{"id":625961,"date":"2023-08-01T14:45:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T18:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=625961"},"modified":"2023-08-01T14:46:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T18:46:51","slug":"tottenham-ready-offer-tosin-adarabioyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/01\/tottenham-ready-offer-tosin-adarabioyo\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;This Week&#8217;: Tottenham Ready to Address Priority Position with Move for &#8216;Exceptional&#8217; Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tottenham finally look ready to strengthen their defence which shipped 63 goals in the Premier League last season. The club have yet to sign anyone at the back this summer, but according to a report from\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/tottenham-hotspur-fc\/transfer-news\/tottenham-defender-bid-ange-postecoglou-27438094\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rob Guest<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Tottenham are expected to launch a bid for Fulham defender Tosin Adarabioyo &#8220;this week.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soe\/tottenham_hotspur&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;metabet-website&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Tottenham Expected to Bid for Tosin Adarabioyo \u2018This Week\u2019<\/h2>\n<h3>Tottenham Prioritise New Defender<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to the report from Guest, Spurs are finally expected to bid for a defender, which according to the update will be Adarabioyo from Fulham. The club\u2019s search for a new centre-back tops their list of priorities, but with only 12 days until they play Brentford in the Premier League &#8211; the Lilywhites look ready to make their move. Guest mentions in his article how Spurs have struggled defensively during pre-season\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/31\/tottenham-proposal-for-harry-kane-sale-to-bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Club Representatives Meet: Tottenham Propose Interesting Deal for \u2018Exceptional\u2019 Spurs Record Breaker\u2019s Transfer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to the report, many fans have questioned why Daniel Levy has failed to deliver the centre-back reinforcements desperately needed by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/16\/ange-postecoglou-makes-positive-first-impression\/\" target=\"_self\">Ange Postecoglu<\/a>. Tottenham held talks earlier this summer with Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg respectively over\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/tottenham-hotspur-fc\/transfer-news\/tapsoba-kane-postecoglou-tottenham-issues-27428193\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Edmond Tapsoba and Micky Van de Ven<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Career Recap for\u00a0Tosin Adarabioyo<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Adarabioyo came through the Manchester City academy before showing his class on loan with West Brom and Blackburn Rovers. While at Blackburn, he was described as &#8220;<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancs.live\/sport\/football\/football-news\/blackburn-man-city-adarabioyo-lenihan-18587608\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">exceptional<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.&#8221; The Manchester-born defender started 23 games for Fulham last season under the tutelage of Marco Silva.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What Qualities\u00a0Adarabioyo Will Bring to Spurs<\/h3>\n<p>The Englishman is comfortable on the ball and excels when passing, seemingly an improvement on a Spurs defence that bordered on chaos at times last season. He&#8217;s also not afraid to put his foot in, adding some much-needed steel to the Tottenham backline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/30\/jay-z-tottenham-hotspur-takeover-bid\/\" target=\"_self\">American Rapper Plotting Tottenham Hotspur Takeover<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a team that struggled so much defensively last season, if Tottenham sign Adarabioyo, it&#8217;s hard to imagine him being the only new defensive recruit for Postecoglu.<\/p>\n<p>Watch: How Postecoglu will fix Spurs &#8211; Tottenham&#8217;s lineup next season<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Postecoglu Will FIX Spurs - Tottenham&#039;s Line Up Next Season\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rrpUO0x37GA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pahudson\/49392043081\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Hudson on Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham finally look ready to strengthen their defence which shipped 63 goals in the Premier League last season. 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