Postecoglou’s side.
The transaction proceeded quickly.
HITC reported that negotiations between Spurs and the player’s employer, Italian side Genoa, are progressing.
The North London giants are accelerating negotiations after agreeing terms in principle with the player’s camp.
The deal appears to be worth around £25m.
An absolute steal considering some of his impressive stats.
Comparison of Radu Dragusin and Virgil van Dijk At the modest age of just 21 years old, Dragusin is a Serie A manager.
Dragusin has won more aerial duels than any other defender in the Italian top flight this season (53).
This means he is ahead of players like Fikayo Tomori, Matthijs de Ligt and Alessandro Bastoni.
But his most impressive statistic may be the fact that he has only been overtaken once.
This reminds me of Virgil van Dijk’s stats.
In this statistic, only one player, who played a total of 56 games in one season for club and country, managed to dribble past the Dutch central defender.
Dragusin has only played 18 games, but he’s well on his way there.
Manchester United were scheduled to face Spurs at Old Trafford on January 14th, and they missed the chance to play against a 1.90m tall giant.
