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Sergio Reguilón has found himself ‘ostracised’ by Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham, with a move in the January transfer window now desperately needed.

That’s according to Marca, who look at the player today and how he has not played a signing minute this season after returning to north London.

The newspaper say that the time when Reguilón was the emerging talent at Real Madrid under Santiago Solai, winning the Europa League with Sevilla and becoming a full international is now long gone.

He has been ‘ostracised’ by Postecoglou, failing to manage a single minute this season after spells on loan at Manchester United and Brentford last season.

His career has been characterised by ‘volatility’, with loan spells at Atlético Madrid and Manchester United not working out. He then joined Brentford, who seemed to like him but then happily sent him back to Tottenham at the end of last season.

He was ‘remarkable’ with the Bees but that was not enough to convince Postecoglou, who left him out of Tottenham’s pre-season tour. He did the same to Bryan Gil and Giovani Lo Celso but while both of those left, Reguilón remained, determined to fight for a place.

Now, the situation has become ‘dramatic’. He’s no longer just the only player without minutes, he’s also not even being called up to squads. His last time on the pitch was Brentford’s clash with Newcastle on 19 May.

It’s a ‘strange situation’ given Destiny Udogie is the only pure left-back in the Tottenham squad, although Ben Davies has played there before too.

The clear thing is that he is not a part of Tottenham’s plans, and the idea is to ‘find a way out’ in the January transfer window, six months before his contract comes to an end. The ball is in Reguilón’s court as he looks to save a ‘blank season’.

Real Madrid will face competition from Manchester United in the chase for Tottenham Hotspur’s Pedro Porro.

That’s according to Wednesday’s edition of AS, who name Manchester United and Manchester City as Los Blancos’ competitors to sign the right-back.

Tottenham took the Spain international on loan from Sporting in January 2023 and made his stay permanent later that year.

During his time at the Portuguese club, he played under Rubén Amorim, who arrived at Manchester United earlier this week. Porro made 98 appearances for Sporting under the current Red Devils manager, managing 12 goals and 20 assists in the process.

It’s claimed Manchester United are ‘interested in hiring’ the Tottenham player. The 25-year-old’s entourage are ‘convinced’ the Old Trafford club will make an attempt to sign him.

This is because of Amorim’s arrival at the club, and he could be key for a potential deal. There’s an ‘excellent’ relationship between the player and the manager.

Porro’s deal lasts until 2028, and AS state Spurs chairman Daniel Levy won’t let him leave for less than €70m.

Manchester United have Diogo Dalot and summer signing Noussair Mazraoui as the two right-backs in the squad.

Porro flirted with a Real Madrid transfer recently, and these claims may have been encouraged by that, because a making a move for him looks very far from an obvious Manchester United priority.

According to a claim in the Turkish media, Galatasaray are showing interest in Tottenham Hotspur attacker Son Heung-min.

The Turkish champions are reportedly keen to bring in a left sided forward during the next transfer window and have identified the South Korea international.

Fanatik have reported on Galatasaray’s surprise pursuit for Son and they say the Istanbul side are ready to roll up their sleeves for an effort to sign the player. It’s claimed Cimbom are hoping that they can enter into preliminary transfer talks with the Tottenham star in the near future.

With the departure of Kerem Aktürkoğlu to Benfica in the summer and Wilfried Zaha being loaned out to Lyon, Galatasaray want to bolster their options in the wide attacking areas when the window opens in the new year.

Son’s contract with Tottenham expires in the summer, but the Premier League side have the option to extend this for another season. There have been reports Son is unhappy about this situation and would rather be offered a long-term deal by Spurs.

Son has made 11 appearances for the London club this season, scoring three goals.

According to a claim in the Turkish media, Galatasaray are showing interest in Tottenham Hotspur attacker Son Heung-min.

The Turkish champions are reportedly keen to bring in a left sided forward during the next transfer window and have identified the South Korea international.

Fanatik have reported on Galatasaray’s surprise pursuit for Son and they say the Istanbul side are ready to roll up their sleeves for an effort to sign the player. It’s claimed Cimbom are hoping that they can enter into preliminary transfer talks with the Tottenham star in the near future.

