‘He would love to join Tottenham’: Romano says ‘dazzling’ playmaker dreams of Spurs move

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Fabrizio Romano has claimed that Ruslan Malinovskyi “dreams of Tottenham” and “would love” to join Spurs.

The transfer insider was speaking about the reported Tottenham target on the latest episode of the Here We Go podcast.

Malinovskyi has been heavily linked with Spurs over the past week or so.

TuttoAtalanta reported last week that Tottenham were looking to bring the Ukraine international to N17.

A few days later, Calciomercato.com claimed that Tottenham were actually leading the race for Malinovskyi.

Also, Tuttomercatoweb reported that Spurs were willing to offer up Sergio Reguilon in return for the 29-year-old.

Now, Romano has claimed that, while Malinovskyi wants to join Tottenham, the club hasn’t yet firmed up their interest.

“It’s true that Ruslan Malinovskyi dreams of Tottenham,” he said.

“He would love to join Tottenham, so on player side the message is pretty clear.

“But the only club that’s made an official proposal to Atalanta is Marseille.

“A swap deal with Cengiz Under. But Atalanta’s side it’s a no to current conditions.

“So no agreement with Marseille as of now, let’s see if Tottenham will decide to jump in.”

Malinovskyi factfile

Primarily a No. 10, Malinovskyi is an outstanding free-kick taker.

Last season, he registered 10 goals and seven assists in all competitions for the Bergamo outfit.

Since joining Atalanta in 2019, he has made 130 appearances for the Serie A outfit across all competitions.

The “dazzling” midfielder with a “thunderous” left foot has scored 30 goals and provided 27 assists.

Malinovskyi also has considerable experience at international level, having won 49 caps for Ukraine.