{"id":634895,"date":"2024-01-29T10:53:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T15:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=634895"},"modified":"2024-01-29T10:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T15:53:40","slug":"tottenham-lose-antonio-nusa-brentford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/29\/tottenham-lose-antonio-nusa-brentford\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Have Just Reached an Agreement&#8217;: Tottenham Lose Out on &#8216;Rising Star&#8217; to Premier League Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham, fresh off of a hotly-contested loss to Manchester City in the FA Cup, will look to bounce back with a strong showing in their upcoming Premier League fixtures. Ange Postecoglou knows that his team are within striking distance of a top-four finish. While looking to the future it appears that they will now follow up the on-pitch disappointment with a loss in the transfer market.<\/p>\n<h2>Antonio Nusa Snubs Tottenham for Brentford<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Watch: <\/strong>The Biggest Problem with YOUR Premier League Club<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Biggest Problem with YOUR Premier League Club\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2GNhwMen_Qo?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<h3>Summer Transfer Sealed<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1751562316439544110\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> reported on Sunday afternoon that &#8220;Brentford have just reached an agreement with Club Brugge to sign Antonio Nusa.&#8221; Tottenham had been pursuing the 18-year-old, but the Bees have beaten them to the punch. The Italian journalist noted that the transfer fee was a package of over \u00a325 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/26\/tottenham-gallagher-chelsea-possible-hojbjerg\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Don\u2019t Rule Out\u2019: Tottenham Could Pull Off A Shock Deal For Chelsea \u2018Powerhouse\u2019 In Last Week Of Transfer Window<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nusa will join Brentford in June from Club Brugge. Romano stated that &#8220;Green light ready also on player side.&#8221; The Belgian outfit are struggling in the Pro League. Normally a title contender, <i lang=\"nl\">Blauw-Zwart\u00a0<\/i>are 12 points off the top. Keeping the young Norweigan for six more months could help facilitate a late-season run.<\/p>\n<h3>What Tottenham are Missing out on in Nusa Deal<\/h3>\n<p>After making his professional debut with Stab\u00e6k in Norway during the 2021 campaign, Nusa earned a call-up to Norway&#8217;s U16 squad. Later that year, Brugge signed him and he notched a goal in an impressive Champions League victory against FC Porto. Already starting for a strong European club, and creating or finishing goals in several matches, the teenager caught the eye of Tottenham and Brentford.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/27\/liverpool-jurgen-klopp-replacement\/\" target=\"_self\">Top Five Jurgen Klopp Replacements For Liverpool Including \u2018Role Model On The Sidelines\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brugge have been giving Nusa regular playing time for two consecutive seasons. The Lilywhites will feel like they have missed out on a player who has been described as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/azscore.com\/news\/football\/244005-antonio-nusa-the-rising-star-of-norwegian-football\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rising Star<\/a>.&#8221; With years of prime footballing ahead of him, the teenage attacker will have his chance to shine in the world&#8217;s best league later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham, fresh off of a hotly-contested loss to Manchester City in the FA Cup, will look to bounce back with a strong showing in their upcoming Premier League fixtures. Ange Postecoglou knows that his team are within striking distance of a top-four finish. While looking to the future it appears that they will now follow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4764,"featured_media":633867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"1706400000","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"Nusa","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"300","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,8684,3,7188],"tags":[7466],"class_list":["post-634895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tottenham","category-brentford","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-tottenham-hotspur-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634895","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\/4764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}