{"id":146755,"date":"2024-02-02T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/02\/3-players-tottenham-should-have-been-targeting-in-january\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:00:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:00:57","slug":"3-players-tottenham-should-have-been-targeting-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/02\/3-players-tottenham-should-have-been-targeting-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"3 players Tottenham should have been targeting in January \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For all of his flaws and all of the criticisms he\u2019s rightly or wrongly faced, Daniel Levy knows how to run a football club as a business.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tottenham Hotspur, perennially seen as inactive or absent\u00a0transfer\u00a0operators, have been among Europe\u2019s busiest outfits in the January window and concluded their key business early in the month just as head coach Ange Postecoglou asked.<\/p>\n

Timo Werner has joined on a low-risk loan from RB Leipzig, while Spurs beat Bayern Munich to the signing of Genoa\u2019s Radu Dragusin.<\/p>\n

There was still enough cash left in the bank for\u00a0Tottenham\u00a0to perhaps make one more minor move without the need for outgoings, though the ability to shift some deadwood would have helped them make another splash.<\/p>\n

Here are the players they should have been after.<\/p>\n

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Conor Gallagher<\/h2>\n
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Gallagher could have left Chelsea \/ Visionhaus\/GettyImages<\/p>\n

Alright, this one is cheating a bit as Tottenham\u00a0did<\/em>\u00a0target Conor Gallagher. They just couldn\u2019t come up with the funds to pry him away from Chelsea.<\/p>\n

As was the case last summer, Spurs really\u00a0needed to shift Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg\u00a0in order to push aggressively for Gallagher, who is hugely admired by Postecoglou and would have been capable of playing various roles in his system.<\/p>\n

90min<\/em>\u00a0reported earlier this month\u00a0Mauricio Pochettino would have tried his best to keep Gallagher, but he may have been powerless if a significant offer came in with the midfielder into the final 18 months of his contract.<\/p>\n

Once players return from injuries and international duty, Tottenham will be pretty well stocked in midfield, so the inability to get Gallagher \u2013 who was reluctant to leave this month anyway \u2013 over the line is hardly a catastrophe.<\/p>\n

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Roony Bardghji<\/h2>\n
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Bardghji helped Copenhagen beat Man Utd \/ James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/GettyImages<\/p>\n

Tottenham\u2019s January plans involved signing one ready-made versatile forward and one for the future, with Werner coming in on an initial loan and Antonio Nusa viewed as a long-term solution.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Spurs could not give the Norwegian assurances over playing time and he instead focused on a switch to Brentford, only for that deal to fall through due to complications discovered in his medical.<\/p>\n

90min<\/em>\u00a0revealed in December\u00a0that Copenhagen were willing to sell the highly-coveted Roony Bardghji, who made headlines across Europe for scoring the winner in a Champions League clash with Manchester United earlier this season. If Tottenham were that keen on a younger winger, the 18-year-old with bags of experience already would have been the perfect option.<\/p>\n

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Lloyd Kelly<\/h2>\n
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Kelly has been on Tottenham\u2019s radar \/ JUSTIN TALLIS\/GettyImages<\/p>\n

Heading into the January window, Tottenham\u2019s top priority was to bring in a centre-back. Postecoglou made no secret of that even dating back to the summer.<\/p>\n

They made a late play to sign Lloyd Kelly from Bournemouth in August but could not agree a fee with the Cherries. It\u2019s a deal Spurs should maybe have revisited despite Dragusin\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n

Tottenham\u2019s backup left-back options for the rest of the season are Ben Davies and Emerson Royal, neither of whom are a great fit in Postecoglou\u2019s setup. At least Kelly, now into the final six months of his Bournemouth contract, would have been a more natural option at both left-back tucking inside and covering for Micky van de Ven at left centre-back.<\/p>\n

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