Johan Lange personally went to watch £23m player Tottenham want to sign this month

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Johan Lange travelled to Italy to personally watch Radu Dragusin as Tottenham Hotspur target the defender in the January transfer window.

Radu Dragusin looks to be closing in on becoming Spurs’ first signing of the month. Tottenham are looking set to complete a deal to sign Dragusin for around £23 million.

It will be a move which will please Ange Postecoglou and the Tottenham fans. It has been apparent for some time that Spurs need further reinforcements at the back, with Micky van de Ven sidelined since early November and Cristian Romero joining him recently.

Johan Lange went to watch Radu Dragusin as Tottenham target January deal

But it is not a panic buy.

Football London reports that Postecoglou has given a move for Dragusin the green light. And Tottenham’s technical director Johan Lange went to watch the centre-back in action for Genoa in their 1-1 draw with Juventus along with the club’s chief scout Rob Mackenzie in December.

Spurs desperately need to make a quick signing

It will be a big boost for Tottenham to get a deal over the line in the coming days. They have done amazingly well to remain in touch with the top four in the Premier League while dealing with a raft of injuries to key players.

It has been Emerson Royal and Ben Davies who have largely played together in recent weeks.

Dragusin is not necessarily the finished article when he has the ball at his feet. But he is a warrior who loves to get stuck in, so it is certainly going to be a lot of fun to watch on the occasions he is partnered with Cristian Romero – should he sign.

Many of the deals Tottenham have done more recently have proved to be really good pieces of business.

So if they manage to strike a deal for Dragusin from here, there will be optimism that he could prove to be yet another gem.