Spurs won't allow Chiriches exit

It will please some Tottenham fans, it will disappoint others but Vlad Chiriches is not allowed to leave this window.

Spurs won't allow Chiriches exit


The failed Premier League centre-back, who has now been overtaken in that department by Eric Dier, many of us felt would make a better right-back given his love of the ball. Thankfully Mauricio Pochettini eventually agreed and gave him a try there and he is now the back-up right-back, allowing Eric Dier to concentrate on centre-back.

He is not an ideal right-back, he still puts us in trouble regularly and is only of the Kyle Naughton standard but with DeAndre Yedlin not at match fitness and needing plenty of work on his own defending the Romanian captain has suddenly become a crucial figure to the squad, just as Naughton was with his versatility. He is vital because he provides cover and if we are to use Eric Dier as the back-up centre-back then we can't have him as the cover for right-back as well otherwise an injury would put us in a difficult situation.

Should anything happen to Kyle Walker it is likely he rather than Yedlin will step in, I suspect when Yedlin gets a cameo it will be on the right side of midfield or when we are winning comfortably.

Chiriches is the number one target of Rudi Garcia, the Roma coach and technical director Walter Sabattini has been working on trying to make a deal happen. The two sides are apart on a valuation but Spurs can't release him unless they can secure a right-back loan, hence all the stories earlier in the window about Miguel Lopes, out of favour at Sporting.

Italian outlet Corriere dello Sport however are claiming that Tottenham won't let Chiriches leave this window. Roma have met with his agent who is keen on moving him to Italy, Tottenham hope a deal can be revived in the summer.