Izuchukwu Okosi
Premier League side Tottenham on Thursday night confirmed the signing of Romania defender Radu Dragusin from Italian side Genoa for £25m.
Dragusin, 21, becomes the club’s second signing of the January window after Germany forward Timo Werner joined on loan from RB Leipzig.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe Romania international has 13 senior caps to his name and started all 22 of Serie A side Genoa’s matches this season. He comes in as a direct replacement for Eric Dier who same evening signed for Bayer Munich.
Dragusin was Bayern’s first-choice defender this month but the Romania international chose the north London side over the German Bundesliga champions.
Spurs defender Djed Spence joined Genoa on loan for the rest of the season as part of the deal.
Dragusin’s contract keeps him with Tottenham until the summer of 2030.
He began his career at Juventus and spent time on loan with Genoa before making a permanent move last summer. His defensive statistics was one of the best in the Serie A last season.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
