Udogie deal edges closer

After news emerged midweek of Spurs’ reignited discussions with Udinese for 19 year-old fullback Destiny Udogie, Fabrizio Romano has reported that a breakthrough between all parties has been made and the deal is close to completion. Earlier this morning, the Italian reporter tweeted that:

Full agreement on personal terms between Destiny Udogie, his agents and Tottenham, five year contract. Deal expected to be completed next week with Udinese. ⚪️🤝 #THFC

Paratici and Conte want Udogie as part of future project, so he could be loaned back to Udinese. pic.twitter.com/NgXXXGMITN

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 6, 2022

Indeed, Sky Italia have reinforced Romano’s claims on stating that Udogie is becoming “ever closer to becoming a new Tottenham player”. Like Romano, they claim that personal terms have been agreed between the player for a fee of approximately €20 million up front, which may rise to €26 million if bonuses are accounted for.

The report adds that Udogie was left out of Udinese’s Coppa Italia victory on Friday night against Feralpisalò due to negotiations with Spurs, which are now at their closing stages if Calcio Mercato are to be believed. The Italian outlet has reinforced the initial claims about the potential deal that Udogie’s signing will see the Italian under-21 international rejoin his current employers on a season-long loan. In addition, Calcio Mercato expect the deal to be tied up at some point next week.

The signing is made all the more impressive when considering the competition we’ve beaten off in order to emerge as frontrunners for Udogie’s signature, with Calcio Mercato’s report stating that Serie A heavyweights Inter and Juventus were also interested in the youngster. This notion has also been echoed by Sport Witness, who claim that Brighton, Manchester City had also expressed an interest in the young left-back before we swooped in to agree terms.