With the departure of Kerem Aktürkoğlu to Benfica in the summer and Wilfried Zaha being loaned out to Lyon, Galatasaray want to bolster their options in the wide attacking areas when the window opens in the new year.

Son’s contract with Tottenham expires in the summer, but the Premier League side have the option to extend this for another season. There have been reports Son is unhappy about this situation and would rather be offered a long-term deal by Spurs.

Son has made 11 appearances for the London club this season, scoring three goals.

Radu Drăgușin has seen his game time limited since arriving at Tottenham Hotspur from Genoa in January.

The centre-back has made 18 appearances in all competitions for Spurs, of which nine are from this season. He was linked with a move away from Tottenham in the summer.

Recent claims in the Italian media have stated Napoli and Juventus have identified the 22-year-old as a target for the winter market. The Turin club have already confirmed their desire to sign a new centre-back to ease injury worries.

Drăgușin’s agent Florin Manea has been speaking to Telecapri to discuss the latest on his client’s situation at Tottenham. His comments are relayed by CalcioNapoli1926.it.

The representative is pleased with the reports linking the Romania international to the Serie A duo. At the same time, he has ruled out a move away from the north London club in the next window.

“It’s an honour for Radu to be wanted by teams like Napoli and Juve, but right now these are just rumours,” he said.

“We are focused on Tottenham, he still has five years left on his contract. It is not easy to go to a top club and impose yourself right away, he is still 22 years old.

“If he never plays this season it is normal that other evaluations will be made: in January he won’t move, in June he will be evaluated.”

Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven have been the first-choice centre-back pairing for Tottenham this season. Ange Postecoglou has used Drăgușin when one of them haven’t been available for selection.

Mauricio Pochettino managed at Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea before taking over the United States job in September.

The Argentine started his coaching career at Espanyol and that convinced Southampton to bring him to England in 2013. A year later, he left the Saints for Spurs and spent over five years at the north London club.

Tottenham parted ways with the 52-year-old in November 2019 and he returned to the bench when PSG appointed him as their manager in January 2021. Last season, he was in charge at Chelsea, who replaced him with Enzo Maresca in the summer.

Monday’s edition of La Nación has published a lengthy interview with former Tottenham and Southampton manager.

Pochettino spent 18 months with PSG, and the Argentine won his first silverware there.

La Nación pointed out to Pochettino that he was an ‘important piece’ at PSG and Chelsea even though neither were entirely his own project.

When asked if he has more control with the United States, Pochettino explained how his spell in France was very different to Tottenham and Southampton.

“Well… I don’t know, human beings always long for what they don’t have or what they don’t know, and we always think that the other is better… You have to try it, that’s why you have to get out of your comfort zone. I believe that we must analyse the moments of the players, not their names, but their circumstances and contexts,” he said.

“PSG was an incredible experience… difficult, hard, where you really discover who you are, you really temper your sporting character. Behind an experience like this everything becomes a little more relative, you start to understand things that, perhaps, you didn’t understand before when you were at Southampton, at Espanyol or at Tottenham.

“Clubs like PSG make things have a different meaning. And that gives you the experience and knowledge to then decide what you like.

“And yes, as you say, perhaps this [with the US] is our project. Which at the same time is the project of a country, a country that is one of the two or three most important in the world and where the possibilities are incredible.”

Tottenham’s Sergio Reguilón could replace Brighton and Hove Albion’s Valentín Barco at Sevilla in the January transfer window.

That’s according to Vamos Mi Sevilla, who say a swap between the two players could be on the cards.

Barco has been on loan at Sevilla since the summer transfer window but earlier this month, we covered claims from Spain that he could be replaced by Tottenham Hotspur’s Sergio Reguilón in January.

The Argentine has played seven games, and it includes one substitute appearance since the end of September.

Vamos Mi Sevilla FC backs up the possibility of the La Liga side replacing the Brighton man with the Tottenham player in the winter market. Their headline says Reguilón’s arrival at the club is ‘heating up’.

The Andalusian club aren’t sure about the 20-year-old Argentine’s best position on the pitch and he’s considered one of sporting director Víctor Orta failures this year. Brigthon, Sevilla and Barco’s representatives are all working to cut short his loan stay in the next window.

