Tottenham Hotspur can defeat Manchester United in the race to recruit Real Madrid left-back Sergio Reguilon this summer.
With Reguilon, the Spurs have also begun negotiations for Gareth Bale to return to the Premier League. Interestingly, those two players have been linked to a transfer to Old Trafford, and if Jose Mourinho’s team manages to fulfill this plan, it will be a joust from the North London club for the 2020-2021 season.
After moving to Real Madrid in 2018, Reguilón transferred to Seville before the 2019-2020 campaign. The 23-year-old defender played 38 competitive matches with Sevilla in what turned out to be an impressive move for him as a component of the team he won. Inter Milan in the Europa League final and won its sixth European title.
Sergio Reguilon de Sevilla Photo: Getty Images Robbie Jay Barratt
The sports ESPN reported that Real Madrid and the Spurs agreed to a move-in payment of about $35 million for Reguilón, which is expected to signal a five-year contract with the controlled club through Mourinho. The report also said that Real Madrid had insisted on adding a buyback clause to the agreement while working on the main points.
It is understood that Reguilón prefers to move to Manchester United, but this is unlikely as the Red Devils have not yet accepted Real Madrid’s requests for the acquisition option, which the Spurs accepted in negotiations with the Santiago Bernabéu.
ESPN’s report also revealed that Man Utd has not yet accepted reguilon’s $35 million move-in payment, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and company hoped to download payment relief based on the player’s preference to move to Manchester. in the move race has a confusing setting for Man Utd.
Sources close to the Spanish left-back told ESPN that the Spurs’ long-term plan and Mourinho’s non-public interest in Reguilon had convinced the young left-back to settle for his offer.
Reguilón, which is the product of Real Madrid’s youth quarry, about to point to Chelsea last month.