Tottenham are close to agreeing a £25m deal to sign Genoa's Radu Dragusin, which could be completed TODAY… with Djed Spence heading in the opposite direction on loan

Tottenham are close to agreeing a deal worth up to £25million for Genoa defender Radu Dragusin after submitting a formal offer.

Out-of-favour defender Djed Spence, who returned from a loan spell at Leeds last week, has been offered to the Italian club as a sweetener in the proposed deal.

Dragusin has emerged as one of Spurs' top targets in January and the club have now made an official bid for the centre-back.

Bayern Munich is interested in Dragusin and could still make a late move for the Romanian.

But Tottenham are increasingly confident of signing the 21-year-old.

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Spence, who was abruptly recalled by Leeds last week despite having the full-back on loan until the end of the season, could now go in the opposite direction.

He joined Tottenham from Middlesbrough for £20 million in the summer of 2022, signing a five-year contract with the club.

Following his arrival, he would go on loan to Rennes before moving to Leeds last summer, where the defender made seven appearances in the Championship after a knee injury sidelined him for much of the season.

Mail Sport revealed on Friday that Spurs would immediately offer Spence for transfer following his return amid attitude problems.

And the former England Under-21 star is now set to leave Tottenham again.

Meanwhile, academy graduate Matthew Craig has been loaned out to Doncaster.

The 20-year-old midfielder has risen through Spurs' academy and is considered one of their brightest rising stars.

Craig made his senior debut at the end of the 2022/23 season, coming on as a late substitute in Tottenham's 4-1 Premier League victory over Leeds.