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Tottenham’s transfer targets
- Updated: October 11, 2016
Tottenham Hotspur entered the international break on a five-game winning streak, culminating in a 2-0 dismantling of title favourites, Manchester City.
With their end-of-season title implosion last season still fresh in the minds, Tottenham, under the hugely impressive Mauricio Pochettino, look to be mounting another assault on the Premier League title.
Having already signed Moussa Sissoko, Georges-Kevin N’Koudou, Vincent Janssen, Pau Lopez and Victor Wanyama in the summer, should Spurs still be in title contention in January, it wouldn’t come as a surprise to see Pochettino use the window as a means of bringing in reinforcements.
With the help of our friends at Football Whispers, whose unique algorithm tracks the likelihood of deals being done, here are a few of the names who are likely to be linked with a move to White Hart Lane…
Isco
Current Club: Real Madrid
Position: Attacking Midfielder
Linked By: Marca
Current Football Whispers Rating: 3.5
Highest Football Whispers Rating: 3.6 (September 1, 2016)
Real Madrid midfielder Isco is regarded as one of the most talented players in his generation of Spanish stars. But in recent months the 24-year-old has found first-team game time hard to come by at the Santiago Bernabeu, and reports in Spain are linking him with a move away from the European champions when the transfer window re-opens in January.
Tottenham are said to be leading the chase for the former Malaga man, with Spanish newspaper Marca recently running a headline which read, ‘Tottenham are crazy for Isco’. Isco signed for Real Madrid from Malaga in a 30m euros deal in the summer of 2013.
Los Blancos fended off strong interest from …