2024-01-11 02:20:23
[OSEN=이인환 기자] Once Dragusin made his choice, the rest of the team had Dire.
Reporter Fabricio Romano, who is familiar with the European transfer market, said on the 11th (Korean time), “Dragusin has completed the Tottenham medical test,” and “the transaction has been completed.” Dragusin is scheduled to receive a salary of 3 million euros (4.3 billion won) per season, and the contract period is June 2029.”
He continued, “Tottenham will pay a transfer fee of 25 million euros (KRW 36.1 billion) and an additional fee of 5 million euros (KRW 7.2 billion) to Genoa, and Jed Spence (Tottenham) is leaving on loan to Genoa.”
Reporter Romano reported Dragusin’s news for two days in a row. He said on the 10th, “Dragusin is heading to Tottenham, not Bayern Munich,” and “Tottenham made an improved offer to Genoa, and the deal was finally concluded. Munich attempted to hijack, but Dragusin respected the verbal agreement with Tottenham.” conveyed
Dragusin previously played for the Juventus youth team and entered the first team in 2020. However, he spent 2021-2022 on loan at Sampdoria and Salernitana in Italy, and then briefly on loan at Genoa before making a permanent transfer in January 2023.
Standing at 191cm tall, he considers Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk as his role model, and is a center back whose excellent positioning is considered his strength. Dragusin has appeared in all 18 Serie A games this season. He is in good health with no injuries. He has 2 goals and 1 assist.
He is also active in the Romanian national team. Dragushin is only 21 years old, but he has already played 13 matches for his national team. He is also likely to participate in the UEFA Euro 2024 to be held in Germany in June. The amount originally offered by Tottenham to Genoa was 25 million euros. However, Genoa wanted 30 million euros.
However, the situation changed when Munich intervened. On the 9th, Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Munich had completed transfer fee negotiations with Genoa and had overtaken Tottenham in the race to sign Dragusin. ‘Sky Sports Germany’ also explained that Munich placed Dragusin on the list of candidates for recruitment. It was mentioned that Tottenham was in danger of having Dragusin hijacked.
Munich wanted Dragusin in order to recruit central defender resources and manage the defense comfortably. As Kim Min-jae is away for the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup, the central defense must be formed with only two players, Matthias de Ligt and Dayot Upamecano.
A tug-of-war over the transfer fee continued, but Tottenham relented as Munich attempted to hijack the deal. When Munich offered the transfer fee Genoa wanted, Tottenham also raised the deal. Then, the transfer was completed as the player himself wanted Tottenham instead of Munich.
Now that Dragushin’s destination has been decided, the defenders are moved like a chain of dominoes. Although they missed Dragusin, reinforcing defenders is essential for Munich. Naturally, Eric Dier came to mind as the top target.
In a situation where there are only three center backs (Kim Min-jae, Diyo Upamecano, and Matthias de Ligt) in the team, key player Kim Min-jae joins the Asian Cup and will be absent for a long period of time. Even if only one of Upamecano and De Ligt, who have many minor injuries, goes down, there will be no professional center back. In the end, they targeted Dragusin as the 4th option defender, but failed.
Florian Plattenberg said, “With the failure to recruit Dragusin, Munich now has Dier as their main target. They see Dier as an ideal center back reinforcement,” and added, “Munich has reached a verbal agreement with Dier. The three-year contract will sign Dier. “Maybe the midfielders and center backs in Munich will add depth,” he emphasized.
In the end, the result of the Dragusin Saga naturally led to Dire’s movement. In some ways, it might be the best snowballing ever. Bayern media also raised questions regarding Dier, saying, “Although he is a multi-position player, I don’t know if he really has the quality to play in Munich.” /mcadoo@osen.co.kr
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