Sevilla are then aiming to replace the Brighton manwith Reguilón. He hasn’t made an appearance for Tottenham this season and Ange Postecoglou included the 27-year-old in his squad only once this season.

Reguilón was on loan at Sevilla for one season before arriving at Tottenham from Real Madrid in 2020. The report says the Spanish club have already agreed a deal with him to return.

According to them an agreement has to be found with Tottenham for the transfer to take shape in January. Reguilón’s deal lasts until 2025, and the outlet states he could join Sevilla on loan or on a free transfer, the latter by terminating his contract at Spurs first.

Tottenham Hotspur haven’t had the start to the Premier League season they will have desired, and Europe hasn’t been flawless either.

Ange Postecoglou’s side currently find themselves in tenth position. That quite clearly will not have been part of the plan but they’re only three points away from the top four so there’s clearly a way to get back on track quickly.

Ahead of the season there’d been a lot of excitement about Lucas Bergvall and what the youngster could add to the Tottenham team. The 18-year-old has only been able to show flashes but given the size of the step up he’s made, and his very young age, that was to be expected.

Bergvall has spoken to the Swedish media repeatedly this week, and Fotbolldirekt are now carrying quotes from him.

Asked about his Tottenham Hotspur experience so far, the youngster is quoted as saying: “It has been good, but also a bit up and down, of course. It has been tough and many matches, a lot of rotation in the team and mixed results.”

Bergvall is hopeful of appearing for Sweden in their upcoming matches against Slovakia and Azerbaijan, and on that he said: “There are two important matches where we must take six points and win the group. It’s incredibly fun to be back and we’ll see where it leads.”

Uruguay manager Marcelo Bielsa has included Tottenham Hotspur’s Rodrigo Bentancur in the squad for this international break.

The midfielder returns to the national team squad after missing the last two international breaks due to suspension.

On Wednesday, multiple claims from the British press stated the 27-year-old is set for a lengthy ban for his alleged racist remarks about Tottenham’s Son Heung-min. There are some claims indicating he will miss at least six matches.

Later that day, Bentancur, who is with the Uruguay camp, spoke to the local reporters and his comments are relayed by ESPN Deportes.

The former Juventus man has revealed that his agent was informed about his suspension, but he’s yet to hear from Spurs. The Uruguay international is aware he can’t do much about it and now wants to focus on the national team.

“My agent called me and said that he had been notified that this was the sanction. So far, the club hasn’t contacted me,” he said.

“I already knew more or less where the hand was going. Now the sanction is out, I want to be calm here in the national team and then we’ll see when it’s time for me to go back there.”

This is clearly a big blow for Ange Postecoglou and Spurs, considering the South American has been a regular when available for selection.

Uruguay will face Colombia and Brazil in World Cup qualifiers in the next two matches. They meet La Tricolor for the first time since their Copa América semi-final defeat in the summer.

The Tottenham midfielder isn’t thinking about ‘revenge’ when Uruguay face Colombia on Friday.

“Colombia are a very tough opponent, I don’t take it as revenge because we did very well in the Copa match, although it didn’t work out,” Bentancur explained.

“I had a knock that made me leave the pitch, but that’s part of football. We have to take it 100% as we’ve been taking all the games, we’re very focused and committed.”

There’s a claim in the Turkish media that Fenerbahce are again showing interest in Tottenham Hotspur defender Sergio Reguilón.

The Spaniard looks surplus to requirements with the Premier League side and will be looking to move on during the next transfer window.

Sabah have reported on the latest developments regarding the future of Reguilón and they say Fenerbahce boss Jose Mourinho has made it one of his priorities to bring in a left back in January.

Fener have struggled in this position since Ferdi Kadıoğlu was sold to Brighton & Hove Albion in the summer, and with the announcement Jayden Oosterwolde has been ruled out for the season with a knee injury they are desperate to sign a left back.

Reguilón is said to be an option for the Istanbul side after previously being linked with the former Real Madrid man during the last window. Bologna’s Juan Miranda is also reportedly a target for Mourinho.

There have been recent reports Reguilón could be heading back to his home country and that his Tottenham contract could be cancelled by mutual agreement.