Tottenham and Levy could now hijack Man Utd talks to sign the £30m defender

Tottenham Hotspur could move spoil Manchester Unitedis trying to introduce a new defender for Ruben Amorim, under pressure Ange Postecoglou facing serious problems of their own in the background.

Ange Postecoglou is facing calls for the sack amid Tottenham’s run of form

Spurs dropped to 15th place Premier League table, and are closer to the relegation zone than the European qualification places.

This has increased the pressure on Postecoglou, despite the club’s current injury crisis resulting in 10 first-team players being unavailable for selection.

Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Yves Bissouma, Rodrigo Bentancur, Timo Werner, Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert and striker Dominic Solanke missed their 3-2 defeat to Everton last weekend, but there is still a real question mark marks around Postecoglou.

Spurs have already lost 12 Premier League games, which has not happened at this stage of the season for decades, but it appears that the chairman Daniel Levy he trusts his current tactician for now – considering their severe lack of available star players right now.

“There are no major updates on Ange Postecoglou’s position at this time,” he said Fabrizio Romano earlier this week.

“Let’s see what happens in the next few days, but injuries are seen as a big problem and one of the reasons why Spurs’ plan is not working at the moment.”

However, one thing is certain – Postecoglou needs new signings before the February 3 deadline.

Spurs seem to be in dire need of a new defender and have been mulling the absences of van de Ven and Cristiano Romero for some time. While the duo are expected to return sooner rather than later, the Lilywhites are reliably believed to be in the market for a new centre-back (Gary Jacob).

Udogie is also currently sidelined with a hamstring injury and that has fueled interest in signing Lecce starlet Patrick Dorgu.

Tottenham could rob Man United of negotiations to sign Patrick Dorgu

The Danish international, who is rumored to be priced at 30 million poundsis attracting serious interest from United, but Spurs could try to thwart their progress.

According to The Boot Room and journalist Graeme Bailey, Tottenham is a real possibility to hijack Man United’s negotiations for Dorgaand links to the left-back are nothing new – so this might contain something more substantial.

Spurs targeted Dorgu as an alternative to Udogie since last year, with the fact that the jewel of Serie A also wants to move to England. The versatile 20-year-old has started all but one of Lecce’s 21 Serie A games this term, making for their joint third highest strike rate at 90, while also averaging the second highest number of shots per game on average (WhoScored).

“He’s already had a lot of playing minutes in Serie A with Lecce and he’s done it very, very well,” he said Denmark Under-21 team Steffen Højer bold.dk

“What’s special about him is that he’s a quiet and calm guy, but things are just incredibly natural to him on the football field.”