Tottenham Hotspur closely monitoring Fulham centre-back Tosin Adarabioyo ahead of a possible release transfer summer blow, according to a Calciomercato report.
The 26-year-old has made 11 first division appearances this season, and most notably scored in the 5-0 annihilation of western ham at the beginning of December last year. He has so far made 16 accumulated appearances for Marco Silva's team this season.
first city of manchester The academy youngster has been delaying renewing his contract at Craven Cottage, with Calciomercato reporting that the 6-foot-4 defender is not open to a new deal, having turned down contract extension offers last season.
This has put a host of top European clubs on red alert to attack him, with Tottenham reportedly monitoring the centre-back and West Ham also in the fray.
The Italian giant, AC Milan, pointed out the former England under-19 international in January as one of the profiles for a possible “low-cost deal”. The Rossoneri are reported to be very interested in the £40k a week defender and contacts are already being initiated to get ahead of other rivals.
Good move?
Adarabioyo's stay at the west London club may come to an end this summer as his contract expires in June, meaning he will be able to leave on a free transfer at the end of the season.
Ange Postecoglou's side suffered a drop in form after starting centre-back pairing Christian Romero and Micky van de Ven suffered injuries.
Although Emerson Royal and Ben Davies temporarily filled in at centre-back positions, Spurs were regularly exposed as neither are natural centre-backs.
The north London club are looking to prevent this from happening again with adequate reinforcements in the centre-back position to provide depth and quality in the event of injury.
Spurs have already secured the signing of Radu Dragusin from Italian side Genoa and are keeping a close eye on Adarabioyo ahead of a possible swoop this summer.
There is no doubt about Tottenham's ability to make transfers quickly and they could now look to complete a deal for Adarabioyo to beat off competition from Milan and West Ham for the defender.
