Tottenham Hotspur have reached an agreement with Genoa to sign centre-back Radu Dragusin.
Despite competition from Bayern Munich, Spurs had an offer for the Romania international, 21, accepted by their Italian counterparts overnight.
Dragusin is expected to travel on Wednesday morning ahead of completing the proposed move, in a deal that will see full-back Djed Spence go the other way on loan until the summer.
The Athletic reported last week that Tottenham had opened talks with Genoa over a move for Dragusin, with negotiations centred around a £25million fee — including add-ons and a loan move for Spence.
Dragusin has featured in all 57 league matches for Genoa since joining the club, initially on loan, from Juventus in the summer of 2022.
He played a key role in Genoa’s promotion from Serie B during his debut season at the club and has been an ever-present this campaign as Alberto Gilardino’s side sit 12th in the Italian top flight.
Spence’s season-long loan deal at Championship club Leeds United was cut short last week after a knee injury had restricted the full-back to just one league appearance before December.
Spence joined Tottenham from Middlesbrough in the summer of 2022 and has made six first-team appearances for the club — his switch to Genoa is his third loan spell away from Spurs after stints at Rennes and Leeds.
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou last month outlined his wish for a central defender to be signed in January due to injuries for first-choice central defensive pairing Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven in the first half of the campaign.
Postecoglou has been forced to play full-backs Emerson Royal and Ben Davies out of position with Eric Dier, who is out of contract this summer, falling out of favour and Ashley Phillips joining Championship club Plymouth Argyle on a loan deal this month.
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