{"id":617216,"date":"2022-08-31T13:10:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T17:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=617216"},"modified":"2022-08-31T13:12:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T17:12:33","slug":"tottenham-hotspur-leeds-united-daniel-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/31\/tottenham-hotspur-leeds-united-daniel-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur in Talks to Sign Premier League \u2018Speedster\u2019 as Deadline Day Looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It appears <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/31\/tottenham-hotspur-contract-talks-harry-kane\/\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> are not quite finished spending in the transfer market just yet. Journalist and transfer expert <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1564926900866355200\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> has reported that Spurs have reopened talks with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/31\/leeds-united-bid-premier-league-forward\/\" target=\"_self\">Leeds United<\/a> to sign &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/en\/news\/detail\/speedster-daniel-james-is-second-fastest-player-at-euro-2020-so-far\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speedster<\/a>&#8221; Daniel James on loan. The loan could also include the option for the North London club to make the deal permanent should they wish.<\/p>\n<h2>Daniel James Back on Tottenham Agenda as \u2018Speedster\u2019 Could Make Loan Move<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tottenham are back in negotiations with Leeds for Daniel James. Been told talks are ongoing on loan deal with buy option \u2014 but there are also other clubs&#8230;\ud83d\udea8\u26aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/THFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#THFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up to the player, as he\u2019s happy @ Leeds and has to decide.<\/p>\n<p>No movements around Ziyech or Carrasco as of now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IPVf4evGCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/IPVf4evGCJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1564926900866355200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The Current Situation<\/h3>\n<p>Whilst Spurs are clearly in for the Welsh wide player it is not a given that they acquire his signature. The player is happy with his current situation at Leeds, according to Romano. James only signed for Leeds a year ago for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/58393587#:~:text=Leeds%20have%20signed%20Daniel%20James%20from%20Manchester%20United,23-year-old%20Wales%20winger%20has%20signed%20a%20five-year%20contract.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a325 million<\/a> so the proposal of a loan with only an option to buy may not be enticing enough for the 24-year-old.<\/p>\n<h3>What Does James Offer?<\/h3>\n<p>James excels at the basics of the game and this alone is what would make him a great squad player for Antonio Conte&#8217;s side. Being a great athlete and having a good eye for a cross, as demonstrated by the chaos he created for Leeds\u2019 third goal against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/31\/chelsea-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-pursuit-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a>, he could be the perfect player for the Italian manager.<\/p>\n<p>Conte\u2019s system would also showcase the versatility of James as whilst he would be able to play in the front three alongside Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son he could also offer cover as a right wing-back for Emerson and Djed Spence. His speed and high defensive work rate could see him occupy the right-hand side single-handedly. This could potentially allow Conte to play the more forward-thinking Richarlison as an inverted attacker.<\/p>\n<p>However, as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/31\/manchester-united-amad-diallo-sunderland-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> fans know well, Daniel James is a safe winger and technically not near the best in the league. For a team like Tottenham with hopes of security in the top four and maybe for the title, it could be argued James is not a signing that pushes the needle in terms of these lofty ambitions.<\/p>\n<h3>Talks Ongoing<\/h3>\n<p>Tottenham are not the only team in for James, as Fabrizio Romano also mentions in the report. For Spurs, with deadline day looming, if the Leeds wide player is truly who they want they will need to act quickly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tottenham have discussed potential loan with buy option for Daniel James with Leeds last week \u2014 not an easy deal, also Everton asked for Dan. \ud83d\udea8\u26aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/THFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#THFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Situation remains open, it\u2019s up to the player \u2014 Leeds would be happy to keep James. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LUFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HpJovLfe2x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/HpJovLfe2x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1564205432675225602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears Tottenham Hotspur are not quite finished spending in the transfer market just yet. Journalist and transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has reported that Spurs have reopened talks with Leeds United to sign &#8220;speedster&#8221; Daniel James on loan. The loan could also include the option for the North London club to make the deal permanent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4217,"featured_media":617252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6443,7188,24],"tags":[3319],"class_list":["post-617216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-leeds-united","category-rumours","category-tottenham","tag-daniel-james"],"modified_by":"Alex Morley, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}