Cristian Romero and Pierluigi Gollini joined Tottenham from Atalanta over the summer and Fabio Paratici explains Spurs needed to ‘renew the team.’
The goalkeeper moved to North London on an initial loan deal with an option to buy. If the Italian goalkeeper collects more than 20 appearances in all competitions, then the Premier League giants will make his move permanent for €15m.
However, Spurs have an option to extend the player’s loan for one more season.
“We had an objective, a target, to renew the team. Young players, young talent with big potential and their hope is to win something with Tottenham – to win something with this great team,” Paratici told Standard Sport, commenting on Tottenham’s deals during the summer transfer window.
“We have here a lot of players who, in my opinion, are big players that in the last two seasons have not been at their level of performance.
“So, our target, when me, Nuno and Steve (Hitchin, technical performance director) met, was to reinvigorate the team, give more discipline, give more work in terms of physical work, more organisation, and Nuno did this kind of job very well.”
Cristian Romero also moved to North London from Atalanta on a permanent €55m deal.
The Argentina international had been named best Serie A defender in the 2020-21 campaign. Paratici sold him to Atalanta from Juventus on an initial two-year loan deal worth €2m with an option to buy for €16m.
Tottenham had also made a formal bid to sign Bologna‘s Takehiro Tomiyasu, but Arsenal eventually managed to sign the Japan international on the deadline day, with Spurs who got Emerson Royal from Barcelona.
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They are not premier league champions.. let alone champions of anything.. lol
Lewis, Levy and ENIC OUT !!!