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Tottenham Hotspur are lining up a move for Norwich City defender Ben Godfrey, per Football Insider.
What’s the word?
The report claims that Spurs are tracking the 21-year-old defender closely as they attempt to bolster their squad in the January transfer window.
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Of course, both Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen have contracts that expire at the end of the season and Spurs are said to be on the lookout for potential replacements.
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Godfrey is valued at between £20m and £25m by Norwich, who are currently in the Premier League relegation zone.
A low-risk buy
Godfrey doesn’t come with an awful lot of risk.
This is a player who has played in every single Premier League game thus far this term and has some solid statistics to boot.
Per WhoScored, he makes 1.1 tackles per game, 1.3 interceptions, just 0.3 fouls, and 4.6 clearances, while he is dribbled past on a mere 0.3 occasions.
He is also an excellent distributor of the ball, clocking a passing accuracy of 91.6% on average for a team that likes to build attacks from defence.
At £25m, which is pennies in today’s market, he would be a homegrown addition to the squad and also one for the future.
He is just 21 and one feels that he could grow and improve at Spurs under Jose Mourinho, who helped turn John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho into superstar centre-backs during his spells with Porto and Chelsea.
This is a deal that has a very low downside and a rather high upside. Spurs should snap him up.
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